melina sakiyama brazil youth voices programme coordinator...gybn is global network of individuals...
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Melina Sakiyama – BrazilYouth Voices Programme Coordinator
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GYBN isGlobal network of individuals and youth organizations active on biodiversity
International coordination platform for youth participation in the CBD
COMMITMENTS
▪ Voice young people’s perspectives and positions and advocate for the rights of future generations within the biodiversity policy arena
▪ Build a global biodiversity movement that pushes for societal change to halt the loss of biodiversity
▪ Raise awareness, build capacities among and strengthen partnerships and collaboration between youth communities and organizations
Empowering youth to lead the shift that will enable society to live in harmony with nature
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What are we facing?
Collapse of our life support system
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Pressure over resources
OverconsumptionOverproductionOverextraction
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Unequal distribution of benefits and
bearing of costs
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Conflict, Violence and oppression
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Source: UN
Youth - Most affected group
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Dismissed and discredited
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Marginalization from decision-
making process
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Cheated with quick fixes and distraction
tactics
Gap between rhetoric and practice
Patronized
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ONCE EMPOWERED AND MOBILIZED
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We can be MANYEVERYWHERE
CREATIVE PASSIONATE
BOLDMore than 1 milllionstudents in 2000 cities in 120 countries
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We are the future
we are transformation
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We are the future
we are transformatio
n
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What future we want?
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PRELIMINARY CONSULTATIONS
95 Countries
264 Leaders
SO FAR:
GYBN Regional Capacity Building Workshops: LAC (Colombia, Brasil), Africa(South Africa, Kenya), Asia (India, Singapore, Thailand)
Youth Biodiversity Forum: COP14
NEXT:
Regional Workshops: EU (Austria), Canada (TBC), China (TBC), Antigua andBarbuda (TBC)
GYBN National Chapter Youth Consultations
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PEOPLE-LED ECOCENTRIC CULTURE
Right to a fair, healthy, clean environment
GoLocal: “Understand global dynamics and impacts, but fund, empower and act locally”Solutions for global complex issues will happen at the local level. They will be the mainprotagonists of the mindset shift we need in our culture in order to live in harmony withbiodiversity
Fairness and Togetherness within diversity: Different voices speaking for a shared fair vision
Integrity of Life Support System - We are biodiversity – If it thrives, we thrive: We areintrinsically connected to our land, our environment, our nature. We are part of biodiversity andbiodiversity is part of us.
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Our survival depends on the integrity of Biodiversity and its ecosystem services;
therefore we want all people to understand it, respect it, value it and use it
in a sustainable and equitable manner, recognizing and respecting the IPLCs that have always understood its importance and are safeguarding it for the future
generations.
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LIVING IN HARMONY
WITH NATURE
INCLUSIVE PARTICIPATION
Fair, equitable, ethical and responsible engagement of people, stakeholders and institutions
EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE, LAW ENFORCEMENT & IMPLEMENTATION
Effective policies, laws and institutions; address power assymetries; strong implementation, accountability and compliance mechanisms
and independent monitoring and review mechanism
SUSTAINABLE LIVING
Sustainable and fair extraction, production, trade, consumption and disposal to live within Earth’s carrying capacity
INTEGRITY OF LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM
Healthy biocultural diversity and resilient social ecological systems
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PRIORITY ACTIONS✓ Guiding principles: Adopt set of guiding principles to be applied in the implementation process and future
commitments/decisions
✓ Address underlying drivers of biodiversity loss: Consumption, production, subsidies, lack of understanding/awareness
✓ Ensure our biosafety
✓ Scale-up efforts in education (biodiversity/sustainability literacy) across formal basic educational curricula, and as compulsory introductory subject in university degrees
✓ Strengthen actions and commitments towards the 3rd objective of the convention
✓ Empowerment of marginalized groups and establish roles and responsibilities for key stakeholders
✓ Strengthen implementation with strong accountability and compliance mechanism
✓ Address intergenerational equity, empowering young people: strengthen initiatives that are both
a. Youth-led - e.g.: youth innovation labs in government agencies, institutions, to develop smart, local solutions for policy, communication and to further develop capacities and improve training activities, partnerships with youth constituencies and youth movements
b. Youth-targeted – e.g.: creation of internship programmes, training and capacity building activities, fellowships
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ABOUT YOUTH
✓ Ensure meaningful participation:
✓ During development of GBF post 2020: participation in meetings and key-activities, at international, regional and national level
✓ Participation of youth in decision-making process related to biodiversity
✓ Enhance and increase existing opportunities: Conservation jobs, internships, fellowships, trainings, education programmes, research
✓ Increase empowerment and youth-led initiatives: Youth constituencies, organizations, start-ups, campaigns, programmes
✓ Enhance collaboration and partnerships with youth movements, organizations, constituencies, groups, students
✓ Ensure intergenerational equity is reflected in principles (e.g.: Precautionary principle, Rights-based approach, Polluter pays principle, inclusive participation, ethical and responsible production and consumption), targets(Education, accountability and compliance, human rights and empowerment, resource mobilization) and indicators
Question: How to facilitate the involvement of youth in the development and implementation of the post 2020 GBF?
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SUGGESTIONS
✓ Thematic tracks/consultations: Communication, Education and public awareness; Implementation
✓ Reconsider timescale of strategic plans: ex. 15 year strategic plans with 5 year action plans
✓ Scale-up efforts in education (biodiversity/sustainability literacy) across formal basic educational curricula, and as compulsory introductory subject in university degrees
✓ Strengthen actions and commitments towards the 3rd objective of the convention
✓ Empowerment of marginalized groups and establish roles and responsibilities for key stakeholders
✓ Strengthen implementation with strong accountability and compliance mechanism
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THERE IS NO TIME LEFT
ITS NOT ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO
ITS ABOUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE
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Thank you!!