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Eighth Ordinary Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 8)

20 - 31 March 2006 - Curitiba, Brazil

34 decisions

106 document(s)

13 notification(s)

European Parliament Resolution on preparations for COP-8 and COP-MOP-3

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Information Note for Participants

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Information Note for Participants in the High Level Segment

List of Hotels

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Side-Events Request Form

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Procedures For Media Accreditation
(Click here for Portuguese version)

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Tentative Schedule of Speakers for the Plenary Session of the High Level Segment of the Eighth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

2006-03-10

SCBD/EDM/DC/54297 (2006-022)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points
cc: SBSTTA Focal Points and relevant organizations
Global Biodiversity Outlook 2
Global Biodiversity Outlook 2 will be launched during the opening session of eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties and will be made publicly available at that time. Meanwhile an embargoed copy is available to National Focal Points of the Convention at the following restricted access website: http://www.biodiv.org/doc/restricted/gbo2 (username: gbo2; password = embargo2).
Subject(s): Global Biodiversity Outlook

2006-03-08

SCBD/EDM/AD/moc/53840 (2006-021)
Notification to: CBD Focal Points – Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Group
Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Preparatory Meeting for the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
In consultation with the Latin America and the Caribbean members of the Bureau of COP-7, I am pleased to forward to you the draft provisional agenda for the Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Preparatory Meeting for COP-8 to be held from 18 to 19 March 2006 in Curitiba, Brazil.
Subject(s): Conference of the Parties

2006-03-03

SCBD/EDM/AD/moc/53840 (2006-020)
Notification to: CBD Focal Points – Asia and the Pacific Regional Group
Asia and the Pacific Regional Preparatory Meeting for the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
In consultation with the Asia and the Pacific members of the Bureau of COP-7, I am pleased to forward to you the draft provisional agenda for the Asia and the Pacific Regional Preparatory Meeting for COP-8 to be held from 18 to 19 March 2006 in Curitiba, Brazil.
Subject(s): Conference of the Parties

2006-03-02

SCBD/EDM/AD/moc/53840 (2006-018)
Notification to: CBD Focal Points – African Regional Group
African Regional Preparatory Meeting for the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
In consultation with the African members of the Bureau of COP-7, I am pleased to forward to you the draft provisional agenda for the African Regional Preparatory Meeting for COP-8 to be held from 18 to 19 March 2006 in Curitiba, Brazil.
Subject(s): Conference of the Parties

2006-02-27

SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/54025 (2006-016)
Notification to: Indigenous and local community organizations
Re: Support for Indigenous and Local Community Participation in the Eighth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
I am pleased to inform Parties that the selection of funded participants to the above-mentioned meeting has been completed. The selection was made according to applications received taking into account expertise, equitable geographic representation and gender balance. A list of selected participants is contained in the attached Annex.
Subject(s): Conference of the Parties

2006-02-17

SCBD/SEL/DO/53834 (2006-014)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points
Regional Preparatory Meetings for the Eighth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties
I have the honour to inform you that regional meetings to prepare for the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-8) will be held with support from the Government of Japan (for Asia and the Pacific region), the Government of United Kingdom (for the Africa region) and UNEP Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (for the Latin America and the Caribbean region).
Subject(s): Conference of the Parties

2006-02-10

SCBD/SEL/OJ/53740 (2006-011)

I have the honour to refer to the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, which will be convened at the Convention and Exhibition Center (Expo Trade) in Curitiba, Brazil, from 20 to 31 March 2006. Please note that a notification regarding accreditation, as well as the provisional agendas for both meetings are available on the Secretariat’s website at: http://www.biodiv.org/meetings/. In accordance with rules 6 and 7 of the Rules of Procedure for meetings of the Conference of the Parties, the meeting is open to any body or agency, whether governmental of non-governmental, qualified in fields relating to the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, which has informed the Secretariat of its wish to be represented at the meeting. (Click here for Spanish version)
Subject(s): Conference of the Parties
Action required by 2006-02-24

2006-02-06

SCBD/EDM/AD/53528 (2006-010)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points

Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, the Executive Secretary of the CBD, is pleased to forward to you the draft provisional agenda for the High Level Segment of COP 8, to be held in Curitiba, Brazil, from 27 to 29 March 2006, which was prepared and sent to all Ministers by H.E. Madam Marina Silva, the Minister of Environment of Brazil.
Subject(s): Conference of the Parties

2006-01-31

SCBD/EDM/AD/53400 (2006-008)

Important Note Verbale regarding credentials for COP 8 and COP-MOP/3.
Subject(s): Conference of the Parties, Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

2006-01-20

SCBD/SEL/OJ/GD/53093 (2006-007)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points
Re: Eighth Ordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Curitiba, Brazil, 20-31 March 2006
The Executive Secretary would like to inform Parties and participants to the Eighth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, which will be held in Curitiba, Brazil, from 20 to 31 March 2006, that in order to facilitate the preparatory work of Parties and delegates, the documents for the meeting have been made available on the Secretariat website, as advance unedited versions. The documents can be downloaded from the following link: http://www.biodiv.org/meetings/. The final edited versions of the pre-session documents will be made available six weeks in advance of the meeting.
Subject(s): Conference of the Parties

2006-01-12

SCBD/STTM/SBG/VA/52867 (2006-004)
Notification to: National Focal Points and relevant organizations

I have the pleasure to inform you that, pursuant to recommendation 1/4, paragraph 8 (d) of the first meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on Protected Areas, I plan to convene an expert workshop on protected areas on 17 and 18 March 2006 in Curitiba, Brazil, prior to the eighth meeting of the Conference of Parties, with financial support from the European Union. The main purpose of the workshop is to pre-view the possible elements of the programme of work on protected areas for review by COP 8. The workshop will also review the evaluation matrix contained in Annex II to recommendation 1/4, pursuant to para 8 (b) of the same recommendation. The provisional agenda for the workshop is annexed to this notification. Other meeting documents will be forwarded to the selected experts and posted on the CBD website in due course. The workshop will be conducted in English. The report of the workshop will be submitted to COP 8 as an information document.
Subject(s): Protected Areas / In-Situ Conservation, Conference of the Parties
Action required by 2006-01-31

2005-09-22

SCBD/OES/HZ/CS/50720 (2005-107)
Notification to: Intergovernmental Organizations, Non-governmental and Indigenous Organizations

I am pleased to inform you that, at the kind invitation of the Government of Brazil, the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 8) will be held in Curitiba, Brazil from 20 to 31 March 2006. The meeting will be preceded by the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Biosafety Protocol (COP-MOP/3), from 13 to 17 March 2006 to be held at the same venue. In this regard, I have the honour to invite representatives of bodies or agencies, whether governmental or non-governmental, qualified in fields relating to the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, to participate as observers in the above-mentioned meetings.
Subject(s): Conference of the Parties, Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
Action required by 2006-01-31

2005-09-22

SCBD/OES/HZ/CS/jh/50323 (2005-105)
Notification to: All National Focal Points to the Convention on Biological Diversity, All National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

I have the honour to inform you that, at the kind invitation of the Government of Brazil, the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 8) will be held in Curitiba, Brazil from 20 to 31 March 2006. The meeting will be preceded by the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Biosafety Protocol (COP-MOP/3), from 13 to 17 March 2006, to be held at the same venue. I am pleased to attach herewith the provisional agendas and the pre-registration forms for both meetings.
Subject(s): Conference of the Parties, Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
Action required by 2006-01-31

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