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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">UN Member States of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) are now meeting for the 14th Conference of Parties (COP-14) in Egypt. My greetings to the UN Biodiversity Lab colleagues who are sharing their great work at
COP-14. </span><span style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Please share this information with the members of your COP 14 delegation and encourage them to attend. </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Details below.</span></p>
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<b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Innovative Solutions and Technologies for Conservation </span></b></p>
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<b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span></b><b style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Sunday 25 Nov. 2018, 1:15pm</span></b></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Science and technology are transforming society and expanding the frontier of possibility. The field of biodiversity conservation can and should capitalize on the opportunities that emerging innovative solutions and technologies
present. This side event will feature the </span><a href="http://unbiodiversitylab.org/" id="LPlnk765596" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true"><span style="color: rgb(228, 175, 10);"><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">UN Biodiversity Lab</span></b></span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
and other innovative solutions and explore how fourth industrial revolution technologies can improve conservation efforts around the global and shift the direction of the biodiversity agenda.</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Learn more here:</span></p>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline"><a href="https://www.cbd.int/side-events/2641" id="LPlnk308840" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true"><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">https://www.cbd.int/side-events/2641</span></b><span style="color: rgb(228, 175, 10);"><b></b></span></a></span></p>
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<b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Biodiversity Innovation & Solutions Fair </span></b></p>
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<b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span></b><b style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Sunday 25 Nov. - Thursday 29 Nov. 2018, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm</span></b></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The </span><a href="https://www.unbiodiversitylab.org/" id="LPlnk324951" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true"><span style="color: rgb(228, 175, 10);"><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">UN Biodiversity Lab
</span></b></span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">will be showcased at the COP 14 Biodiversity and Innovation Fair. The UN Biodiversity Lab is a free, open source online platform that allows policymakers to access over 80 global geospatial data layers,
to upload their own datasets, and to analyze multiple datasets related to the Aichi Biodiversity Targets. At the booth, you can engage with technical specialists from UNDP, UN Environment, and UN Environment-WCMC. They can show you how other countries are
using spatial data in their 6NR. You can also provide feedback to the developers of the platform.</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Learn more here: </span></p>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline"><a href="https://www.cbd.int/conferences/2018/parallel-meetings/innovation-fair" id="LPlnk313668" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true"><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">https://www.cbd.int/conferences/2018/parallel-meetings/innovation-fair</span></b><span style="color: rgb(228, 175, 10);"><b></b></span></a></span><br>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px;">Geotechnologies and open data will play a key role to guide policy and </span><font face="Helvetica Neue"><span style="font-size: 12px;">improve conservation efforts around the
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We need to speak for the voiceless – the rest of the estimated 10 million species on the planet, which form soil, water, air, and provide food, shelter, medicine and the spiritual and physical well being of humanity.</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Best wishes,</span></p>
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