Working with Banking and Business -- Guidance under the

CBD

Beijing, China, 18 October 2002

Scope of the study

• Text of the Convention on Biological Diversity: all implementation-oriented articles appear to have relevance to banking and business sectors

• Decisions adopted by six meetings of the Conference of the Parties: over 50 decisions contain provisions related to banking and business sectors

Defining the Banking and Business Sectors

• Various terms used in COP decisions• “The private sector” is a more commonly

used term.• Implicitly the banking sector is included in

the term “funding institutions”• The term “business” may be considered to

include all relevant sectoral and cross-sectoral activities

Examples for private sector engagement

Article 6• to provide funding for

implementing NBSAPs (VI/27)

Article 7• GTI requires business

management training to biodiversity managers (IV/1)

Article 8• involved in plant

conservation strategy (VI/9)

• Cooperation, awareness, involvement in alien species (VI/23)

• obtain prior informed consensus, awareness of polices or processes in Article 8(j) (V/16, VI/10)

Examples for private sector engagement (Contd.)

Article 9• Information regarding

ex-situ collections (V/26)

Article 10• Involvement (IV/15)• Business creation

(V/25)• Public awareness and

education (VI/14)• Best practices and

lessons (V/24)

Examples for private sector engagement (Contd.)

Article 11• Role and contributions

(III/18, VI/15)• Internalization (V/15)• Engagement (VI/15)

Article 13• Actors, partners and

stakeholders (VI/19)

Examples for private sector involvement (Contd.)

Article 14• Involvement and

collaboration (V/18)

Article 15• Consultation (II/12)• Information (II/11,

VI/24)• Expertise (IV/8)• Participation (V/26,

VI/24)• Support (IV/8)

Examples for private sector involvement (Contd.)

Article 16• Submissions (II/4)• Involvement (III/16)

Article 17• Partnerships (VI/19)

Examples for private sector involvement (Contd.)

Article 18• Networking (II/3)• Involvement (III/4,

IV/2)• Contact and being

targeted audience (V/14)

Article 19• Involvement (V/1)

Examples for private sector involvement (Contd.)

Articles 20 and 21

• Access to and mobilization of funds (I/2, III/6, IV/11)

• Study on private sector (IV/12)

• Involvement (V/11, VI/16)

• Partnership initiatives (VI/21)

Treatment of the private sector

• Strategic element (VI/26)

• Observer status (I/1)

• Standing agenda item (V/11)

• Budgetary contribution (I/6, II/20, III/24, IV/17, V/22, VI/29)

• Encouragement of involvement (III/16, III/6)

Expectations for the private sector

• Funding support• Technical and human resources support• Consideration of the precautionary approach• Application of technology• Participation in the programme of work• Creation of private reserves and private

conservation• Compliance• Information (best practices and lessons learned)

Modalities for working with the private sector

• Consultation/targeted• Networking• Access to private sector funds• Learn business management skills• Join efforts/cooperation/collaboration• Facilitate and support a responsible private sector• Create the conditions• Awareness raising• Involvement/engagement/participation• Assessment of private sector trends• Internalization of biodiversity values• Partnership