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Biological diversity presents various challenges and issues requiring not only thesincere commitment of local governments, but also the ideas provided byinitiatives created by children and young people. With this in mind, we held theCity Biodiversity Summit 2010 together with COP 10 in order to discuss thechallenges facing local governments in different parts of the world and the plans
they have put into action. Support was also given to conferences at whichchildren and young people from around the world can become engaged in thisissue. These meetings highlighted the notable efforts taken within this region tospread information worldwide.

KODOMO COP 10 in Aichi-Nagoya
As an associated conference of COP 10,"KODOMO COP 10 in Aichi-Nagoya" was held
for children from Japan and many othercountries in order to discuss the global issues
on biodiversity and convey the outcomes to all
over the world.

In October 2010, 568 children from 32
countries including Japan gathered at "TheThe International Children'sConference on Biodiversity AichiNagoya 2010

International Children's Conference on Biodiversity Aichi-Nagoya 2010." It
collected the opinions of all the attendees regarding what children should do andwhat adults should do to conserve biodiversity. The children conclusively made"Declaration of the International Children's Conference on Biodiversity AichiNagoya 2010."

On October 27, the declaration was announced by representatives of thechildren at the high-level segment of COP 10.
Date and Places : Learning Excursion: August 16 (Mon.) - 19 (Thu.), 2010
(Shirakami Mountain Range)"The International Children's Conference on Biodiversity Aichi-Nagoya 2010" andspecial programs: October 21 (Thu.) - 25 (Mon.)(Aichi Mihama Youth Outdoor Leaning Center in Mihama-cyo, Nadya Park inNagoya City, etc.)
Host : KODOMO COP 10 Aichi-Nagoya Promotion Committee(Affiliated members: Aichi Prefectural Board of Education, Aichi
Prefectural Government, Nagoya City Board of Education, City of Nagoya, AEON
Environmental Foundation, Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc., Toho Gas Co., Ltd.,
Toyota Motor Corporation)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Co-host : Aichi-Nagoya COP 10 CBD Promotion Committee

International Youth Conference on Biodiversity
in Aichi 2010
In August 2010, the International YouthConference on Biodiversity in Aichi 2010 was
held in Aichi Prefecture.

With the CBD Post-2010 targets in mind, one
hundred youths aged between 15 and 24 from66 countries including Japan shared ideas
about what can be done to prevent the global

International Youth Conference on
Biodiversity in Aichi 2010

loss of biodiversity. The activities included
case studies, excursions, workshops, discussions, and presentations.

On the final day, the International Youth Biodiversity Forum was held and astatement and other results were delivered to showcase the accomplishments ofthe conference.

On October 27, the outputs of the conference were presented at the side eventof COP 10 by representatives of the youth conference. Also on October 28, theyouth delegation presented the outputs at the high-level segment of COP 10.
Date and Places : Homestay: August 21 (Sat.) - 22 (Sun.), 2010
(General households in Aichi Prefecture)
Conference: August 23 (Mon.) - 26 (Thu.),(Aichi Health Plaza in Higashiura-cho, Chita-gun, Aichi Prefecture)
Excursions: August 24 (Tue.)(Komono-cho, Mie-gun, Mie Prefecture)
Exchange Meeting: August 24 (Tue.)(Aichi Shukutoku University and several places in Nagoya City)
Presentation: August 27 (Fri.)(Toyoda Auditorium, Nagoya University in Nagoya City)
Host : Ministry of the Environment
Co-host : Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Aichi Prefectural Government

CBD-COP10 Forum for Community-Academia
Dialogue
─Mainstreaming Biodiversity─
The "CBD-COP10 Forum for CommunityAcademia Dialogue 'Mainstreaming
Biodiversity'" was held at Nagoya University(Chikusa-ku, Nagoya) on September 4(Saturday) and 5 (Sunday), 2010. The Forum
was attended by 550 people on the first day
and 400 people on the second day. A total of110 presenters and general participants alsoSession(Toyoda Auditorium)

attended the informal social gathering on the Saturday evening.

On the first day, under a theme of "What are the issues facing Japan and therest of the world?" Dr. Ian Thompson (senior research scientist at the CanadianForest Service) delivered a keynote address, regarding the Convention on
Biological Diversity and main arguments of COP 10. At the following twosessions, reports were presented on current biodiversity issues in Japan and therest of the world.

On the second day, under a theme of "What should we do?," four sessions wereheld in the morning, in which reports that delved more deeply into the topics
presented on the first day was presented. In the afternoon, two panel
discussions were held to consider the use of land and resources as well as thenature of life, business and society in the 21st century.

Although a considerable amount of time was set aside for Qs and As session, asa trial to connect viewpoints of citizens (society) and viewpoints of experts(academia), the time was ran out because so many questions was asked atsessions and panel discussions. The fact shows that citizens and experts
stepped closer to each other.
Date : September 4 and 5, 2010
Place : Nagoya University
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