Business and biodiversity newsletter
To accompany the implementation of decisions VIII/17 and IX/26, the Secretariat publishes Business.2010, a newsletter on business and biodiversity. We invite contributions from Parties, companies, business associations, business schools and others.

Comments and suggestions for future columns are welcome and should be addressed to the editor.

Current issue

Business 2010 June 2009
Business.2010 Newsletter
Vol. 4 Issue 1 (June 2009)
Special Focus on Invasive Alien Species

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Advisory Committee

Mr. Juan Marco Alvarez (bio) SalvaNATURA
Ms. Catherine Cassagne International Finance Corporation
Mr. Saliem Fakir (bio) University of Stellenbosch
Ms. Isaura Frondizi Desenvolvimento Sustentavel
Mr. Naoya Furuta Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.
Ms. Johanne Gélinas (bio) Samson Bélair / Deloitte & Touche s.e.n.c.r.l.
Mr. James Griffiths (bio) World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Prof. Anil K. Gupta (bio) Indian Institute of Management
Ms. Kristina Jahn (bio) PricewaterhouseCoopers
Mr. Raji Maasri MORES s.a.r.l.
Ms. Mary L. Shelman Harvard Business School
Ms. Laura van der Meer International Environmental Resources SPRL

Schedule of issues

Issue # Main theme* Deadline for submissions Posted online
2009      
4-1 Invasive species 1 February 22 May
4-2 Community-based business 1 March Q2
4-3 Forestry 1 August October
4-4 Markets
for ecosystem services
1 September Q4
2010      
5-1 Biotrade tbd Q1
5-2 Biofuels tbd Q2
5-3 COP-10 special 1 June September
5-4 Implications of COP-10
for business
1 November December

*In addition to articles on the specified theme for each issue, the Secretariat welcomes more general articles on business and biodiversity relevant to the implementation of decisions VIII/17 and IX/26.

Contact the editor

For guidelines as well as for providing suggestions and feedback on the newsletter, please contact:

Mr. Ravi Sharma
Principal Officer
Implementation and Technical Support
Phone: +1 514 287 7018
Email: ravi.sharma@cbd.int