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Statement of the CBD Executive Secretary, Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, on the occasion of the 3rd ABS Business Dialogue, September 4, 2013, Copenhagen, Denmark

Statement of the CBD Executive Secretary, Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, on the occasion of the World Health Day, 7 April 2014

Statement of the CBD Executive Secretary, Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, on the occasion of the United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation, 12 September 2015

Statement of the CBD Executive Secretary, Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, on the occasion of the Encyclical Letter Laudato Si’ of the Holy Father Francis on Care for Our Common Home

Statement of the CBD Executive Secretary, Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, on the occasion of World Environment Day – 5 June 2014: “Raise your voice, not the sea level”

Statement of the CBD Executive Secretary, Braulio F. de Souza Dias, on the occasion of the International Day of Forests 2015, 21 March 2015

Statement of Ms. Cristiana Pașca Palmer, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the opening of the high-level segment of the fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, 14 November 2018

Statement of Mr. Braulio f. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Technical Workshop on Monitoring of Marine and Coastal Biodiversity, 24 April 2016, Montreal, Canada

Statement of Mr. Braulio f. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Sustainable Ocean Initiative Global Dialogue with Regional Seas Organizations and Regional Fisheries Bodies on Accelerating Progress towards the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, 26 September 2016, Seoul

Statement of Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Fourth Greater Mekong Subregion Environment Ministers’ Meeting, 27 - 29 January 2015, Nyipyitaw, Myanmar

Statement of Mr. Braulio Ferreira De Souza Dias, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the Occasion of the Third Biotrade Congress 12 October 2014, Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea

Statement of Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the Reintroduction of Pere David’s Deer, 22 May 2015, Beijing, China

Statement of Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Celebration of International Day for Biological Diversity Organized by the Ministry of Environmental Protection of China, 22 May 2015, Beijing, China

Statement of Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Capacity–Building Workshop for Central and Eastern Europe on Achieving Aichi Biodiversity Targets 11 and 12, Minsk, Belarus, 14 June 2016

Statement of Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the 21st Annual Conference of the Yale Chapter of the International Society of Tropical Foresters, 29 January 2015, New Haven, U.S.A.

Statement of Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, On the occasion of the Fourth Access and Benefit Sharing Business Dialogue, 28 January 2015, Copenhagen, Denmark

Statement of Mr. Braulio F. De Souza Dias. Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the 6th GEF-UNDP-IMO Research and Development Forum and Exhibition on Ballast Water Management

Statement of Mr. Braulio F. De Souza Dias, Executive Secretary on the Occasion of the Ministerial Segment of the African Ministerial, Conference On The Environment (AMCEN) at its Fifteenth Session, 4 March 2015,Cairo, Egypt

Statement of Mr. Braulio F. De Souza Dias, Executive Secretary on the Occasion of Beyond Enforcement: Communities, Governance, Incentives And Sustainable Use in Combating Illegal Wildlife Trade, 26 February 2015, Muldersdrift, South Africa

Statement of Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the Occasion of the High-level Segment of the Eighth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, 13 September 2007, Madrid, Spain

Statement of Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Closure of the International Civil Society Forum “100 Days to the UN Biodiversity Conference”, Berlin, 8 February 2008.

Statement of Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary, at the Opening Session of the Ninth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Bonn, 19 May 2008.<br><br>The statement is also available in German <a href="http://www.cbd.int/doc/speech/2008/sp-2008-05-19-cop-es-de.pdf"><img src='/images/pdf_button.png' border='0'></a>

Statement from the Executive Secretary, Ahmed Djoghlaf, on the occasion of the 2008 CIC Markhor Award Ceremony for Outstanding Conservation Performance, 27 May 2008, Bonn, Germany

Statement from the Executive Secretary for the International Day for Biological Diversity 22 May 2006

Drylands are teeming with a spectacular parade of unique and well adapted biodiversity. From vast grassland habitats where birds abound, to lush Mediterranean landscapes dominated by endemic succulents, drylands are the cradle of much of the richness of our planet.<br><br><table width=120> <tr> ...

Statement from Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Sub-Regional Workshop for Anglophone Africa on the Integration of Climate Change and Ecosystem-Based Adaptation in National Biodiversity Planning Processes, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania, 24-27 March 2013

Statement from Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the IUCN World Conservation Congress, Barcelona, 6 October 2008

Statement from Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity on the occasion of the High Level Roundtable on Local and Regional Authorities, IUCN World Conservation Congress, Barcelona, 7 October 2008

Statement from Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the Twelfth Regular Session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment, Johannesburg, South Africa, 7-12 June 2008

Statement from Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on International Mountain Day

What is common among the people living on the slopes of Java’s volatile mountains, the Tibetan Dropkas, the Curiosos in Canrey Chico in Peru, the women of Chinga village in Nepal, and the residents of Mount Kilimanjaro? Their lives are intricately connected to mountains, and their survival depen ...

Statement for the opening of the twenty-third meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Officer-in-Charge, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, 25-29 November 2019, Montreal, Canada

Statement delivered on behalf of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Thirtieth Meeting of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change under Agenda Item 3: Nairobi Work Programme on Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change, Bonn, 1 June 2009

Statement delivered on behalf of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Thirtieth Meeting of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change under Agenda Item 10: Cooperation with Other Relevant International Organizations, Bonn, 2 June 2009

Statement delivered on behalf of Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, to the Mexican Forest Exposition for the XXIst Century, 27 – 29 September 2007

Statement delivered by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Royal Society and the Biodiversity Sub-Committee of the UK Government Global Environmental Change Committee Workshop Biodiversity – Climate Interactions: adaptation, mitigation and human livelihoods, The Royal Society, London, U.K., 12-13 June 2007

The world recorded this year the second warmest winter. Eleven out of the twelve past years have been the hottest years since meteorological data were first recorded in 1850. A study by NASA has shown that, during the last 30 years, world temperatures have been the highest in 12,000 years. The s ...

Statement delivered by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Research Workshop Ottawa, Canada, 19th April, 2007

By awarding in 2004 for the first time in its history the Nobel Peace Prize to Prof. Wangari Maathai, a well-know Kenyan environmental activist, the Nobel Committee has recognized the security component of the environment. At this historical occasion Mr Ole Danholt Mojs, the chairman of this p ...

Statement delivered by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Countdown 2010 Partners Assembly, Brussels, Belgium, 11 June 2007

In April 2002, the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) committed themselves to achieve by 2010 a significant reduction of the current rate of biodiversity loss at the global, regional and national levels as a contribution to poverty alleviation and to the benefit of all life ...

Statement byDavid Cooper, Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the Launch of the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund, 24 August 2023

Statement by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity on the occasion of the Capacity building workshop for Caribbean Small Island developing States towards achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 9, 18 - 22 September 2017, Kingston, Jamaica

Statement by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity on behalf of the Executive Secretary at the 4th Session of the Preparatory Committee established by General Assembly resolution 69/292: Development of an International Legally Binding Instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction, New York, United States of America, 10 – 21 July 2017

Statement by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity on behalf of the Executive Secretary at the Preparatory Meeting for the United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14, New York, United States of America, 15-16 February 2017

Statement by the Representative of UNEP on Behalf of ohe Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity to the Special Session of the Committee on Trade and Environment of WTO

On behalf of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, I wish to thank you for the invitation to attend this meeting. I was requested by the Executive Secretary to the Convention to convey his regrets for not being able to send a representative of the Secretariat. On behalf of t ...

Statement by the Executive Secretary, Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, on the occasion of the Fourth Session of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measurese, Rome, 30 March - 3 April 2009

Statement by the Executive Secretary, Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, on the Occasion of the 27th Meeting of the Bern Convention Standing Committee

Statement by the Executive Secretary, Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, at the occasion of the Official Launch of the Third Edition of Global Biodiversity Outlook, 10 May 2010, UNEP, Nairobi

Statement by the Executive Secretary, Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, at the UNEP Informal Strategic Consultation on Sustainability beyond 2010: Perspectives from Experiences, Nairobi, 15 February 2009

Statement by the Executive Secretary, Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, on the occasion of the First Meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Biodiversity and Climate Change, London, United Kingdom , 17 – 21 November 2008

Statement by the Executive Secretary, Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, on the occasion of the Expert Meeting on South-South Cooperation on Biodiversity for Development, Montreal, 6 November 2008.

Statement by the Executive Secretary, Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, on the occasion of the 9th National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment organized by the National Council for Science and Environment on the theme of Biodiversity in a Rapidly Changing World, Washington, D.C., 9 December 2008

Statement by the Executive Secretary, Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, at the 28th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Bern Convention, Strasbourg, France, 24 November 2008

Statement by the Executive Secretary, Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf at the occasion of the WTO Committee on Trade and Environment in Regular Session, 3 November 2008