The Parties to the three sister Rio Conventions have long recognized that potential mutual benefits would be realized from the synergetic implementation of these Conventions - Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNFCCD). To further promote the understanding of the benefits of synergetic implementation of the Rio Conventions, a side-event will be organized on the linkage between |