CBD and DNA Barcoding Junko Shimura (SCBD)

Adriana Radulovici (CBG, UoG)

Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP13, Mexico, 2016)

u  COP 2 (1995): Taxonomic Impediment

u  COP 4 (1998): Global Taxonomy Initiative in support of CBD implementation

u  COP 5 (2000): GTI Coordination Mechanism (informal advisory group)

u  COP 6 (2002) & COP 8 (2006): GTI Programme of Work

u  COP 11 (2012) : Capacity-building Strategy for GTI in support of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 u  Vision

u  Mission

u  Goals

u  Strategic actions for 2011-2020

Global Taxonomy Initiative (GTI)

CBD-GTI and DNA Barcoding – Phase I (2015-2016)

u  GTI Training Course on Rapid Identification on Invasive Alien Species for Achieving Aichi Target 9

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• Nominations - CBD National Focal Point

51 • Online Training (8 weeks) - Introduction

to DNA Barcoding (OpenEd-UoG)

28 • Hands-on Training (4 weeks) - Research

Training Program (CBG-UoG)

CBD-GTI and DNA Barcoding – Phase I (2015-2016)

CBD-GTI and DNA Barcoding – Phase II (2017-2018)

u  Filling capacity gap for application of DNA technologies in taxonomy - GTI trainings / workshops driven by the trained trainers

Call for applications – 30 November 2017

u  Selection criteria

u  GTI trainees in 2015-2016 or DNA barcoding network institutions in developing countries

u  Support implementation of NBSAPs, achieving Aichi Biodiversity Targets

u  Endorsement from the CBD National Focal Point

u  Scientifically valid content

u  Sustainable follow-up plan

GTI-DNA-tech approach

u  Train-the-trainer u  Learning by doing u  Minimalist lab set-up u  Basic DNA barcoding workflows

u  Basic data analytics u  Intro to BOLD u  Project formulation training

u  Project management training

GTI-DNA-tech 2018: 11 events

Invasive alien species

Biodiversity conservation Taxonomy

Plant pests Endangered species Endemic species

GTI Forum – COP 14, Egypt 2018

u  Show-case best practices to reduce taxonomic impediment

u  GTI training delivered by the trained trainers to support implementation of NBSAPs

u  Scientific knowledge, data and information on biodiversity shared and utilized

u  Advanced taxonomic research

u  Contribution to citizen science

u  GTI contribution to post-2020 targets