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Events
Events
URBIO 2012
08-12 October 2012
Mumbai, India
Cities for Life: City and Subnational Biodiversity Summit
15-16 October 2012
Hyderabad, India
NRG4SD Subnational Government Committee Meeting
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Upcoming Events
3rd International conference of Urban Biodiversity and Design - URBIO 2012
Mumbai, India
08-12 October 2012
Cities for Life: Cities and Subnational Governments Biodiversity Summit
Hyderabad, India
15-16 October 2012
CBD COP 11
Hyderabad, India
08-19 October 2012
The World Resources Forum 2012
Beijing, China
21-23 October 2012
Past Events
Xiamen Forum on Ecosystem Management and Green Economy, 06 September 2012, Xiamen, China
IUCN World Conservation Congress 2012, 06-15 September 2012, Jeju, Korea
Nature Workshop Belo Horizonte, 12-14 June 2012, Brazil
ICLEI World Congress, 14-18 June 2012, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Earth Summit, Rio +20, 20-22 June 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
World City Summit 2012, 01-04 July 2012, Singapore
Meeting of Subnational Governments in support of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, 24 - 27 April 2012, Parque do Barigui, Curitiba, Brazil
Third Meeting on the Implementation of the Plan of Action -Including a Meeting of the Advisory Committee of Cities and the Global Partnership on Local and Sub-National Action for Biodiversity, 21-23 March 2012, Nagoya, Japan
Meeting of Cities for Biodiversity (Natureparif, Association des Maires des Grandes Villes de France and IETF), 24 January, Paris, France
Mediterranean Regional Workshop for Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans: Coordinating Local and National Action in the Mediterranean Basin, Montpellier, France, from 17 to 19 January 2012
Third Workshop on the Development of the City Biodiversity Index, October 2011, Singapore.
Meeting documents.
Second Meeting on the Implementation of the Plan of Action on Sub-National Governments, Cities and Other Local Authorities on Biodiversity 2011-2010, Meeting of the Advisory Committee of Cities and the Global Partnership on Local and Sub-national Action for Biodiversity, Septmeber 2011, Bonn, Germany. Documents:
Bonn Press release - 6 September 2011
,
CBD Press release - 15 September 2011
.
Presentations and other relevant documents
The First Meeting on the Implementation of the Plan of Action on Sub-National Governments, Cities and Other Local Authorities on Biodiversity was held in Montpellier, France, on 17-19 January 2011
Skyrise Greenery Conference 2010, Singapore
1-3 November 2010
. Visit the
Conference web site.
City Biodiversity Summit 2010, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan,
October 24-26, 2010
NEOBIOTA 2010 Conference
:"Biological Invasions in a Changing World - from Science to Management". Copenhagen, Denmark,
14-17 September 2010
Launching events of the TEEB D2 report: A series of simultaneous launch events and workshops were held to celebrate the release of the report in the following 4 cities worldwide: Ghent (Belgium), Curitiba (Brazil), Cape Town (South Africa) and New Delhi (India).
9 September 2010
BiodiverCities 2010
, in Paris, France,
September 6-8, 2010
The World Expo 2010
, in Shanghai, China.
From May 1st to October 31st 2010
Second Expert Workshop on the Development of the City Biodiversity Index (CBI), meeting documents are available
here
. Singapore, Singapore,
1-3 July 2010
World City Summit & Centre for Urban Greenery and Ecology (CUGE) Conference, Singapore,
30 June - 1 July 2010
Second International Conference of Urban Biodiversity and Design (URBIO 2010), Nagoya, Japan, 18-22 May 2010. Read the
Proceedings of the meeting
Resilient Cities 2010
. ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability and the City of Bonn organized the "1st World Congress on Cities and Adaptation to Climate Change" in Bonn, Germany,
28-30 May 2010
Cities, Local Authorities and Biodiversity Side Event at WGRI 3. The Global Partnership on Cities and Biodiversity held a side event to the third meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention (WGRI 3) in Kenya, Nairobi.
May 26, 2010
The 2nd International Conference of Urban Biodiversity & Design (URBIO2010)
. URBIO is an open worldwide scientific network for education and research with the aim to promote urban biodiversity through a continuing dialogue with the CBD and its initiative on “Cities and Biodiversity”. The conference participants adopted
"The Nagoya Declaration - URBIO 2010"
to deliver the conference outcomes and their commitments to contribute to the future of urban biodiversity. Nagoya, Japan
May 18-22, 2010
The Secretariat participated in the Montreal Summit on Biodiversity and Greenery, organized by the Montreal Regional Council for the Environment -Conseil regional de l'Environnement de Montreal,
27- 28 April 2010
. For more details visit:
Sommet sur la biodiversité et le verdissement de Montréal
The Secretariat participated in the
WORLD URBAN FORUM 5
, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The theme for Rio 2010, The right to the City – bridging the urban divide is in harmony with UN-HABITAT’s flagship report, State of the World’s Cities 2010-2011.
March 22-26, 2010
Meeting of the
Global Partnership on Cities and Biodiversity
. Curitiba, 6-7 January 2010, followed on 8 January by Celebrations of the launch of the
International year of Biodiversity
. You will find the meeting documents
here
UNFCCC COP15 Copenghagen - 9 December 2009: ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability held a panel on "Biodiversity and Climate Change: NOW is the time to make the connections at all levels". The Secretariat is invited to make a presentation on "Cities and Local authorities at the CBD" as part of the panel.
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ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability
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