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Sub-Regional Workshop for South, East, and South East Asia on Capacity Building for Implementation of the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/76888 (2011-158)
To: CBD Focal Points with copy to PoWPA Focal Points in: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, India, Indonesia, Japan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Viet Nam.

In paragraph 7a of decision X/31 on protected areas, the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) requested the Executive Secretary to continue to hold regional and sub-regional capacity-building workshops, with special attention to element 2 on governance, ...

Sub-Regional Workshop for the Pacific on Capacity Building for Implementation of the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/76889 (2011-138)
To: CBD Focal Points with copy to PoWPA focal points in the Pacific: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Nauru, Samoa, Tuvalu, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu.

In paragraph 7(a) of decision X/31 on protected areas, the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) requested the Executive Secretary to continue to hold regional and sub-regional capacity-building workshops, with special attention to element 2 on governance, par ...

Sub-Regional Workshop for Central Africa on Capacity Building for Implementation of the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/76954 (2011-133)
To: CBD Focal Points with copy to CBD PoWPA focal points in Central Africa: Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Sao Tome and Principe

In paragraph 7a of decision X/31 on protected areas, the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) requested the Executive Secretary to continue to hold regional and sub-regional capacity-building workshops, with special attention to element 2 on governance, ...

Sub-Regional Workshop for South and East Africa on Capacity Building for Implementation of the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/76953 (2011-132)
To: CBD Focal Points with copy to CBD PoWPA focal points in South and East Africa: Botswana, Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

In paragraph 7a of decision X/31 on protected areas, the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) requested the Executive Secretary to continue to hold regional and sub-regional capacity-building workshops, with special attention to element 2 on governance, ...

Sub-Regional Workshop for West Africa on Capacity Building for Implementation of the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/75438 (2011-062)
To: CBD and PoWPA Focal Points1 in West Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo.

In paragraph 7a of decision X/31 on protected areas, the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) requested the Executive Secretary to continue to hold regional and sub-regional capacity-building workshops, with special attention to element 2 on governance, ...

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

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 (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 ...

Submission of Views on the Draft Reporting Framework on National Implementation of the Programme of Work on Protected Areas

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/71908 (2010-117)
To: CBD Focal Points; PoWPA Focal Points, and relevant organizations

At its fourteenth meeting, the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-14), in recommendation XIV/4, requested the Executive Secretary to prepare for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its tenth meeting, a reporting framework on national implement ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/65011R (2009-170)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Vide notification 2008-124 dated 23 September 2008, and reminder notifications (2009-053 of 13 May 2009 and 2009-079 of 9 July 2009), Parties were requested to designate a National Focal Point for the Programme of Work on Protected Areas (PoWPA-NFP) as per paragraph A 21 of decision IX/18. As o ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Reminder - 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/67669R (2009-087)
To: CBD Focal Points and PoWPA Focal Points in Latin America and the Caribbean

I call upon the remaining countries to kindly submit their nomination of one delegate before 14 August 2009, to allow time for the Secretariat to arrange the most economic travel to the workshop. Due to budgetary constraints, funding for nominations received past this date can not be guaran ...

Reminder - 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/67668R (2009-088)
To: CBD Focal Points and PoWPA Focal Points in Asia and the Pacific

I call upon the remaining countries to kindly submit their nomination of one delegate before 14 August 2009, to allow time for the Secretariat to arrange the most economic travel to the workshop

Reminder - Nominations for a Regional Workshop in Africa on the Review of Implementation of the Programme of Work on Protected Areas

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/67667R (2009-089)
To: CBD Focal Points and PoWPA Focal Points in Africa

I call upon the remaining countries to kindly submit their nomination of one delegate before 14 August 2009, to allow time for the Secretariat to arrange the most economic travel to the workshop. Due to budgetary constraints, funding for nominations received past this date can not be guaran ...

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 ...

Request for comments on the draft guide “Integrating protected areas within wider landscapes, seascapes and sectoral plans and strategies”

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG /lj/67913 (2009-072)
To: CBD National Focal Points, PoWPA Focal Points and relevant organizations

Based upon the agreed structure and guidance provided by the workshop participants, a draft guide was prepared and submitted to all the participants in the workshop for comments, additional case studies and examples. A revised version of the draft guide was subsequently prepared incorporating th ...

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 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 ...

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

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/65011R (2009-053)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Parties that have not yet nominated a PoWPA-NFP are kindly reminded 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 26 June 2009.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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.

Training workshops for the participants in WGPA-2 and in SBSTTA-13

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/CV/61368 (2007-162)
To: All CBD and SBSTTA National Focal Points

The Secretariat, in cooperation with the Consortium of the Scientific Partners, is pleased to announce the organization of two training workshops for the participants in the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas (WGPA-2) and the thirteenth meeting of the Subsid ...

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 ...

Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on Protected Areas, from 11 to 15 February 2008, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/VA/60369 (2007-121)
To: all SBSTTA Focal Points and CBD National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on Protected Areas (WG-PA/2) will be held from 11 to 15 February 2008 at the Headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), located at Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Submission of information on implementation of the programme of work on protected areas

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/VA/56696 (2007-066)
To: All CBD National Focal Points, other Governments and relevant organizations

Reference is made to my Notification dated 30 November 2006 (available on our website at: http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2006/ntf-2006-125-pa-en.pdf), in which Parties, other Governments, relevant organizations and other stakeholders are invited to submit information on implementation of t ...

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.

South and West Asia sub-regional workshop on the review of, and capacity building for, the implementation of the CBD programme of work on protected areas, 2-4 April 2007, Dehradun, India

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/JG/57164 (2007-007)
To: CBD National Points in the South and West Asia region Relevant NGOs and indigenous & local communities of South and West Asia region

I have the pleasure to inform you that, with the generous financial support of the European Union and the Government of India, the Secretariat is organizing, from 2 to 4 April 2007 in Dehradun, India, a South and West Asia sub-regional workshop on the review of, and capacity building for, the im ...

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 ...

Review of implementation of the programme of work on protected areas

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/va/55293 (2006-080)
To: All CBD National Focal Points, other Governments and relevant organizations

Invitation to Parties, other Governments, relevant organizations and other stakeholders to provide information on the progress made in the implementation of the programme of work on protected areas for consideration by the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas at its second meeting, ...

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 ...

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/VA/52867 (2006-004)
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 meeti ...

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/va/51661 (2005-118)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA and CHM Focal Points, relevant organizations, indigenous and local communities

The purpose of this Notification is to invite Parties, other Governments, relevant organizations and indigenous and local communities to submit to the Executive Secretary as soon as possible, but no later than 15 December 2005 the following: <br><br> (a) comments on the draft review of experienc ...

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SB/va/50842 (2005-108)
To: CBD National Focal points; SBSTTA Focal Points; International Organizations, Non-Governmental Organizations; Indigenous and Local Communities

In consultation with the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties, I wish to inform you that the second meeting of the Ad hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas, which had been tentatively scheduled to be held in Montreal, Canada, from 5 to 9 December 2005, has been postponed due to insu ...

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/va/49982 (2005-090)
To: CBD National Focal Points, other Governments

The purpose of this notification is to invite Parties, other Governments, relevant international organizations and indigenous and local communities to contribute to further development of tool kits for protected areas, in accordance with recommendation 1/3 of the first meeting of the Ad Hoc Open ...

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/dh/49947 (2005-088)
To: CBD National Focal Points

In paragraph 2 of recommendation 1/1 of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas which met in Montecatini, Italy, from 13 to 17 June 2005, the Executive Secretary was invited to compile a list of existing ecological criteria for identification of potential marine areas for protect ...