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Rio Conventions Pavilion

13-22 June 2012 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Highlights for the Rio Conventions Pavilion - Thursday, 21 June 2012


The Rio Conventions Pavilion continued on Thursday, 21 June, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Rio Conventions. The morning began with a breakfast of the Rio Convention COP Presidencies. Four panel sessions addressed: the launch of the pilot partnership on national implementation of synergies among the Rio Conventions; the launch of Mozambique’s Green Economy Roadmap; why the three Rio Conventions are critical to achieving poverty eradication; and how the UN system can better integrate environment within the development framework. The celebration concluded with a high-level reception in honor of the 20th Anniversary of the Conventions.
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres, UNCCD Executive Secretary Luc Gnacadja, and CBD Executive Secretary Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias cut the Rio Conventions 20th birthday cake.
(L-R): Jim Leape, Director General, WWF, Panel Moderator; Alcinda Antonio de Abreu, Minister for the Coordination of Environmental Affairs, Mozambique; President Armando Emilio Guebuza, Mozambique; and Donald Kaberuka, President, African Development Bank (AfDB)

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Launch of the Pilot Partnership on National Implementation of Synergies Among the Rio Conventions


Panel (L-R): Jaime Webbe, CBD Secretariat; Gustavo Fonseca, Global Environment Facility (GEF); Luiz Gonzalez, Coordinator, Drought and Desertification, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Guatemala; and Anthony Lecern, Minister in charge of Sustainable Development, Government of New Caledonia, New Caledonia.

Gustavo Fonseca, GEF
Luiz Gonzalez, Coordinator, Drought and Desertification, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Guatemala

Jaime Webbe, CBD Secretariat
Anthony Lecern, Minister in charge of Sustainable Development, Government of New Caledonia, New Caledonia

Panel (L-R): Jaime Webbe, CBD Secretariat; Gustavo Fonseca, Global Environment Facility (GEF); Luiz Gonzalez, Coordinator, Drought and Desertification, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Guatemala; and Anthony Lecern, Minister in charge of Sustainable Development, Government of New Caledonia, New Caledonia.

Members of the audience make contributions during the panel.
Members of the audience make contributions during the panel.

Gustavo Fonseca, GEF, and Jaime Webbe, CBD Secretariat

Launch of Mozambique’s Green Economy Roadmap


Panel L-R: Jim Leape, Director General, WWF, Panel Moderator; Alcinda Antonio de Abreu, Minister for the Coordination of Environmental Affairs, Mozambique; President Armando Emilio Guebuza, Mozambique; and Donald Kaberuka, President, African Development Bank (AfDB).

President Armando Emilio Guebuza, Mozambique
Jim Leape, Director General, WWF

Alcinda Antonio de Abreu, Minister for the Coordination of Environmental Affairs, Mozambique
Donald Kaberuka, President, AfDB

Audience during the launch of Mozambique’s Green Economy Roadmap.

High-level participants toast the launch of the Mozambique Green Economy Roadmap
President Armando Emilio Guebuza, Mozambique, departing the Pavilion

Why the Three Rio Conventions are Critical to Achieving Poverty Eradication


Panel (L-R): David Nabarro, Office of the United Nations Secretary General; Ralph Payet, Minister of Environment and Energy, the Seychelles; Dennis Garrity, UNCCD Drylands Ambassador; Uriel Safriel, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Margaret Chan, Director General of WHO; and CBD Executive Secretary Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias.

CBD Executive Secretary Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias
Margaret Chan, Director General of WHO

David Nabarro, Office of the United Nations Secretary General
Ralph Payet, Minister of Environment and Energy, the Seychelles

Uriel Safriel, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Dennis Garrity, UNCCD Drylands Ambassador

How the UN System can Better Integrate Environment within the Development Framework


Panel (L-R): Gustavo Fonseca, GEF; Chikako Takase, UN Center for Regional Development; Nikhil Chandavarkar, UN DESA; Herado Muñoz, UNDP; Patrick Caron CIRAD; Robert Watson, IPBES; Claude Fromageot, Yves Rocher Foundation; Oded Grajew, Ethos Institute; Taghi Farvar, Union of Indigenous Nomadic Tribes of Iran; Anne Nuorgam, Saami Council; and Yoshiko Nakano, OISCA International.

Carlos Lopes, UN Institute for Training and Research
Gustavo Fonseca, GEF

(L-R): Oded Grajew, Ethos Institute; Taghi Farvar, Union of Indigenous Nomadic Tribes of Iran; Anne Nuorgam, Saami Council; and Yoshiko Nakano, OISCA International.

(L-R): Robert Watson, IPBES; Claude Fromageot, Yves Rocher Foundation; and Oded Grajew, Ethos Institute.

Taghi Farvar, Union of Indigenous Nomadic Tribes of Iran, and Anne Nuorgam, Saami Council
Patrick Caron CIRAD, and Robert Watson, IPBES

(L-R): Chikako Takase, UN Center for Regional Development; Nikhil Chandavarkar, UN DESA; and Herado Muñoz, UNDP.

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Edward Norton, UN Goodwill Ambassador for Biodiversity
Edward Norton, UN Goodwill Ambassador for Biodiversity and Jaime Webbe, CBD Secretariat

CBD Executive Secretary Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias and Edward Norton
Happy 20th Anniversary Rio Conventions!
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