{"id":5187,"date":"2023-05-15T18:22:12","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T15:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coa.sua.ac.tz\/animal\/?p=5187"},"modified":"2023-06-01T09:35:32","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T06:35:32","slug":"the-united-nation-has-appointed-sua-graduate-to-the-un-advisory-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coa.sua.ac.tz\/animal\/news\/the-united-nation-has-appointed-sua-graduate-to-the-un-advisory-committee","title":{"rendered":"The United Nation has appointed SUA graduate to the UN Advisory Committee 2023\/2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"title-medium\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">Tanzanian appointed to United Nations Advisory Committee<\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"paragraph-wrapper\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">The United Nations has appointed Ghaamid Abdulbasat (@ghaamid.a) as a member of the International Advisory Committee (IAC) representing the youth of Africa and the world to implement the Nagoya Protocol of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity\/Environment. The objective is to strengthen the implementation of the agreement following the launch of the biodiversity policy framework in December 2022 in Canada at the 15th Conference of the Parties (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unep.org\/un-biodiversity-conference-cop-15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">COP15<\/a>), of which Tanzania is also a member.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph-wrapper\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">The Nagoya Protocol is an international agreement aimed at ensuring the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge, including access to resources, technology transfer, and providing appropriate funding to contribute to biodiversity conservation and sustainable use.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph-wrapper\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">As a member of the IAC, Ghaamid will contribute to the development of capacity-building programs focused on enhancing the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol. He will represent the youth in ensuring that their voices are heard and their perspectives are taken into account.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5286 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coa.sua.ac.tz\/animal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ghaamid2-819x1024-1-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"828\" height=\"1035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coa.sua.ac.tz\/animal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ghaamid2-819x1024-1-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.coa.sua.ac.tz\/animal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ghaamid2-819x1024-1-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.coa.sua.ac.tz\/animal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ghaamid2-819x1024-1.jpg 819w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph-wrapper\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Ghaamid is one of the Environmental Ambassadors of the Office of the Vice President, Director of the Tanzania Biodiversity Organization @tzbioorg, and has received various awards, including United Nations accolades, for his efforts in inspiring, engaging, and educating young people about environmental conservation since he began these initiatives in 2017.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5206 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coa.sua.ac.tz\/animal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Ghaamid_disc-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coa.sua.ac.tz\/animal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Ghaamid_disc-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.coa.sua.ac.tz\/animal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Ghaamid_disc-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.coa.sua.ac.tz\/animal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Ghaamid_disc-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.coa.sua.ac.tz\/animal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Ghaamid_disc.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph-wrapper\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Mr Ghaamid Abdulbasat pursued his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sua.ac.tz\/programme\/bachelor-science-environmental-sciences-and-management\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">B.Sc. in Environmental Sciences and Management<\/a> from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sua.ac.tz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sokoine University of Agriculture<\/a> &#8211; Tanzania in 2019,\u00a0 and M.Sc. in Applied Ecohydrology from Erasmus Mundus Program (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ualg.pt\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Algarve<\/a> &#8211; Portugal) in 2023.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sua.ac.tz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Sokoine University of Agriculture<\/a> &#8211; Tanzania<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Share this page<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tanzanian appointed to United Nations Advisory Committee The United Nations has appointed Ghaamid Abdulbasat (@ghaamid.a) as a member of the International Advisory Committee (IAC) representing the youth of Africa and the world to implement the Nagoya Protocol of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity\/Environment. 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