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Go4BioDiv India 2012‘Conserving coastal and marine biodiversity for sustaining life and livelihood’
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What is Go4BioDiv?
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The International Youth Forum that offers young dedicated people from all over the
world the opportunity to share their on-the-ground conservation experience with their
peers and the wider public.
It enables them to participate in political discussions by engaging with international
leaders during the Conferences of the Parties of the Convention on Biological
Diversity (CBD-COPs)
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Go4BioDiv Elements for 2012
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Go4BioDiv is conceptualized and implemented to make impact at three levels Individual (35 messenger) Immediate: Outreach by the Messengers Long term and Far reaching: Influencing the COP agenda
Theme for 2012 ‘Conserving coastal and marine biodiversity for sustaining life and livelihoods
Emphasizes the importance of public outreach and communication, using new media and ICT
Go4BioDiv programme: Preparation Phase in home country, including E-Coaching
and virtual camp ongoing Live camp in the host country- Sundarbans WHS
(October 6-15) Participation in the CBD COP in Hyderabad (October 16-
19) Follow-up
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Preparation Phase: Communication and Outreach Actions
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Virtual Platforms Website www.go4biodiv.org Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/Go4BioDiv Facebook Discussions Group
http://www.facebook.com/groups/youth4coastalmarine/ LinkedIn Group Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/go4biodiv
E-Coaching Biodiversity basics to advanced concepts; 9 moduleshttp://go4biodiv.org/india-2012/e-coaching/
Newsletter: Monthly; 5 issues out since April 2012
Participation in events
Main Outputs: Sundarbans/Hyderabad
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Agenda in Sundarbans: Preparation towards the presentations and event to be performed by Go4Biodiv in HyderabadAgenda in Hyderabad: Declaration on marine and coastal biodiversity and
livelihoods presentation in the High-Level-Segment of the COP and
the Mayor’s Conference (City Summit) various side-events inside the conference centre on
different aspects of Go4BioDiv theme (i.e. ecological dimension, role of local communities, governance)
Creative elements an exhibition about Go4BioDiv Messengers and their
background, incorporating art elements (Go4BioDiv Ark, giant ‘Trash Fish’)
theatre performances Follow-up publication within series ‚Sustainability has
many Faces Network building