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Workshop Report CBD Distr. GENERAL UNEP/CBD/IAS/WS/2014/1/2 16 September 2014 ENGLISH ONLY Capacity-building workshop for small island developing States to achieve Aichi Biodiversity Target 9 on invasive alien species Organized by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity WORKSHOP REPORT The Workshop Participants (Photo: SCBD) Montreal, Canada 14-15 June 2014 UNEP/CBD/IAS/WS/2014/1/2 Page 2 CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS ........................................................................................................................ 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................ 7 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................ 11 2. DAY 1 ................................................................................................................................... 12 2.1. Official opening of the workshop................................................................................... 12 2.1.1. Opening remarks by the representative of the Secretariat of the CBD: Mr. David Cooper ................................................................................................................................12 2.1.2. Aichi Biodiversity Target 9 on invasive alien species and expected outputs of this workshop: Ms. Junko Shimura (SCBD) ............................................................................... 12 2.2. Best practices.................................................................................................................. 13 2.2.1. Helping SIDS to Soar: Results of Survey of Invasive Species-Related Activities in SIDS: Mr. John Mauremootoo (SCBD Consultant) ............................................................. 13 2.2.2. International Plant Protection Convention: what is it? how can it help with invasive species and biodiversity? Ms. Sonya Hammons (IPPC Secretariat) ...................... 15 2.2.3. The Global Invasive Alien Species Information Partnership (GIASI Partnership) and its Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (GRIIS): Ms. Shyama Pagad (IUCN-SSC-ISSG) ................................................................................................................ 17 2.2.4. Global Island Partnership (GLISPA): Ms. Kate Brown (GLIPSA) ........................ 20 2.2.5. Island Conservation - Mission and actions of Island Conservation): Mr. Olivier Langrand (Island Conservation) ........................................................................................... 20 2.2.6. IAS Activities and Opportunities in the Pacific: Mr. Phil Andreozzi National Invasive Species Council (US NISC) ................................................................................... 21 2.2.7. A Pacific Regional Perspective From The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP): Mr. David Moverley (SPREP) .................................... 22 2.2.8. Summary of Discussion Points from the Best Practices Session ............................ 24 2.3. Presentations by donors, implementing agencies and experts to guide project proposal writing ....................................................................................................................................... 24 2.3.1. Global Environment Facility support to the implementation of national and regional invasive alien species strategies: Mr. David Duthie (SCBD) ................................. 24 2.3.2. Navigation on LifeWeb to meet the needs and to promote National strategies and action plans: Mr. Charles Besançon (SCBD) ....................................................................... 26 2.3.3. ........ Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF): Ms. Sonya Hammons (IPPC) ............................................................................................................................................... 29 2.3.4. The World Bank: Ms. Valerie Hickey (The World Bank) ...................................... 31 2.3.5. Panel Discussion: Panel facilitator: Mr. Oliver Hillel ............................................ 31 2.4. Identification and development of national or regional projects on invasive alien species (Setting working groups for Day 2) .......................................................................................... 33 3. DAY 2 ................................................................................................................................... 33 Presentations ............................................................................................................................. 34 4. SUMMARY OF WORKSHOP FINDINGS ......................................................................... 35 5. NEXT STEPS ....................................................................................................................... 35 Annex I WORKSHOP PROGRAMME ................................................................................. 36 Annex II LIST OF PARTICIPANTS AND RESOURCE PERSONS ................................... 39 Annex III QUESTIONNAIRE SENT OUT TO WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS IN MARCH 2014........................................................................................................................................... 48 UNEP/CBD/IAS/WS/2014/1/2 Page 3 Annex IV QUESTIONNAIRE SENT OUT TO WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS IN MAY 2014........................................................................................................................................... 49 Annex V COUNTRY DOSSIERS ON IAS PRIORITIES AND CURRENT AND FUTURE IAS-RELATED PROJECTS .................................................................................................... 53 Antigua and Barbuda ......................................................................................................... 53 Bahamas ............................................................................................................................... 56 Cape Verde .......................................................................................................................... 58 Comoros ............................................................................................................................... 61 Cook Islands ........................................................................................................................ 64 Cuba ................................................................................................................................67 Dominica .............................................................................................................................. 71 Dominican Republic ............................................................................................................. 73 Ecuador ................................................................................................................................ 75 Fiji ................................................................................................................................80 Grenada ............................................................................................................................... 83 Guinea-Bissau ...................................................................................................................... 86 Haiti ................................................................................................................................87 Jamaica ................................................................................................................................ 89 Kiribati ................................................................................................................................93 Madagascar ......................................................................................................................... 95 Maldives ............................................................................................................................... 96 Marshall Islands .................................................................................................................. 98 Palau ..............................................................................................................................100 Saint Kitts and Nevis ........................................................................................................ 102 Saint Lucia ......................................................................................................................... 104 São Tomé and Príncipe ..................................................................................................... 108 Seychelles ........................................................................................................................... 110 Singapore ........................................................................................................................... 115 Solomon Islands ................................................................................................................ 117 Sri Lanka ........................................................................................................................... 119 Timor-Leste ....................................................................................................................... 122 Tonga ..............................................................................................................................124
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