What we did
This event was part of the roadmap to collect contributions for the “Post-2020 Biodiversity Framework” from Brazilian local actors (such as municipal and subnational governments). his international, intersectorial and multilevel eventwas related and followed the route of previous ones such as “The Nature of Cities” (Paris, France – june/2019); “El Poder de las Metrópolis y su Rol em la Conservación de la Biodiversidad y los Servicios de sus Ecosistemas para la Naturaleza y las Personas” (Medelín, Colombia – july/2019); and the “III Congreso de Áreas Protegidas de Latinoamérica y el Caribe” (Lima, Peru – october/2019).
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What we achieved
The event was organized by ICLEI SAMS in partnership with Secretariat for Infrastructure and Environment of , Regions4, Post 2020 Biodiversity Framework – EU Support initiative, the support of CETESB, Fundação Florestal, GIZ, KAS, Atlantic Forest Biosphere Reserve (RBMA), the involvement of ICLEI Africa and Cities Biodiversity Centre representation. The event aimed to formulate contributions from several Brazilian actors regarding key points for the new Post-2020 global framework of the CBD, which will be defined in the next COP15 of CBD. To this end, the “Letter of São Paulo” was prepared as a result of the event, as a document that compiled the local, subnational contributions, from the biosphere reserves, civil society entities, from the private sector, among others. With this, the intention is to reach a global agreement for nature and for people to be recognized by the 196 signatory countries to the Convention. The event featured moments of group work in sessions with some thematic axes and also expository moments of practices on these themes.
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