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coverage of the GBF-8 workshop
POLICY RESEARCH: 
Meeting the Challenge for Policy Reform
to Implement the CBD
(formerly: "Policy Research Capacity to Implement the CBD")
 
THE EIGHTH GLOBAL 
BIODIVERSITY FORUM 
Palais des Congrès
28-31 August 1997
Montreal, Canada 
 

 
 
The Convention on 
Biological Diversity
 
 
 
 
 

Workshop Objectives:  

 Assist governments to formulate an agenda for policy research and policy reform on CBD issues;  
 Share experience from around the world on ways in which policy research can assist governments to develop strategies for implementing CBD Articles and Decisions;  
Develop recommendations for SBSTTA-3, COP-4, and the Convention Secretariat on action priorities for building national and regional policy research capacity to implement the CBD.  

 

Convenors for GBF8 Workshop on Policy Research
Land and Agriculture Policy Centre (Johannesburg)
World Resources Institute (Washington)
 

Also Check out the following Earth Negotiations Bulletin Coverage of the
 THE THIRD SESSION OF THE SUBSIDIARY BODY ON SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVICE (SBSTTA-3)
  
The CBD presents a clear mandate to the Parties for national policy reform, posing an enormous challenge for governments. To date, the slow pace of government policy reform is hampering implementation of the Convention. A key constraint to policy reform is that national decisionmakers' often lack the information they need to determine which policies support the Convention's objectives, which policies should be changed, and which new policies are needed. Policy research provides this information and analysis, assisting all stakeholders to fully explore all the biodiversity management issues and policy choices confronting them.  
THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTS SUMMARY 
 
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