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