Nature
Bern Convention
Group of Experts on Biodiversity and Climate
change
3rd Meeting of the Group of Experts
11 - 12 September 2008
Strasbourg (France)
At its 26th meeting, the Standing Committee
of the Bern Convention set up a Group of
Experts on Biodiversity and Climate Change
to exchange information and review the
effects of climate change in the biological
diversity covered by the Convention, and to
provide guidance to Parties in developing
adaptation and management policies. The
final aim of the Group is to present to the
Standing Committee specific proposals,
guidance and/or Recommendations to help
Parties address the challenges of climate
change in the implementation of the
Convention and its objectives.
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Final
reports
Climatic change and the conservation of
migratory birds in Europe : identifying
effects and conservation priorities -
T-PVS/Inf(2008)1rev
A perspective on climate change and invasive
alien species -
T-PVS/Inf(2008)5rev
Climate change and the vulnerability of Bern
Convention species and habitats -
T-PVS/Inf(2008)6rev
Draft
reports for discussion
Climate change impacts on amphibian and
reptile species -
T-PVS/Inf(2008)11
Review of existing international and
national guidance on adaptation to climate
change with a focus on biodiversity issues -
T-PVS/Inf(2008)12
Presentations
3rd meeting of the Group of Experts on
Biodiversity and Climate Change: Mandate,
meeting objectives and future work
- by Carolina Lasen Diaz, Biological
Diversity Unit, Council of Europe
Convention on Biological Diversity and
Climate Change
- by Jaime Webbe, Climate Change Programme
Officer, CBD Secretariat EN Update by the
European Commission – DG ENV B2 – by Karin
Zaunberger, European Commission
La biodiversité et le changement
climatique dans le cadre de la Convention de
Barcelone
- par Abderrahmen Gannoun, Directeur du
CAR/ASP (French only)
Adaptation principles for biodiversity
in a changing climate
- by Mike Harley and Nikki Hodgson, AEA
Climate change: an additional challenge
for migratory species
- by Aline Kühl, UNEP/CMS Secretariat
Invertebrates and climate change
- by Deborah Procter, UK Joint Nature
Conservation Committee and Vice chair of the
Group of Experts for the Conservation of
Invertebratess
Climate change impacts on European
amphibians and reptiles
- by Klaus Henle, Ingolf Kühn, Oliver
Schweiger and Josef Settele, Zentrum für
Umweltforschung, UFZ
"Cape Farewell" project - A cultural
response to climate change
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