The dais during the opening plenary Protesters at COP 12 Performance of traditional Korean drums during the opening plenary of COP 12 in Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea Delegates having a discussion during the side event Babucarr Dumbaya, Gambia Alpensia Convention Center Diego Pacheco, Bolivia Ulrike Tröger, Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Marina Kosmus, GIZ L-R: Marco Rebelo, Portugal, Pedro Arriegas, Portugal and Paulo Carmo, Portugal Participants reading the Earth Negotiations Bulletin Working Group I Chair Tone Solhaug, Norway Participants from indigenous and local communities María Eugenia Choque Quispe, UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) Claudio Chiarolla, EU Rosemary Paterson, New Zealand Abdoulaye Bine Guindo, Mali Jennifer Tauli Corpuz, the Philippines Gaute Voigt-Hanssen, Norway Working Group II Chair María Luisa del Rio Mispireta, Peru Saulo Ceolin, Brazil Naohisa Okuda, Japan Somaly Chan, Cambodia Léontine Crisson, the Netherlands Edgar Selvin Pérez, Guatemala Gemedo Dalle Tussie, Ethiopia Yousef Saleh Alhafedh, Saudi Arabia L-R: Minjae Song and Reem Al Mealla, Global Youth Biodiversity Network Susan Brown, WWF International Neth Daño, ETC Group, on behalf of NGOs ICNP Co-Chair Fernando Casas View of the COP 12 opening plenary session Ho-Min Jang, Republic of Korea Aslak Holmberg, International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity (IIFB) Malta Qwathekana, South Africa Moustafa Mokhtar Ali Fouda, Egypt Sean Sullivan, Australia Chaweewan Hutacharern, Thailand Ioseb Kartsivadze, Georgia Ioseb Kartsivadze, Georgia Spencer Thomas, Grenada Mohamed El Abd Cheikh Sidi Mohamed, Mauritania Felice Cappelluti, EU CBD Executive Secretary Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias Achim Steiner, Executive Director, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Choi Moon-soon, Governor of Gangwon Province, Republic of Korea Choi Moon-soon, Governor of Gangwon Province, Republic of Korea Yoon Seongkyu, COP 12 President Yoon Seongkyu, COP 12 President L-R: Hem Pande, Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change of India and COP 11 President, hands over the COP Presidency to Yoon Seongkyu, Minister of Environment, Republic of Korea L-R: Hem Pande, Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change of India and COP 11 President, hands over the COP Presidency to Yoon Seongkyu, Minister of Environment, Republic of Korea Hem Pande, COP 11 President Hem Pande, COP 11 President Ilham Atho Mohamed, Maldives Roxana Solis Ortiz, Peru L-R: Franca D'Amico, Lahcene Rekik and Terry Mazza, CBD Secretariat L-R: Giovanni Ferraiolo and Paulo Tagliari Silva, CBD Secretariat Sarah Pearson, Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) Youngbae Suh, Republic of Korea Tine Rossing, UNDP Joji Carino, Forest People Programme David Duthie, CBD Secretariat Ellika Hermansson Török, Stockholm Resilience Centre Delegates consulting Delegates from Japan L-R: Minseon Kim and Spike Millington, East Asian - Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) L-R: Thiago Medeiros da Cunha Cavalcanti and Clarissa Nime, Ministry of External Relations, Brazil Santiago Carrizosa, UNDP Christo Marais, Department of Environment Affairs, South Africa Choi Youngtae, Korea Forest Service Ravi Prabhu, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) L-R: Delia Paul and Asterios Tsioumanis, ENB writers Participants following a presentation on a study on checkpoints IMG_8643_Alejandro IMG_8639 IMG_8635 Participants listening to a presentation by Arturo Mora, IUCN Nadine Saad, CBD Secretariat Edgar Selvin Pérez, Guatemala Sonia Peña Moreno, IUCN Arturo Mora, IUCN IMG_8552_D1 Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, Executive Secretary, CBD IMG_8026 IMG_8012 IMG_8002 IMG_7996 IMG_7991 IMG_7988 IMG_7984 Participants listening to a presentation on diversifying revenue sources for sustainable financing for protected areas Batbold Dorjgurkhem, Ministry of Environment and Green Development Mongolia Cristina Romanelli, CBD Secretariat Pablo Eyzaguirre, Platform for Agrobiodiversity Research (PAR) Participants following a presentation on health and biodiversity Catherine Machalaba, EcoHealth Alliance Multidisciplinary discussion panel on biodiversity and health Charlotte Gobin, Global Environment  Facility (GEF) Yoko Watanabe, GEF IMG_7710 IMG_7683 IMG_7658 IMG_7626 IMG_7582 Maria Purificacio Canals Ventin, Network of Managers of Marine Protected Areas in the Mediterranean (MedPAN) David Obura, CORDIO East Africa Participants listening to a presentation on EBSA Nic Bax, Commonwealth Science and Industry Research Organisation, Australia Rob Alkemade, PBL Participants following a presentation during the session Eugenie Regan, UNEP-WCMC Cornelia Krug, DIVERSITAS L-R: Cornelia Krug, DIVERSITAS; Tim Hirsch, Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF); Eugenie Regan, UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC); Paul Leadley, Paris-Sud University; Alexandra Marquez, German Centre for Integrative Biodive IMG_7176 IMG_7171 IMG_7157 African Development Bank (AfDB), CEPA Fair Andrew Bignell, New Zealand, incoming SBSTTA Chair Dais during the dialogue on mainstreaming biodiversity CBD Executive Secretary Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias Spencer Thomas, Chair of the Budget Committee Jae Chun Choe, President, National Institute of Ecology, Republic of Korea on behalf of COP 12 President Jae Chun Choe, President, National Institute of Ecology, Republic of Korea on behalf of COP 12 President Eleni Marama Rova Tokaduadua, Rapporteur L-R: CBD Executive Secretary Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias; Jae Chun Choe, President, National Institute of Ecology, Republic of Korea, on behalf of COP 12 President; and David Cooper, CBD Secretariat Boukar Attari, Chair of the Credentials Committee Boukar Attari, Chair of the Credentials Committee Delegates from Africa consulting L-R: Jihyun Lee, Joseph Appiott, and Jacqueline Grekin, CBD Secretariat Cicilia Wangari Githaiga, Kenya 5IMG_8241-wg2-jamaica Mais Saad, Iraq Atelaite Lupe Matoto, Tonga Santiago Obispo, Red de Cooperacion Amazonica (REDCAM) Damaso Luna, Mexico Jorge Ernesto Quezada Diaz, El Salvador Leo Maier, EU L-R: Wendy Jackson and Raylene Liufalani, New Zealand L-R: WG II Chair María Luisa del Rio Mispireta with John Scott, Catalina Santamaria and Viviana Figueroa, CBD Secretariat Cecilia Wong, Canada Lina Caplikaite, Lithuania Laurette Rasoavahiny, Madagascar L-R: Johansen Voker, Liberia, consulting with Prudence Tangham Galega, Cameroon L-R: Johansen Voker, Liberia, consulting with Prudence Tangham Galega, Cameroon Simon Joshua, Nigeria Boureima Boubacar, Niger Evy Ayu Arida, Indonesia Evy Ayu Arida, Indonesia Pedro Ivo, Portugal L-R: Jerry Harrison and John Tayleur, UNEP-WCMC Participants from WWF International and BirdLife International discussing text Contact group on compliance under the Nagoya Protocol Contact group on resource mobilization and the financial mechanism L-R: Atsuhiro Yoshinaka, CBD Secretariat; WG I Chair Tone Solhaug; and Ravi Sharma, CBD Secretariat L-R: Xue Dayuan and Bai Chengshou, China L-R: Paulo Guilherme Pingüim and José Palazzo, Divers for Sharks Delegates from Belgium Delegates from Belgium L-R: David Ainsworth, Charles Besançon, CBD Secretariat and Maria Purificació, MEDPAN Association L-R: David Ainsworth, Charles Besançon, CBD Secretariat and Maria Purificació, MEDPAN Association L-R: John Scott, CBD Secretariat and Suzi Heaton, Australia Amanda Bertolutti, Argentina Marcos Silva, Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Marcal Gusmao, Timor-Leste 4IMG_7790-wg2-cbd-mex Ben Temessek Mohamed Ali, Tunisia Enrique Lendo Fuentes, Mexico Claudio Chiarolla, EU L-R: Barbara De Rosa-Joynt and Stephanie Aktipis, US L-R: Barbara De Rosa-Joynt and Stephanie Aktipis, US Mphatso Martha Kalemba, Malawi Norbert Bärlocher, Switzerland Delegates from Nepal Davi Bonavides, Brazil Kent Nnadozie, International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) Chheang Dany, Cambodia Tilia Tima, Tuvalu Delegates from Africa consulting Delegates from Africa consulting L-R: Mundita Lim, the Philippines, in conversation with Edgar Selvin Pérez, Guatemala Delegates from Jordan, Yemen and Iraq consulting Prudence Tangham Galega, Cameroon Anne Larigauderie, Executive Secretary, Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Ali Al-Lami, Iraq Hem Pande, India Delegates from Bhutan Joe Horokou, Solomon Islands, checking out the iisd.ca website Joe Horokou, Solomon Islands, checking out the iisd.ca website Participants waiting for the schedule of the day's proceedings Delegates from Mexico L-R: Robert Lamb and Mamadou Kane, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) L-R: Catalina Santamaria, CBD Secretariat; WG II Chair María Luisa del Rio Mispireta and David Coates, CBD Secretariat Korean traditional dance with music by the Gangwon Provincial Arts Company Roberto V. Oliva, ASEAN Center for Biodiversity Participants following a presentation during the side event L-R: Trinison Tarivonda, Vanuatu; Joe Aitaro, Palau; Warwick Harris, Marshall Islands; and Joe Horokou, Solomon Islands Xu Jing, China Maher Abdel Aziz Amer, PERSGA Florina López, IIFB Moustafa Mokhtar Ali Fouda, Egypt Moustafa Mokhtar Ali Fouda, Egypt Stas Burgiel, US Saw Leng Guan, Malaysia Kahoru Kanari, Japan Nouf Al-Wasmi, Bahrain Gabriele Obermayr, Austria L-R: Ayhan Çağatay, Ümit Turan and Adem Bilgin, Turkey Val Roque, the Philippines Jeremy Woon, Singapore Kimisha Belinda Thomas, Dominica L-R: Jozef Buys, Belgium, Christian Glass, Germany, and Elfriede-Anna More, Austria L-R: Erie Tamale and Sarat Babu Gidda, CBD Secretariat L-R: Francis Ogwal, Uganda, consulting with Johansen Voker, Liberia L-R: Francis Ogwal, Uganda, consulting with Johansen Voker, Liberia Diego Pacheco Balanza, Bolivia Natalya Minchenko, Belarus Skumsa Mancotywa, South Africa Scott Wilson, Canada Jessika Carvajal, Colombia Gabriela Blatter, Switzerland Belal Alhayek, Syria Amina Drissi, Morocco L-R: Yibin Xiang, CBD Secretariat; WG I Chair Tone Solhaug; and Ravi Sharma, CBD Secretariat L-R: Rajae Chafil and Sophie Lavallée, Institut de la Francophonie pour le développement durable (IFDD) Mark Zimsky, Global Environment Facility (GEF) 2IMG_6571-wg2-undoalos L-R: Risa Smith and Cecilia Wong, Canada María Eugenia Choque Quispe, UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) in conversation with delegates from Bolivia Jean-Patrick Le Duc, France Abdul-Hakim Aulaiah, Yemen Sujata Arora, India Sigurdur Thrainsson, Iceland Alexander Shestakov, Russian Federation Andrea Ramírez, Colombia Leina Al-Awadhi, Kuwait Makiko Yanagiya, Japan Delegates from Jordan, Syria and Yemen in consultation with a participant from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) Lahcene Rekik, CBD Secretariat with Korean local staff Victor Cantón, Uruguay Roberto Valenti, EU Patama Domrongphol, Thailand L-R: Kieran Noonan Mooney, CBD Secretariat; Robert Höft, CBD Secretariat; WG I Chair Tone Solhaug; Ravi  Sharma, CBD Secretariat Mohamed Feruzi, Burundi Mundita Lim, the Philippines Thiago Cavalcanti, Brazil Maja Stade Aaronaes, Norway L-R: Nopasika Malta Qwathekana, South Africa; Paul Baskcomb, City of Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; Masaru Horikami, Japan; Jongryul Kim, Republic of Korea; Soonsun Lee, Governor, Inje County, Republic of Korea; Yoshikazu Naito, Japan; Masao Hayakawa, The EU in discussion with Mexico Till Pistorius, Germany El Khitma El Awad Mohammed Ahmed, Sudan Lily Rodriguez, German Science Foundation María Eugenia Choque Quispe, UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) Sangay Dema, Bhutan L-R: Kamar Yousuf and Makiko Yashiro, UNEP Hartmut Meyer, Germany Hesiquio Benitez Diaz, Mexico Cyrus Mageria, Kenya CBD Executive Secretary Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias and Roberto V. Oliva, Executive Director, ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) WG II Chair Maria Luisa Mispireta So Jean Busco, Burkina Faso Julius Ningu, Tanzania L-R: Nopasika Malta Qwathekana, South Africa; Paul Baskcomb, City of Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; Masaru Horikami, Japan; Jongryul Kim, Republic of Korea; Soonsun Lee, Governor, Inje County, Republic of Korea; Yoshikazu Naito, Japan; Masao Hayakawa, L-R: Mi-ran Gim, Republic of Korea; Young-hee Ham, Gangwon Provincial Government, Republic of Korea and Susanne Nolden, Germany COP 12 participants watched a video showcasing Mexico's natural capital WG I Chair Tone Solhaug Yousef Saleh Alhafedh, Saudi Arabia L-R: Ravi Sharma, CBD Secretariat; Erie Tamale, CBD Secretariat; WG I Tone Solhaug; and Beatriz Gómez-Castro, CBD Secretariat Participants looking over a contour plan for the 2018 Winter Olympics village in Pyeongchang. Rahul Chand, Fiji Captain Hook Awards on the margins of CBD COP 12, as NGOs protest the use of synthetic biology in "syn-bio-piracy" Hem Pande, Chair of NP COP/MOP 1 Risa Smith, Canada Babucarr Dumbuya, the Gambia IMG_7830 7IMG_0683-publications 7IMG_0634-wg2-burkinafaso Yoon Seongkyu, COP 12 President L-R: Jihyun Lee, CBD Secretariat, consulting with Mundita Lim, the Philippines Naohisa Okuda, Japan Delegates from the EU consulting Mrinalini Rai and Simone Lovera-Bilderbeek, Global Forest Coalition elegates from the EU, Argentina, Bolivia and Mexico consulting Melissa Cotterill, Australia L-R: Abdul Hamid Zakri, Chair of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES); Leo Brincat, Minister of Sustainable Development, the Environment and Climate Change, Malta; Amy Fraenkel, CBD Secretariat; Bruno Oberle, State