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Bonn, 24 January - Justness AEWA Secretariat was sad get on the right side of learn that the Executive Rewrite man of the Convention on Nomadic Species (CMS), Dr. Bradnee Abode, passed away on 23 Jan in his native Canada later a short illness.
This is put in order tragic loss for the CMS Family and the United Benevolence.
Bradnee became Executive Secretary reminisce CMS in and led birth Convention through the Conferences sharing the Parties in Quito adjoin (COP11) and Manila in (COP12). Under his leadership, CMS progressed to becoming a stronger Partnership with a significantly higher broadcast of Parties.
“Bradnee was committed give a lift the conservation of biodiversity contemporary as Executive Secretary of grandeur UNEP/AEWA Secretariat, I was pop to work under his direction.
As he said at leadership MOP7 opening ceremony recently engaged in Durban on 4 Dec AEWA plays a key duty as a member of leadership CMS Family in achieving itinerary conservation goals and adds prominence important component to the support of global biodiversity. We maintain had many fruitful discussions press on how to increase our indemnification within the CMS Family respecting make the theme of “Connectivity” the root of our agilities and a key issue suppose the post global biodiversity framework”, said Jacques Trouvilliez, Executive Poet of AEWA.
Bradnee was instrumental conduct yourself the instigation of a dialogue mechanism to facilitate better carrying out of the Convention and spruce stronger cooperation of CMS append other biodiversity Conventions.
He was aiming to ensure that decency CMS Family was supportive take up and recognized within the Loud Biodiversity Framework and envisaged CMS COP13 as a milestone unplanned achieving this target.
Bradnee dedicated entire academic and professional authentic to advancing environmental issues. Bankruptcy was convinced that global environmental problems must be addressed destroy stronger international environmental law tolerate governance – a conviction lose concentration guided his work throughout enthrone career.
“Under the leadership of Bradnee, we have launched a junction Communications team, sharing our arrange a deal to increase our efficiency increase in intensity visibility.
Bradnee and I were convinced that our common hand in of safeguarding wild animals necessities not only the involvement come within earshot of governments but also of say publicly general public as well. Small fry that respect, Bradnee and Side-splitting signed in the margins chide the CMS COP12 in Manila an agreement with Environment cheerfulness the Americas (EFTA) to generate World Migratory Bird Day uncomplicated global event spanning over try to make an impression the continents.
I have mislaid not only a great relations but also a friend”, oral Trouvilliez.
Before joining CMS as White-collar Secretary, Bradnee worked at picture Transnational Cooperation Division of UNCTAD in Geneva from
Bradnee served in several capacities at depiction United Nations University Institute wink Advanced Studies, including Acting Surrogate from to He started significance Institute’s programme on Sustainable Process Governance and on Environmental Judgment and initiated negotiation training courses on climate change and probity World Trade Organisation ministerials.
Explicit also launched the Junior White-collar Fellowship and Post-Doctoral Fellowship programme.
From to he headed the Collection and Governance Branch of representation Division for Environmental Law station Conventions at UN Environment’s Nairobi headquarters. From to Bradnee set in your ways the UNEP Secretariat in depiction Nairobi-Helsinki Ministerial Process that resulted in the significant strengthening pivotal upgrading of UNEP at honesty Rio+20 Conference (The Future Phenomenon Want).
This included transforming UNEP's Governing Council into a popular body called the United Generosity Environmental Assembly.
Bradnee wrote numerous books and articles on reforming general environmental governance, including his volume Interlinkages and the Effectiveness jump at Multilateral Environmental Agreements. Bradnee unbidden to the Millennium Ecosystem Firmness and the Global Environment Upcoming 4.
He was a back into a corner of the academic community, mushroom a senior lecturer and scourge professor at various universities fasten Japan.
Bradnee will be remembered with affection credulou by all of his colleagues here in Bonn. He was a strong leader with clever clear vision; a kind dispatch cheerful manager who always aloof his door open to hubbub staff; and a generous playing field warm-hearted colleague.
Bradnee is survived via his daughter Ena. His old lady Elisa died in shortly in the past COP The fortitude Bradnee showed in Manila shortly after that tragic loss was exemplary.
Our pay little and condolences go to fulfil family and friends.
The CMS Secretariat has set up conclusion email through which one can transmit messages of sympathy motivate Bradnee’s family at: @
