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Actions towards achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 11: including areas of particular importance for biodiversity and improving ecological representation

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/SBG/LJ/84384 (2015-027)
To: National Focal Points to the CBD, PoWPA Focal Points

Anglophone Africa sub-regional workshop on the review of, and capacity building for the implementation of the CBD programme of work on Protected Areas, from 13-15 August 2007, Cape Town, South Africa.

Reference: CBD/STTM/SBG/va/58767 (2007-072)
To: CBD National Points of Botswana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Egypt ,Ghana, The Gambia, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe; relevant NGOs, and indigenous & local communities.

I have the pleasure to inform you that, with the generous financial support of the European Union and WWF, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is organizing from 13 to 15 August 2007 in Cape Town, South Africa, an Anglophone Africa sub-regional workshop on the review ...

Atelier pour renforcer les capacités nationales et régionales, dans la sous-région de l’Afrique francophone en vue de favoriser et faciliter la mise en œuvre du programme de travail sur les aires protégées, du 7 au 10 janvier 2008, Libreville, Gabon

Reference: CBD/STTM/SBG/va/60679 (2007-144)
To: des représentants nationaux de l’Angola, de l’Algérie, du Bénin, du Burkina Faso, du Burundi, du Cameroun, du Cap Vert, des Comores, de la République démocratique du Congo, de la République Centrafricaine, de la République du Congo, de la Côte d’Ivoire, de Djibouti, de la Guinée équatoriale, de la Guinée-Bissau, du Gabon, de la Guinée, de Madagascar, du Mali, du Maroc, la Mauritanie, du Niger, de Sao Tomé & Principe, du Sénégal, du Tchad, du Togo et de la Tunisie.

J’aimerais par la présente vous informer que le Secrétariat de la Convention sur la diversité biologique (CDB) organisera, du 7 au 10 janvier 2008, à Libreville au Gabon, un atelier pour la sous-région de l’Afrique francophone en vue de favoriser et faciliter la mise en œuvre du programme de tra ...

Building Support for Protected Areas and Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs)

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/SK/PG/ESE/90000 (2021-078)
To: CBD National Focal Points and PoWPA Focal Points

Call for Nominations for a Meeting to develop a Target 3 Partnership, Cambridge, United Kingdom - 2-4 May 2023

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/SK/MC/VA/90867 (2023-021)
To: CBD Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Call for Poster Papers - Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas, 11-15 February 2008, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/60055 (2007-115)
To: all CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and relevant organizations

The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is currently accepting applications for posters to be displayed at the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas (WGPA 2) to be held 11-15 February 2008, at the Food and Agriculture Organization Headqu ...

Call for review of the second draft of the IUCN Standard on Key Biodiversity Areas Identification

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/SBG/LM/85005 (2015-103)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and relevant organizations

Capacity-building workshop for East Asia and Southeast Asia on achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 11, Yanji City, Jilin Province, China – 15 to 18 September 2015

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/SBG/LJ/84709 (2015-065)
To: CBD National Focal Points of: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Indonesia, Japan, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Vietnam

Capacity-building workshop for South, Central and West Asia on achieving Aichi Biodiversity Targets 11 and 12, New Delhi, India – 16 to 18 November 2015

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/SBG/LM/84855 (2015-081)
To: CBD National Focal Points of: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cyprus, India, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Maldives, Nepal, State of Palestine, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan and Yemen

Capacity-building workshop for Southern and Eastern Africa on ecosystem conservation and restoration to support achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, Livingstone, Zambia – 12 to 16 May 2014

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/SK/LJ/83301 (2014-039)
To: CBD National Focal Points: Angola, Botswana, Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe; and relevant regional organizations engaged in conservation and restoration

Capacity-building workshop for the Pacific region for implementation of the Programme of Work on Protected Areas, Fiji, 9 to 12 February 2009

Reference: SCBD/ITS/STTM/SBG/lj/65732 (2008-155)
To: CBD and PoWPA Focal Points in the Pacific Region: Cook Islands; Federated States of Micronesia; Fiji; Kiribati; Marshall Islands; Nauru; Niue; Palau; Papua New Guinea; Samoa; Solomon Islands; Tonga; Tuvalu; and Vanuatu

I have the pleasure to inform you that, with the generous financial support of the Government of Spain and the European Union, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is jointly organizing with the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and the ...

Colloquium on the role of ICCAs in achieving the Aichi Targets, 13 October 2012, Hyderabad, India

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/JS/lj/80815 (2012-131)
To: CBD Focal Points, PoWPA Focal Points, International Organizations, NGOs, and ILCs

Completion of the LifeWeb Initiative

Reference: SCBD/SPS/CSU/CG/CB/85725 (2016-080)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and POWPA Focal Points

Designation of a National Focal Point for the Programme of Work on Protected Areas

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/65011R (2010-109)
To: CBD National Focal Points

With reference to paragraph A 21 of decision IX/18, Parties were requested to designate a National Focal Point for the Programme of Work on Protected Areas (PoWPA-NFP) vide original notification 2008-124 dated 23 September 2008 (also available in Spanish https://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/200 ...

Designation of a National Focal Point for the Programme of Work on Protected Areas (PoWPA-NFP)

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/va/65011 (2008-124)
To: CBD National Focal Points

In paragraph A 21 of decision IX/18, the Conference of the Parties requested “ Parties to designate a national focal point for the programme of work on protected areas in support of the Convention's national focal point to facilitate the effective and coordinated development and implementation o ...

Expert workshop on ecological criteria and biogeographic classification systems for marine areas in need of protection, 2-4 October 2007, Azores, Portugal.

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/JG/57314 (2007-017)
To: CBD National Focal Points and relevant organizations

I have the pleasure to inform you that, with financial support from the Government of Portugal, the Secretariat is convening an expert workshop on ecological criteria and biogeographic classification systems for marine areas in need of protection, from 2 to 4 October 2007, in Azores, Portugal.

Expert workshop on integrating protected areas into wider land- and seascapes 1 to 4 November 2008, Island of Vilm, Germany

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/65353 (2008-137)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that after careful consideration of all nominations, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in consultation with the Bureau of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) has approved the list of experts for t ...

Expert workshop on integrating protected areas into wider land- and seascapes 2 to 4 November 2008 at the International Academy of Nature Conservation, the Island of Vilm, Germany

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/LJ/64864 (2008-115)
To: CBD National Focal Points and Relevant Organisations

I have the pleasure to inform you that, with the generous financial support of the Government of Netherlands, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is organizing an expert workshop on integrating protected areas into wider land- and seascapes from 2 to 4 November 2008 a ...

Extension of deadline for submission of information on implementation of the programme of work on protected areas.

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/VA/56696 (2006-125)
To: All CBD National Focal Points, other Governments and relevant organizations

The deadline for submission of information on implementation of the programme of work on protected areas has been extended to 31 March 2007. This extension takes into account the fact that the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas is now scheduled to be held fr ...

Invitation for Proposals - The Rio Conventions’ Ecosystems snd Climate Change Pavilion: Promoting synergies between biodiversity, land management and climate change, to be held at the CBD COP 10 and the UNFCCC COP 16

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/AW/71840 (2010-101)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and International Organizations

The secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), in consultation with the secretariats of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), will convene the Rio Conventions’ Ecosystems and Clima ...

Invitation to join the global partnership to support the achievement of Target 3 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/SS/91356 (2023-119)
To: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Invitation to submit LifeWeb Expressions of Interest consistent with the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and the area-based Aichi Targets

Reference: SCBD/SAM/CB/82032 (2013-052)
To: CBD National Focal Points and CBD Focal Points for Protected Areas

Invitation to submit project expressions of interest to the LifeWeb

Reference: SCBD/ STTM/LifeWeb/JS/68505 (2009-102)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Programme of Work on Protected Areas Focal Points, other governments, and relevant international organisations and stakeholders

As a follow up to the earlier notification SCBD/STTM/LifeWeb/JS/68345 dated 11 August 2009, through this notification, Parties are invited to submit recipient expressions of interest to participate in the LifeWeb initiative.

Invitation to the Webinar on "Introduction to Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures for Mexico, Central and South America", on 13 April 2021

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/AS/SBG/ESE/89514 (2021-020)
To: CBD National Focal Points; PoWPA Focal Points; relevant organizations and indigenous peoples and local communities from Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, French Guiana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela

Latin American sub-regional Workshop on Protected Areas, from 23 to 25 September 2008, the City of Salinas, Province of Santa Elena, Ecuador

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/va/64402 (2008-081)
To: National Focal Points of Spanish speaking countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela, Uruguay)

I have the pleasure to inform you that, with the generous financial support of the Government of Ecuador and the European Union, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is organizing from 23 to 25 September 2008 in the City of Salinas, Province of Santa Elena, Ecuador, a ...

Launch of the UNDP/GEF Global Project on Supporting Country Action in implementing the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas.

Reference: CBD/STTM/SBG/va/ac/58859 (2007-074)
To: All CBD Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) recently approved a global project on “Supporting Country Action on the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Programme of Work on Protected Areas”. This project will be ...

Launching of LifeWeb’s Zero Extinction Campaign

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/CB/CE/82864 (2013-103)
To: CBD National Focal Points

LifeWeb Coordination Office is Operational

Reference: SCBD/STTM/LifeWeb/JS/68345 (2009-095)
To: CBD National Focal Points, PoWPA Focal Points

Pursuant to the penultimate preamble paragraph, as well as paragraphs A5 (a) and A18 of decision IX/18, I have the honour to inform you that the LifeWeb Coordination Office is now operational within the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, with the generous financial support fr ...

List of selected experts for the Expert Workshop On Protected Areas Curitiba, Brazil, 17 & 18 March 2006

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/SBG/VA/53705 (2006-013)
To: CBD 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 am convening an expert workshop on protected areas on 17 and 18 March 2006 in Curitiba, Brazil, prior to the eighth meeting ...

NEW DATES: Capacity-building workshop for South, Central and West Asia on achieving Aichi Biodiversity Targets 11 and 12, New Delhi, India – 7 to 10 December 2015

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/SBG/LM/84855 (2015-115)
To: CBD National Focal Points of: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cyprus, India, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Maldives, Nepal, State of Palestine, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan and Yemen

New dates and call for nominations for a Meeting to develop a Target 3 Partnership, Cambridge, United Kingdom - 12-14 June 2023

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/SK/MC/VA/90867 (2023-039)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Nomination of experts for the technical expert workshop on other effective area-based conservation measures for achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 11, 6-9 February 2018 - Montreal, Canada

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/SBG/ESE/86684 (2017-099)
To: PoWPA Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points; Relevant International Organizations, Bi-lateral and Multi-lateral Funding Agencies, United Nations/international organizations; Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

Nominations for the Capacity-building Workshop for Central and Eastern Europe on Achieving Aichi Biodiversity Targets 11 and 12, 14 to 17 June 2016, Minsk, Belarus

Reference: SCBD/SAM/RH/SBG/LM/AAS/85567 (2016-049)
To: CBD National Focal Points of: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Montenegro, Poland, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan

Nominations for the Capacity-building workshop for Africa on achieving Aichi Biodiversity Targets 11 and 12, 22 to 25 March 2016 – Uganda

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/SBG/LM/AAS/85153 (2016-002)
To: CBD National Focal Points of: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cabo Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Nominations for the Regional Workshop for Africa on the Review of Implementation of the Programme of Work on Protected Areas

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/67667 (2009-061)
To: CBD Focal Points and PoWPA Focal Points in Africa

I am pleased to invite you to nominate one representative of your government, at your earliest convenience, but not later than 10 July 2009, to participate in the workshop. The Secretariat will be in a position to finance the participation of one representative from eligible Parties to the Conve ...

Nominations for the Regional Workshop for Asia and the Pacific on the Review of Implementation of the Programme of Work on Protected Areas

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/67668 (2009-062)
To: CBD Focal Points and PoWPA Focal Points in Asia and the Pacific

I am pleased to invite you to nominate one representative of your government, at your earliest convenience, but not later than 10 July 2009, to participate in the workshop. The Secretariat will be in a position to finance the participation of one representative from eligible Parties to the Conve ...

Nominations for the Regional Workshop for Central and Eastern Europe on the Review of Implementation of the Programme of Work on Protected Areas from 27 November to 1 December 2009, Isle of Vilm, Germany

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/68215 (2009-113)
To: CBD National Focal Points and PoWPA Focal Points in Central and Eastern Europe

In paragraph A15 of decision IX/18, the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) requested the Executive Secretary to convene regional and sub-regional capacity-building and progress-review workshops for the programme of work on protected areas (PoWPA). In ...

Nominations for the Regional Workshop for Latin America and the Caribbean on the Review of Implementation of the Programme of Work on Protected Areas

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/67669 (2009-063)
To: CBD Focal Points and PoWPA Focal Points in Latin America and the Caribbean

I am pleased to invite you to nominate one representative of your government, at your earliest convenience, but not later than 10 July 2009, to participate in the workshop. The Secretariat will be in a position to finance the participation of one representative from eligible Parties to the Conve ...

Online questionnaire for the Global Database of Connectivity Conservation Initiatives

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/SBG/LM/85500 (2016-033)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and relevant organizations

Peer review of draft documents for the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on Protected Areas (WG-PA/2)

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/VA/60107 (2007-118)
To: all CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and relevant organizations

I am pleased to inform you that a page has been created on the CBD website (<a href='/wgpa2/review.shtml'>http://www.cbd.int/wgpa2/review.shtml</a>) to facilitate the peer-review of the drafts of documents prepared by the Secretariat for consideration by the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-End ...

Peer review of the draft Plant Conservation Report

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/SBG/VA/62944 (2008-034)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, GSPC Focal Points

The purpose of this notification is to request CBD National Focal points, SBSTTA and GSPC Focal Points, as well as other relevant stakeholders, to submit comments on the draft Plant Conservation Report.

Postponement of the Meeting to develop a Target 3 Partnership Cambridge, United Kingdom - 2-4 May 2023

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/SK/MC/VA/90867 (2023-032)
To: CBD Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Protected Planet Report 2024: Call for submission of data to inform the preparation of the report on progress toward Target 3 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/SS/ESE/91587 (2024-026)
To: CBD national focal points, PoWPA focal points, SBSTTA focal points

Questionnaire on “The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity” (TEEB) global study

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/67387 (2009-047)
To: CBD National Focal Points

The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is a partner in the important global study on “The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity” (TEEB), which is a cooperative effort of researchers from North and South, led by Pavan Sukhdev, supported by the CBD Secretariat and funde ...

R E V I S I O N: Expert Workshop on ecological criteria and biogeographic classification systems for marine areas in need of protection, 2-4 October 2007, Azores, Portugal - Composition of the Group

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JL/ac/57414 (2007-080)
To: CBD National Focal Points and relevant organizations

Pursuant to Decision VIII/24, paragraph 46, of the Conference of the Parties, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is convening an expert workshop on ecological criteria and biogeographic classification systems for marine areas in need of protection, from 2 to 4 Octobe ...

REMINDER: Designation of a CBD National Focal Point for the Programme of Work on Protected Areas

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/65011R (2012-081)
To: CBD Focal Points

REMINDER: Designation of a National Focal Point for the Programme of Work on Protected Areas

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/65011R (2010-129)
To: CBD National Focal Points of Parties without a PoWPA Focal Point

In order to facilitate communication and improve capacity for PoWPA implementation in all regions, the Secretariat aims to have a complete list of PoWPA focal points prior to the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties. Parties that have not yet nominated a PoWPA-NFP (see Annex) are there ...

REMINDER: Designation of a National Focal Point for the Programme of Work on Protected Areas

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/65011R (2010-151)
To: CBD National Focal Points of Parties without a PoWPA Focal Point

With reference to paragraph A 21 of decision IX/18, Parties were requested to designate a National Focal Point for the Programme of Work on Protected Areas (PoWPA-NFP) vide original notification 2008-124 dated 23 September 2008 (also translated into Spanish https://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/ ...

REMINDER: Designation of a National Focal Point for the Programme of Work on Protected Areas

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/65011R (2011-025)
To: CBD National Focal Points of Parties without a PoWPA Focal Point

With reference to paragraph A 21 of decision IX/18, Parties were requested to designate a National Focal Point for the Programme of Work on Protected Areas (PoWPA-NFP) vide original notification 2008-124 dated 23 September 2008 (also translated into Spanish https://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/ ...

REMINDER: Designation of a National Focal Point for the Programme of Work on Protected Areas (PoWPA-NFP)

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/65011R (2009-079)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Parties that have not yet nominated a PoWPA-NFP are encouraged to do so by providing the name and full contact details of the nominee to the Secretariat (secretariat@cbd.int) in the briefest of delays and before 31 July 2009 so that we may achieve tangible and sustained outcomes from the upcomin ...