생물다양성협약 이행 지원 프로그램기획,운영 = Planning and Operation of Support Programs for the Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was adopted at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in 1992. The objectives of the CBD are the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components, and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources. For the implementation of the convention, the Republic of Korea developed the third national biodiversity strategy and hosted the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP12) to the CBD in Pyeongchang, Gangwon Province in October 2014. This project aimed to contribute to Korea``s implementation of the convention by supporting the development of follow-up measures to the COP12 and the implementation of the national biodiversity strategy. The tasks for this project include the analysis on the trend of the international conventions related to biodiversity, the development of policy tools for the national biodiversity strategy, the establishment of bilateral cooperations, and the operation of biodiversity network. The first task was to review the agenda of major meetings of the CBD and to analyze the discussions made in the meetings of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) and the Future Earth. In addition, the trend of the global society on the Nagoya Protocol and China``s examples were investigated to draw implications for Korea. As these issues should continuously be analyzed, not just as a one-time project, this project will keep analyzing the global trend concerning the discussions on biodiversity until 2020 and share the findings with relevant experts. The second task was to analyze financial resources for biodiversity to develop policy tools for the target 3 of the national biodiversity strategy. Both domestic funding need and estimated available resources were estimated to increase. However, estimated funding gap was expected to increase as well due to the higher increase rate of funding need than that of estimated available resources. In the meantime, international financial flow of Korea to developing countries between 2011 and 2013 totaled about $7.7 million, which was in the lower ranks among the member countries of the Development Assistance Committee of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Raising financial resources is critical for the implementation of the CBD and the national biodiversity strategy, and the result of the analysis on financial resources will serve as the basis for it. The third task was to establish bilateral cooperations in Asia. It includes efforts such as networking through the Northeast Asia Peace and Cooperation Initiative, Korea-China cooperation for nature conservation, inter-Korean cooperation through the Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia, analysis on the status of biodiversity in ASEAN member states, and submission of a proposal for a national park project in Indonesia. These activities are expected to help find biodiversity cooperation projects. The last task was to organize a workshop of experts from local environment institute, a workshop for mainstreaming biodiversity, and an international workshop on ecosystem services. These workshops provided stepping-stone for sharing research status and collaborating with civil organizations. As communication and cooperation for biodiversity conservation have not been addressed continuously, given the importance of these issues, organizing regular workshops will contribute to the establishment of networks among domestic and international stakeholders. The four tasks in the above are of great importance for the implementation of the CBD. However, as governmental bodies or private organizations are not in favorable circumstances for leading these tasks, policy-research institutes should assume the role. This project is expected to contribute to Korea``s implementation of the CBD by supporting the above tasks for six years until 2020.