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Press Release
#79504
2011-06-06

Collaborating to build capacity for two new treaties on genetic resources

Montreal, 6 June 2011. Over the past weekend, on 4 and 5 June, the secretariats of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture collaborated to deliver a two-day capacity-building workshop that will help Government ...

Press Release
#125489
2020-10-16

Collaborative Partnership on Sustainable Wildlife Management urges science-based approach to wildlife management in the context of COVID-19

Montreal 16 October 2020 - The Collaborative Partnership on Sustainable Wildlife Management (CPW) has released a joint statement calling for a pragmatic, factual and science-based approach to the wildlife management challenges that have arisen in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Press Release
#94140
2013-06-06

Comoros, Mongolia and the Syrian Arab Republic ratify Nagoya Protocol

Montreal, 6 June 2013 – Comoros, Mongolia and the Syrian Arab Republic became the most recent countries to ratify the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity.

Press Release
#101942
2014-11-20

Compendium on Protected Area Governance and Management launched at 6th World Parks Congress

Montreal/Sydney, 20 November 2014 – A new compendium providing the latest and best professional information needed for protected area practitioner capacity development was released this week in the margins of the 6th IUCN World Parks Congress.

Press Release
#103542
2015-04-20

Comprehensive report on synthetic biology discusses impacts on biodiversity and reviews existing regulatory regimes

Montreal, 20 April 2015 – A new report from the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity discusses the potential for synthetic biology to have both positive and negative impacts on biodiversity and looks at the role and adequacy of existing risk assessment and regulatory regimes to ...

Press Release
#6988
2004-02-20

Conclusion of the seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties

At the conclusion of the seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP-7), the 187 member states, with the European Community, agreed on a more quantative approach to reducing the rate of biodiversity loss by the end of the decade. Another import ...

Press Release
#6225
2001-11-08

Concrete actions to preserve world’s forest ecosystems should be accelerated

Montreal, 8 November 2001 – Experts from the 182 Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity are meeting in Montreal from 12 to 16 November to assess the threats facing the world’s forests and to identify practical solutions

Press Release
#74106
2010-10-06

Conservation community urges United States ratification of the Convention on Biological Diversity: Whatever Happened to Biodiversity?

Montreal, 6 October 2010 – On 29 September 2010, Conservation International organized a briefing to United States Congressional staff on key new developments in the fight to protect the Earth’s biodiversity and on opportunities for the United States to re-engage internationally based on the lead ...

Press Release
#108706
2016-05-26

Consumers ready to contribute to protection of biodiversity, but need information and reputable brands to guide their choice

Montreal/Paris, 26 May 2016 – More and more people are aware of biodiversity. If credible information and reputable brands are available, consumers are ready to purchase biodiversity-friendly products and contribute to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. These are among the la ...

Press Release
#31153
2007-03-23

Continued Enhanced Dialogue between the Government of Japan and the Convention.

Montreal – 23 March 2007. In the context of the enhanced dialogue initiated between the Secretariat and its partners, a high-level delegation from Japan paid a visit to the offices of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity on 21–22 March.

Press Release
#39442
2007-10-07

Convention Convenes the Fifth Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-Sharing

The fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing will be held from 8 to 12 October 2007 at the headquarters of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in Montreal. The Working Group is co-chaired by Mr Fernando Casas form Colombia and Mr Tim. H ...

Press Release
#39638
2007-10-12

Convention Convenes the Fifth Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on Article 8(j) - Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices

The fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions will be held from 15 to 19 October 2007 at the headquarters of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in Montreal. The Conference of the Parties established the Ad Hoc Open-ended Workin ...

Press Release
#78223
2011-04-08

Convention Secretariat Briefs Parliament of Botswana on the Role Parliamentarians Should Play in Biodiversity Management

Montreal, 8 April 2011 – The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD) hosted a briefing for the Parliament of Botswana on 22 March 2011, highlighting the role parliamentarians should play in national and global biodiversity management, specifically in regard to the outcomes o ...

Press Release
#26089
2006-10-16

Convention nears universal coverage as Timor-Leste becomes newest member.

Montreal – 16 October 2006 - The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste deposited its instrument of accession to the Convention on Biological Diversity on October 10 2006. The Convention will enter into force for Timor-Leste on 8 January 2007, making it the 189th Party to the Convention.<br><br><tab ...

Press Release
#42183
2007-12-13

Convention on Biological Diversity Launches Adaptation Website

Bali, 13 December 2007 – To promote efforts that will allow all forms of life on Earth to cope with climate change, the Convention’s Biodiversity Adaptation website was officially launched today by the Executive Secretary, Ahmed Djoghlaf and the Director General of Germany’s Federal Ministry for ...

Press Release
#60857
2009-06-26

Convention on Biological Diversity Supports Green Economy Initiative

Montreal, 26 June 2009 – More than 21 United Nations agencies, including the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, have backed the call for a world-wide transition to a low carbon, resource-efficient Green Economy able to deliver multiple economic, social and environmental oppo ...

Press Release
#35447
2007-07-12

Convention on Biological Diversity Welcomes GEF Funding to Support Countries Implement the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas

Paris – 12 July 2007. The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) welcomed the ambitious project launched yesterday by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) specifically designed to help countries – particularly least developed countries and small island developing States, w ...

Press Release
#101477
2014-10-16

Convention on Biological Diversity joins the world community in celebrating World Food Day

16 October, 2014, Pyeongchang - Smallholder farmers throughout the world play a key role in maintaining natural resources through the use of sustainable practices, and can significantly contribute the conservation of biodiversity, the Convention on Biological Diversity stressed today, in a join ...

Press Release
#8996
2005-01-31

Convention on Biological Diversity to discuss island biodiversity, 2010 biodiversity target and Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

The Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) of the Convention on Biological Diversity will hold its tenth meeting from 7 to 11 February 2005 at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok, with generous support from the government of Thailand.

Press Release
#82489
2011-09-29

Cooperating for nature: South Africa as a regional hub for South-South cooperation on biodiversity for development

Montreal, 29 September 2011 – The Government of South Africa, through its Department of Water and Environmental Affairs, and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to further promote South-South and triangular cooperation on biod ...

Press Release
#80489
2011-07-11

Costa Rica becomes the 38th Signatory of the Nagoya Protocol

Montreal, 11 July 2011 – On 6 July 2011, Costa Rica became the 38th Party to the Convention on Biological Diversity to sign the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from Their Utilization. Thirty-seven Governments and the European ...

Press Release
#6237
2003-06-13

Countdown begins for entry into force of Biosafety Protocol<br>Republic of Palau becomes the 50th country to ratify

Montreal, June 13 2003 –Ratification today by Palau triggers the countdown to the entry into force of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, the first legally binding international agreement governing the movement of living modified organisms across national borders. It will take effect on 11 Sept ...

Press Release
#101479
2014-10-17

Countries adopt measures to strengthen and support implementation at first meeting of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing

Governments have agreed to a series of actions that will further bolster the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing, facilitate its effective implementation, and ensure that countries have the necessary resources to take the next steps to implement the treaty, which entered into force ear ...

Press Release
#117753
2018-08-02

Countries issue reports on the use of genetic resources in international commerce and research

2 AUGUST 2018 - Germany has published the first report on the utilization of genetic resources through the Access and Benefit-sharing (ABS) Clearing-House by issuing a checkpoint communiqué concerning research on ants from South Africa. This was rapidly followed by checkpoint communiqués from Ma ...

Press Release
#98471
2014-04-10

Countries report on progress towards achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets

In preparation of a major international biodiversity conference in October 2014, Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) are currently submitting their fifth national reports that will enable a global assessment of progress made towards the 20 Aichi Biodiversity Targets agreed by ...

Press Release
#112273
2017-03-20

Cristiana Paşca Palmer assumes position as Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity

20 March 2017 – Cristiana Paşca Palmer today assumed office as the new Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the principal global treaty on biodiversity.

Press Release
#66707
2010-01-08

Curitiba, One of the Greenest Cities in the World, Celebrates the International Year of Biodiversity

Montreal, 8 January 2010. At the initiative of the United Nations General Assembly and with a view of engaging all stakeholders for protecting life on Earth, 2010 has been declared as the International Year of Biodiversity (IYB). In his message to the world on the occasion of the IYB, United Na ...

Press Release
#84918
2012-01-05

Cyprus becomes seventy-second signatory of the Nagoya Protocol and the thirty-seventh signatory of the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress

Montreal, 5 January 2012 – Cyprus, on 29 December 2011, became the seventy-second signatory of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the thirty-seventh signato ...

Press Release
#11508
2005-05-18

Declines in Biodiversity threaten development goals –Findings of Biodiversity Synthesis presented to coincide with International Day for Biological Diversity

Earth’s species – their variety and numbers –are declining faster than ever, threatening the well-being of humans today and in the future. According to a new study presented at McGill University on May 19, to mark the International Day for Biological Diversity, which takes place on 22 May 2005, ...

Press Release
#32131
2007-04-26

Delegation from China’s Hainan Province Briefs CBD Secretariat on its Eco-Compensation Policy

A delegation comprising 11 high level officials from China’s Hainan Province paid a visit to the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity on 23 April 2007 to share their experience on compensation for ecosystem services. Developing effective compensation practices for ecosystem ser ...

Press Release
#103065
2015-03-09

Denmark’s ratification edges the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress closer to entry into force

Montreal, 9 March 2015 – With Denmark’s ratification on 25 February, the Nagoya–Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety has received 75% of the necessary ratifications, with only 11 more ratifications needed for it to enter into force.

Press Release
#45440
2008-03-25

Dialogue with the Chairman of the Group of 77 and China in New York on the Preparations for Ninth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

Montreal - 25 March 2008. In the context of continued dialogue between Parties to the Convention and heads of regional groups and the Secretariat, a delegation from Antigua and Barbuda, which holds the chairmanship of the Group of 77 and China at United Nations Headquarters in New York for 2008 ...

Press Release
#58370
2009-03-27

Director of the Biodiversity and Policy Division, Ministry of the Environment, Japan, visits the Secretariat

Montreal, 27 March 2009 – Following the convening of the Inter-Ministerial Committee and the regional preparatory committee on the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Mr. Tsunao Watanabe, Director of the Biodiversity and Policy Division of th ...

Press Release
#32481
2007-05-07

Director, Centre for Biodiversity and Restoration Ecology School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington Visits CBD Secretariat

Professor Ben Bell, Director, Centre for Biodiversity and Restoration Ecology School of Biological Sciences at Victoria University of Wellington paid a two-day visit to the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity on 3-4 May to present the work of the Centre and to meet with the Sec ...

Press Release
#68381
2010-03-10

Discovery Communications and the United Nations Announce Partnership to Celebrate International Year of Biodiversity: Awareness Campaign to Promote Biological Diversity

New York, NY, 10 March 2010 — Discovery Communications and the United Nations announce a partnership to spread awareness of the United Nations global campaign to celebrate the International Year of Biodiversity (IYB).

Press Release
#124342
2020-02-24

Discussions open in Rome towards a Landmark New UN Biodiversity Framework

24 February 2020. Over 1000 delegates from more than 140 countries started negotiations today at FAO headquarters, Rome on the zero draft of a landmark post-2020 global biodiversity framework and targets for nature to 2030.

Press Release
#83094
2011-10-21

Djibouti becomes sixty-fifth signatory of the Nagoya Protocol on genetic resources

Montreal, 21 October 2011 – Djibouti, on 19 October 2011, became the latest country to sign the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from Their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), bringing the number of sig ...

Press Release
#98643
2014-04-22

Donors replenish Global Environmental Facility, but large funding gap for biodiversity remains

US$ 4.43 billion has been pledged by 30 donor countries for the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to support developing countries' efforts over the next four years to prevent degradation of the global environment.

Press Release
#69423
2010-04-22

Earth Day: CBD Secretariat and World Future Council Form Partnership to Celebrate Good Biodiversity Policies. Future Policy Award will be presented at the 2010 United Nations Biodiversity Conference

Montreal/Hamburg, 22 April 2010. On today’s Earth Day, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the World Future Council (WFC) have established a close partnership for the year 2010 as a contribution to the celebration of the International Year of Biodiversity.

Press Release
#79651
2011-06-08

East African Legislative Assembly prepares resolution on Nagoya Protocol

Montreal, 8 June 2011 – Parliamentarians serving in the East African Legislative Assembly are ready to champion the cause of raising awareness amongst legislators to the national parliaments of the five countries that comprise the East African Community (EAC).

Press Release
#51459
2008-09-23

Ecuador designates New Marine Protected Area

Montreal, 23 September 2008 – A declaration designating a new marine protected area “Puntilla de Santa Elena”, off Ecuador’s coast was signed by the Minister of Environment for Ecuador, Ms. Marcela Aguiñaga Vallejo. The declaration was signed on the margins of the CBD sub-regional workshop on Pr ...

Press Release
#31622
2007-04-13

Elevating Climate Change and Biodiversity to the Top of the Political Agenda.

Climate change and the loss of biological diversity are the two most important global environmental challenges facing mankind, with far reaching ecological, economic, financial, social, cultural, ethical, and security implications.<br><br><table width=120> <tr><b>Other languages:</b></tr> <tr><t ...

Press Release
#125421
2020-06-08

Elizabeth Maruma Mrema appointed head of UN Biodiversity Convention

8 June 2020 – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today appointed Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, a national of the United Republic of Tanzania, as the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

Press Release
#65766
2009-11-27

Engaging Business in the Battle for Life on Earth

Montreal, 27 November 2007. With financial support provided by the Netherlands under a four-year framework agreement, a major meeting on business and biodiversity opens on 30 November 2009 in Jakarta to discuss ways to enhance the engagement of industry in addressing biodiversity globally. The ...

Press Release
#48669
2008-06-25

Engaging Cities of the World in the Battle for Life on Earth

Montreal 25 June 2008. The growth of the urban world represents one of the most dramatic changes experienced by humanity in recent history. For the first time in history, the world’s urban population is now greater than that of rural areas, having reached 3.2 billion people. It has increased ...

Press Release
#67626
2010-02-12

Engaging North America People in Protecting Life on Earth

12 February 2010. At the initiative of the United Nations Development Programme and in partnership with the American Museum of Natural History, the official launch of the International year on Biodiversity for North America region was held on 10 February 2010 in New York at the prestigious hall ...

Press Release
#71897
2010-07-23

Engaging children and youth on biodiversity at the Farnborough International Airshow

Montreal, 23 July 2010 – More than 3,000 students from over 200 schools across the United Kingdom were given a lesson on the crucial importance of biodiversity to human well-being and to our future at the 2010 Farnborough International Airshow. Speaking to students at the opening of the Airshow’ ...

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