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ASEAN Joint Statement to the Thirteenth Meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/BD/AR/ab/86167 (2016-145)
To: All CBD National Focal Points, relevant organizations

CBD Participation in the Global South-South Development Expo, 28 October to 1 November 2013, Nairobi, Kenya

Reference: SCBD/MPO/AF/NP/OH/cr/82753 (2013-091)
To: CBD National Focal Points

CBD Secretariat activities at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20, including the Rio Conventions Pavilion

Reference: SCBD/STTM/TC/JSt/79452 (2012-053)
To: CBD National Focal Points and Relevant Organizations

Call for nomination of experts to contribute to the 2014 - 2018 Work Programme of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/SS/ac/83682 (2014-088)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and relevant organizations

Call for nomination of experts to contribute to the 2014 – 2018 Work Programme of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/SS/ac/83122 (2014-013)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Point and relevant organizations

Call for nominations for a workshop to develop a road map for supporting the implementation and monitoring of and capacity development for ecosystem restoration under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, 22-24 November 2023 - Rome, Italy

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/SK/JA/LJ/91211 (2023-090)
To: CBD and SBSTTA national focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant global and regional organizations and initiatives

Call for nominations of experts for a meeting to develop a methodology for Headline indicator 7.2 (pesticide environmental concentration) under the monitoring framework of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, 23-24 January 2024 - Rome, Italy

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/JC/MC/91382 (2023-123)
To: CBD focal points, ABS national focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, SBSTTA focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Call for submissions for the 2016 GBIF Ebbe Nielsen Challenge

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/RH/85880 (2016-098)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, GTI National Focal Points

Compilation of good biodiversity practice.

Reference: SCBD/OMG/NB/57847 (2007-038)
To: Business and biodiversity contacts CBD National Focal Points

The purpose of this Notification is to invite companies, business organizations and other interested organizations, to submit information on good biodiversity practice.

Consultation draft on enhancing synergies among the biodiversity-related conventions at the national and international levels

Reference: SCBD/MCO/AF/NP/CR/85966 (2016-112)
To: All CBD National Focal Points

Cooperation among the biodiversity-related conventions: Invitation for nomination of members of an informal advisory group on synergies

Reference: SCBD/MCO/AF/NP/CR/CE/86576 (2017-081)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Cooperation among the biodiversity-related conventions: Request for nomination of members of an informal advisory group

Reference: SCBD/MPO/AF/NP/CR/84362 (2015-021)
To: CBD National Focal Points

ECOLEX as a Gateway to Biodiversity-Related Law

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/69431 (2009-147)
To: All CBD National Focal Points

The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is very pleased to announce that it has partnered with ECOLEX to provide readily accessible information on biodiversity-related laws and policies.

EXTENSION OF DEADLINE: 7 February 2018 - Sharing experience in enhancing synergies among biodiversity-related conventions at the national level

Reference: SCBD/MCO/AF/NP/CR/86983 (2018-008)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Eleventh Meeting of the Joint Liaison Group of the Rio Conventions, Bonn, Germany (11 April 2011)

Reference: SCBD/STTM/vlo/77161 (2011-145)
To: All CBD National Focal Points STBSTTA Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the Eleventh Meeting of the Joint Liaison Group of the Rio Conventions was held on 11 April 2011 in Bonn, Germany. The Joint Liaison Group (JLG) between the three Rio Conventions was established as an informal forum for exchanging information, exploring opportunit ...

Engaging in Earth Hour 2018 and beyond: towards achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 1

Reference: SCBD/MPO/AF/DAIN/FD/87039 (2017-138)
To: CBD National Focal Points and relevant organizations

Extension of deadline: Call for nominations of experts for a meeting to develop a methodology for Headline indicator 7.2 (pesticide environmental concentration) under the monitoring framework of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, 23-24 January 2024 - Rome, Italy

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/JC/MC/91382 (2023-127)
To: CBD focal points, ABS national focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, SBSTTA focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Extension of deadline: Review of the 5th Joint Work Plan 2011-2020 between the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Convention on Wetlands Online Survey

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/ML/CC/89209 (2020-092)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points; Convention on Wetlands Focal Points

First South-South Cooperation Forum on Biodiversity for Development, Aichi/Nagoya, Japan, 17 October 2010

Reference: SCBD/STTM/OH/rg/72486 (2010-145)
To: CBD National Focal Points of Parties member of the Group of 77

I am pleased to invite you to attend the First South-South Cooperation Forum on Biodiversity for Development to be held on 17 October 2010, in Nagoya, just prior to the opening of the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 10).

Funding opportunities for migratory species conservation

Reference: SCBD/SAM/RH/AC/85313 (2016-004)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and relevant organizations

IPBES: Review of the first order draft of the Summary for Policymakers (SPM) and the second order drafts of the thematic assessment of pollinators, pollination and food production and the report on policy support tools and methodologies for scenario analysis and modelling of biodiversity and ecosystem services

Reference: (2015-061)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and relevant organizations

Implementation of Decision VIII/17 on Private sector engagement.

Reference: SCBD/OMG/NB/57846 (2007-037)
To: CBD National Focal Points

In view of the preparations for the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP-9), the Secretariat is compiling information regarding the implementation of Decision VIII/17. The Secretariat welcomes general information on steps taken towards the ...

Incorporating objectives of the biodiversity-related conventions into revised National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plans (NBSAPs) and other issues of relevance to NBSAP revision identified by the Conference of the Parties

Reference: SCBD/TSI/ML/GD/82694 (2013-092)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Information on measures adopted to promote ecologically sustainable boat-based marine wildlife watching

Reference: SCBD/OIC/BD/RH/86169 (2016-147)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points

Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Nomination of experts and review of documents

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/SS/AC/84399 (2015-025)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and relevant organizations

Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ar/72318 (2010-112)
To: All CBD Focal Points

I am pleased to forward to you a joint letter on the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) signed by His Excellency Mr. Norbert Rottgen, Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety of Germany and COP 9 President ...

International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments to enter into force

Reference: SCBD/SPS/CG/JSH/mw/85786 (2016-109)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Invitation to complete two UNEP questionnaires on coherence and synergy in implementing the global biodiversity-related conventions

Reference: SCBD/MPO/Jhed/83501 (2014-067)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Invitation to provide views on the process, under the Convention on Biological Diversity, on how requests from the Convention would be conveyed to the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

Reference: SCBD/STTM/DC/RH/79812 (2012-067)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, relevant organizations, indigenous and local communities

Invitation to submit comments on the draft Action Plan for the Bio-Bridge Initiative 2017-2020

Reference: SCBD/IMS/RS/ET/lz/85883 (2016-097)
To: CBD, ABS, CPB, SBSTTA National Focal Points, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities and relevant organizations

Invitations for Proposals for the Rio Conventions Pavilion to be held at the margins of the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 12) - Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea

Reference: SCBD/MPO/AF/NP/DA/fd/83810 (2014-104)
To: CBD National Focal Points and relevant organizations

Issues arising from the fourth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention related to Cooperation with other conventions: the biodiversity-related conventions and the Rio conventions

Reference: SCBD/ITS/RS/cr/80231 (2012-094)
To: All CBD National Focal Points

Joint Notification: Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD): Regional joint preparatory meetings of CITES and CBD representatives prior to the upcoming meetings of the respective Conference of the Parties (CoP/COP)

Reference: SCBD/OES/BD/85680 (2016-077)
To: All CBD National Focal Points (NFPs), Cartagena Protocol NFPs, Nagoya Protocol NFPs

Launch of the Biodiversity e-Learning Platform

Reference: SCBD/IMS/RS/ET/CP/86275 (2017-021)
To: CBD, CPB, NP Focal Points, other Governments, relevant organizations and IPLCs

Meeting of the “Friends of the Convention on Biological Diversity”, 14 – 15 August 2014

Reference: SCBD/MPO/AF/NP/cr/83736 (2014-095)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Membership of the informal advisory group concerning cooperation among the biodiversity-related conventions

Reference: SCBD/MPO/AF/NP/CR/84416 (2015-056)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Membership of the informal advisory group on synergies among biodiversity-related conventions

Reference: (2017-114)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ar/57516 (2007-021)
To: All CBD Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) was signed on 19 February 2007 by Mr. Taieb Cherif, Secretary General of ICAO and the Executive Secretary, in the pre ...

Modus Operandi for the BLG

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ab/77588 (2011-178)
To: All CBD National Focal Points and relevant Partner Organizations

I am very pleased to inform you that on the occasion of the second high-level retreat of the members of the Liaison Group of the Biodiversity-related Conventions (BLG), held in Bogis-Bossey, Switzerland, on 4 September 2011, the members of the BLG adopted and signed the Modus Operandi w ...

Opportunities to provide inputs to the work of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/AC/88272 (2019-067)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, relevant organizations

Outcomes of the 58th meeting of the GEF Council of relevance to the Convention and its Protocols

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/NP/88994 (2020-052)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, UN Organizations and Specialized Agencies, IGOs, NGOs, and indigenous people and local communities, and other stakeholders

Proposed Terms of Reference and Modus Operandi for the JLG between the Three Rio Conventions

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ab/77597 (2011-177)
To: All CBD National Focal Points and relevant Partner Organizations

I am very pleased to inform you that at the meeting held in Bonn, Germany, on 2 September 2011, the Executive Secretaries of the Joint Liaison Group (JLG) of the three Rio Conventions adopted the Proposed Terms of Reference and Modus Operandi for the Joint Liaison Group between the Three Rio Co ...

Recruitment of new panel members for the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel of the Global Environment Facility

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/ac/82984 (2013-111)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA FPs

Regional Workshop for East, South and Southeast Asia on South-South Cooperation on Biodiversity for Development, 21-24 May 2014 - Qingdao, Province of Shandong, China

Reference: SCBD/MPO/AF/NP/OH/cr/83170 (2014-037)
To: CBD National Focal Points of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, DPR Korea, Republic of Korea, Lao DPR, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor Leste and Vietnam

Release of CBD Business Newsletter (climate change)

Reference: SCBD/OMG/NB/58472 (2007-057)
To: CBD National Focal Points Business and biodiversity contacts

I am pleased to inform you that the third issue of the Secretariat’s newsletter on business and biodiversity, Business.2010, has been posted on the CBD website. This issue focuses on ‘business, biodiversity and climate change’ and can be downloaded at the following addresses: <a href='/doc/newsl ...

Report of the Eighth Meeting of the Joint Liaison Group of the Rio Conventions

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ar/60876 (2007-149)
To: CBD National Focal points and SBSTTA Focal Points

The eighth meeting of the JLG was held on 12 September 2007 in Madrid, Spain. The report of the meeting is available on the Secretariat website at the following link: <a href='/doc/reports/jlg-08-report-en.pdf'>http://www.cbd.int/doc/reports/jlg-08-report-en.pdf</a>

Report of the First Retreat of the Biodiversity-related Conventions

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ar/73675 (2010-172)
To: All CBD Focal Points

I am very pleased to inform you that thanks to the financial support of the Government of Switzerland, a high level retreat of the Biodiversity Liaison Group established by the Conference of the Parties in 2002 was held at the Château de Bossey, Geneva on 1 September 2010. The heads of Biodivers ...

Report of the First meeting of the Steering Committee for South-South Cooperation on Biodiversity, 29 October 2009, Montreal, Canada

Reference: SCBD/STTM/OH/cr/ 69545 (2009-168)
To: CBD National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the report of the above meeting, which was held on 29 October 2009, in Montreal, Canada, is now available on the Secretariat website at the following address: http://www.cbd.int/doc/?meeting=SSC-SC-01.

Report of the Informal Meeting of the Consortium of Scientific and Other Partners – Paris, France, 20 January 2010

Reference: SCBD/STTM/DAIN/ac/71546 (2010-081)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points, Consortium of Scientific Partners and other relevant organizations and partners

I am pleased to inform you that the report of the Informal Meeting of the Consortium of Scientific and Other Partners – Special Meeting for the International Year of Biodiversity – which took place on 20 January 2010, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., at the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Pari ...

Report of the Seventh Meeting of the Joint Liaison Group of the Rio Conventions.

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JW/ac/59463 (2007-099)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points

In Decision VIII/30, Paragraph 9, the Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) requested the Executive Secretary, through the Joint Liaison Group (JLG) of the Rio Conventions, to consider the options for enhanced cooperation among the three Rio Conventions prepared f ...