Biofuels Watch: [biofuelwatch] potential useful quotes CBD on biofuel incentives

Thursday, June 7, 2012

[biofuelwatch] potential useful quotes CBD on biofuel incentives

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Dear Robbie and all,

I was planning to write a decent report on the recent meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific Technical and Technological Advice of the Convention on Biodiversity some time ago, but I was overtaken by Rio+20 preparations. Especially for those of you who are involved in campaigns against the EU biofuel targets I did want to alert you on the following recommendations the meeting of this governmental advisory body produced, as they might be useful to refer to:

On Biofuels:

"Recognizing that some incentive measures can be significant drivers of biofuels expansion in certain circumstances, SBSTTA invites parties and other governments to evaluate these measures using the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, in the context of the Convention's cross-cutting issue on incentive measures, taking into account national and socio-economic conditions. Also recognizing the rapidly developing technology associated with biofuels, SBSTTA urges parties and other governments to monitor these developments. "

On incentive measures in general:

"• emphasizes that conducting studies for the identification of incentives, including subsidies, harmful for biodiversity need not delay immediate policy action in cases where candidates for elimination, phase out or reform are already known, taking into account national socio-economic conditions;

- continue and further strengthen its cooperation with relevant organizations and initiatives, with a view to catalyzing, supporting and facilitating further work in identifying and eliminating, phasing out or reforming harmful incentives, in promoting positive incentives and in assessing and mainstreaming the values of biodiversity and associated ecosystem services;"

In general, it was quite a productive meeting, although it was also clear that the most controversial issues will have to be resolved by the Conference of the Parties of this Convention in October 2012.

A more elaborate report on the meeting will appear in the next issue of Forest Cover, the newsletter of the Global Forest Coalition, in August 2012.

Best wishes,

Simone

Simone Lovera
Executive director
Global Forest Coalition
Bruselas 2273
Asuncion, Paraguay
Tel: +595-21-663654
Mob:+595-981-407375
Skype: simonelovera
simone.lovera@globalforestcoalition.org

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