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#493452008-07-11
European Community Members and Their Overseas Entities meet to counter Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss
Montreal, 11 July 2008. More than 450 participants representing 43 countries attended the first-ever international conference “The European Union and its Overseas Entities: Strategies to Counter Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss”, which was held from 7 to 11 July 2008 at Saint Denis on Reuni ...
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#493542008-07-16
Innovative Green Wave/Airbus Partnership takes Flight
Montreal, 16 July 2008 – With the aim of raising public awareness on the importance of biodiversity and to engage young people in the global biodiversity agenda, Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and Tom Enders, Airbus President and CEO, today s ...
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#500232008-08-01
State of Parana delivers on its Commitment to offset Carbon Emissions of the Operations of the CBD Secretariat
Montreal, 1 August 2008. Less than two months after signing, at COP 9 on May 27, 2008, in Bonn, Germany, a memorandum of cooperation to offset all carbon emissions arising out of the CBD Secretariat’s operations between COP 9 and 10, including the travel of funded Party representatives to atten ...
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#502332008-08-15
COP 9 Presidency pays Working Visit to the UNCBD Secretariat
Montreal, 15 August 2008 – Mr. Jochen Flasbarth, Director General, Federal Ministry for the Environment, representing Mr. Sigmar Gabriel, Federal Minister of the Environment, Germany, and the President of COP 9, paid a two-day visit to the headquarters of the Secretariat of the United Nations ...
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#509572008-09-08
International Treaty on Biosafety marks its Fifth Anniversary
Montreal, 8 September 2008 ─ On 11 September, the world community will celebrate the fifth anniversary of the entry into force of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, an important milestone in ensuring the safe transfer, handling and use of living modified organisms resulting from modern biote ...
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#514592008-09-23
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 ...
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#515852008-09-26
The province of Santa Elena, Ecuador, proclaims “A Provincial Day for Protected Areas”
Montreal, 26 September 2008 – The province of Santa Elena, the newest province in Ecuador, emerged as the first jurisdiction in the world to proclaim a provincial day for protected areas, the Prefecta of the province, Ms. Ana Triviño Cisneros, has announced. To be celebrated annually on 23 Septe ...
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#519192008-10-06
Launch of an Enhanced Strategic Partnership to Benefit Life on Earth - Joint Efforts of UN Convention on Biological Diversity and The Nature Conservancy to Help Governments Implement Global Conservation Treaty, Increase Protected Areas
BARCELONA, SPAIN -- The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and The Nature Conservancy announced they have entered into a groundbreaking partnership agreement to support the 191 United Nations CBD signatories in enhancing the implementation of the objectives of the Conve ...
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#544432008-12-01
State of Paraná Reports on Carbon-Offset Programme for the Operations of the Secretariat through the Tenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties
Montreal 1, December 2008- The Technical Project Manager of the State of Paraná, Brazil, Mr. Sergio Mudrovitsch de Bittencourt, and the head of the State’s forestry department, Mr. Paulo Caçola, paid an official visit to the Secretariat on 25 November 2008, to officially deliver its report on th ...
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#551622008-12-17
Visit to the Secretariat of a Delegation from Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
Montreal 17 December 2008 – A high-level delegation from Ishikawa Prefecture in Japan visited the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity on 16 December 2008 to discuss preparations for the celebration of the International Year of Biodiversity in 2010, including closing celebration ...
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#575462009-03-06
Governments and Organizations involved in Biosafety Capacity-Building Projects convene in Costa Rica
San José, 6 March 2009 – More than 50 participants from Governments and organizations involved in the implementation and financing of biosafety capacity-building activities will meet in San José, Costa Rica, from 9 to 11 March to share experiences and discuss strategies for improving capacity-bu ...
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#583702009-03-27
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 ...
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#584162009-04-01
The President of the Conference of the Parties and Executive Secretary Congratulate Countries that Have Submitted on Time Their Fourth National Reports and Urge all Parties to Meet Their Reporting Obligations Under the Convention
Montreal, 1 April 2009 – As of 30 March, 2009, the deadline for submission of the fourth national report (set in COP Decision VIII/14), the following countries have submitted their reports: Afghanistan, Algeria, Australia, Bhutan, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, China, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Democrat ...
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#584182009-04-01
Building a Global Partnership on Access and Benefit-sharing
Montreal, 1 April 2009 - More than 500 participants are set to negotiate the international regime on access and benefit sharing (ABS) at the seventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit sharing (WGABS 7), to be held in Paris from 2 to 8 April 2009. This meeting i ...
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#590842009-04-23
Biodiversity elevated to the top of the G8 environmental dialogue
In concluding their meeting held in Syracuse, Italy, from 22 to24 April 2009, the G8 Ministers of the Environment with eleven of their partners adopted, at the initiative of the host country, the “Carta di Siracusa” on Biodiversity.
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#595552009-05-15
Visit to the Secretariat by Norwegian Delegation
Montreal, 15 May 2009. A delegation from Norway visited the Secretariat on 14-15 May 2009 to discuss a range of issues, including, in particular, preparations for the sixth Trondheim Conference on biological diversity, which will be held in February next year and will coincide with the Internat ...
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#595572009-05-19
Expert Meeting on Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Development Cooperation concludes in Montreal
Montreal, 19 May 2009 – More than 45 development cooperation agencies, development banks, United Nations agencies and international non-governmental development organizations participated in the Expert Meeting on Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Development Cooperation, held at the premises of the ...
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#597152009-05-21
Timely Submission of National Reports Key to the Success of the Nagoya Biodiversity Summit and the High-Level Meeting during the Sixty-Fifth Session of the United Nations General Assembly
Montreal, 21 May 2009 – As of 21 May, the following Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (a total of 46) have submitted their fourth national reports: Afghanistan, Algeria, Armenia, Australia, Belarus, Bhutan, Botswana, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, China, Cote d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cub ...
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#597202009-05-22
Celebrating the International Day for Biological Diversity
Montreal, 22 May 2009 – Invasive alien species (IAS) - one of the greatest threats to biodiversity, and to the ecological and economic well-being of society and the planet – is this year’s theme for the International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB). This year, the event is being marked by a r ...
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#597222009-05-22
The Green Wave for Biodiversity
On 22 May 2008, a ripple was started that’s turning into a wave around the world. The Green Wave for biodiversity.
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#599262009-05-26
Executive Secretary discusses Preparations for the Tenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties with all Japanese Stakeholders
Montreal, 26 May 2009. Japan organized a major celebration on the International Day for Biological Diversity, joined by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, who was on an official visit to Japan from 21 to 26 May 2009 at the invitation of the Ja ...
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#602952009-06-03
Global Private Donor Forum on Biodiversity established in Berlin
Montreal, 3 June 2009 – At the closure of the high-level segment of the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Mr. Sigmar Gabriel, Minister of the Environment of Germany, presented the “Bonn Agenda on Global Biodiversity”, which includes the mob ...
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#602522009-06-05
Biodiversity – Time to See the Bigger Picture! A New Outreach Initiative Launches 5 June 2009
5 June 2009 – World Environment Day, 5 June, sees the unveiling of a new communication initiative on biodiversity brought through a partnership between Airbus, the National Geographic Society and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
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#608132009-06-25
The GEF Joins Forces with the Convention for the Celebration of the United Nations International Year on Biodiversity
Montreal, 25 June 2009 – The Council of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) approved this week a special initiative to support the objectives of the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity (IYB). Budgeted at US$ 895,000, this is the most significant initiative for the IYB agreed to date. The G ...
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#608572009-06-26
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 ...
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#611492009-07-10
Biodiversity Challenges and Reponses on the Agenda of the G8 Summit of L’Aquila, Italy
From 8-10 July 2009 in L’Aquila, Italy, Leaders of the G8 endorsed a biodiversity action plan that includes support for completing the negotiation on Access and Benefit Sharing, post-2010 actions and on the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).
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#611802009-07-10
Visit of the representative of the incoming President of the Nagoya Biodiversity Summit
The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity had the privilege to welcome on 9-10 July 2010 Mr. Masayoshi Mizuno, Director of the Global Environment Division of Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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#612442009-07-13
Enhancing Montreal support to the activities of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
Montreal, 13 July 2009,– On 9 July 2009, the Montreal-based Secretariat of the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) and Tourisme Montréal signed for the first time a Memorandum of Understanding related to the convening of meetings under the Convention and its Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. Tourism ...
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#613182009-07-16
South-South-Exchange Meeting on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Forest Biodiversity
Montreal, 16 July 2009 – The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD), in collaboration with the German Development Cooperation (GTZ), and with generous support from the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), facilitated a meeting from 8 to 10 July on ...
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#621332009-08-13
Iraq becomes the 192nd Party to the Convention on Biological Diversity
On 28 July 2009, Iraq deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations its instrument of accession to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and will become the 192nd Party to the Convention on Biological Diversity, on 26 October 2009.
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#626862009-09-03
CBD Secretariat and the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre strengthen links for the preparation of the 2010 Nagoya Biodiversity Summit
Montreal, 3 September 2009 – Further steps have been taken to strengthen the support provided by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP-WCMC) to the implementation of the work programme of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) as adopted ...
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#627332009-09-04
Joint Communiqué: United Nations World Tourism Organization and the Secretariat of the Convention sign Memorandum of Cooperation
Geneva, 4 September 2009 – Aiming to enhance cooperation between the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD) and to raise public awareness of the inter-relationship between biodiversity and tourism, the two institutio ...
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#629172009-09-11
Biodiversity and Climate Change: A CBD Contribution to the Copenhagen Climate Agreement
Montreal, 11 September 2009 – The 6,000 participants attending the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, held in May 2008, decided to establish an Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Biodiversity and Climate Change as a contribution to the fifteen ...
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#629692009-09-14
International Year of Biodiversity Logo unveiled in Strömstad, Sweden
Montreal, 14 September 2009 – Thanks to the generous financial support of the Government of Canada, the logo and the messaging for the celebration of the International Year of Biodiversity were unveiled on 8 September 2009 in Strömstad, Sweden, on the occasion of the high-level European Union me ...
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#630882009-09-16
Brainstorming session on Business and Biodiversity
A two-day informal brainstorming session was held at CBD Secretariat in Montreal on 14-15 September 2009 with a view to advancing the decisions VIII/17 and IX/26 of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on engagement with the private sector.
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#634112009-09-25
G-77 Ministers Pay Special Tribute to CBD Secretariat’s Leading Role in South-South Cooperation
Montreal, 25 September 2009 – At their thirty-third annual meeting, held on 25 September 2009 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Group of 77 adopted a ministerial declaration welcoming the convening of the high-level special event to be held o ...
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#636362009-10-02
Canadian Launch of the Celebration for the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity
Montreal, 2 October – A global awareness campaign and celebration to safeguard the variety of life on Earth and stop the unprecedented loss of biodiversity was today launched in Montreal. As part of the campaign, the logo and messages for the 2010 United Nations International Year of Biodiversi ...
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#639972009-10-13
COP 10 and 2010 IYB Logos Launched in Tokyo
Tokyo (Japan), 13 October 2009 – Launching the COP10 logo and slogan, Japan marked the one-year countdown to the start of the tenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 10) to the Convention on Biological Diversity, to be held in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan in October 2010. The CO ...
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#641452009-10-16
Somalia to Become the 193rd Party to the Convention on Biological Diversity
The Secretariat is pleased to announce that Somalia has deposited its instrument of accession to the Convention on Biological Diversity and will become the 193rd Party to the Convention as of 10 December 2009. As a major biodiversity hotspot in the Horn of Africa, Somalia’s accession is a major ...
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#646412009-10-16
Japan hosts International Multi-stakeholder Dialogue for COP 10
Kobe, Japan, 16 October 2009 – The Ministry of the Environment of Japan, in collaboration with IUCN, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Nippon Keidanren (a business association representing 1609 major companies and business organizations in Japan) Committee on N ...
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#643332009-10-21
Liaison Group on Bushmeat concludes in Buenos Aires with Recommendations to the World Forestry Congress
Montreal, 21 October 2009 – The Convention on Biological Diversity’s Liaison Group on Bushmeat held its first meeting in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), and the International Council for ...
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#645122009-10-26
Forest Biodiversity provides an “Insurance Policy” against Climate Change
Montreal, 26 October 2009 – Maintaining and restoring biodiversity in forests promotes their resilience to human-induced pressures and is therefore an essential “insurance policy” to safeguard against climate change impacts, according to a study released yesterday by the Convention on Biological ...
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#646962009-10-29
The Group of 77 Initiates the Preparation of a Multi-Year Plan of Action for South-South Cooperation on Biodiversity for Development
Montreal, 29 October 2009 – The Group of 77 and China have initiated, in partnership with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, a major initiative aimed at preparing a Multi-Year Plan of Action to promote South-South cooperation in support to the three objectives of the Conv ...
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#647622009-10-30
The Role of Indigenous and Local Communities in Protecting Life on Earth
Montreal, 30 October 2009 – Constituting a relatively small portion of the world’s 6.3 billion people, indigenous and local communities represent the largest portion of linguistic and cultural diversity on Earth and their traditional lands and waters overwhelmingly contain the greatest remaining ...
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#647642009-10-31
India Offers to Host the Eleventh Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in 2012
Montreal, 31 October 2009. The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity today welcomed the offer of the Government of India to host the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention (COP-11) in 2012.
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#649882009-11-08
Negotiations on An International Regime on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing to Continue in Montreal
Montreal, 8 November 2009 – In what will possibly be the most important meeting in the history of the Convention’s Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, over 450 participants are expected to gather in Montreal on Monday, 9 November to continue the negotiation of an international regime on ...
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#650272009-11-09
Aichi/Nagoya International E-Conference on the Post 2010 Biodiversity Target (ANIEC 2010)
Montreal 9 November 2009. Today, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) launched the Aichi/Nagoya International E-Conference on the Post 2010 Biodiversity Target (ANIEC 2010) to gather views from the broad and diverse groups of biodiversity stakeholders on actions that ...
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#650902009-11-10
Establishment of a Vibrant Partnership between the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Civil Society of its Host Country: Signature of an MOU with the Canadian Environmental Network
Montreal, 10 November 2009 – A strong partnership has been established between the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD), which has been located in Montreal since 1996, and civil society in its host country.
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#650942009-11-10
2010 International Year of Biodiversity Website launched in Montreal
Montreal, 10 November 2009 - With only less than 53 days left before the start of the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity (IYB), the website for this unique event in the history of the United Nations was officially launched at a ceremony in Montreal, held with more than 500 participants repr ...
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#653022009-11-16
Major Advances toward the Nagoya International Regime on Access and Benefit-Sharing
Montreal, 16 November 2009 – Substantial progress was made toward an International regime on access and benefit-sharing last week by the 527 participants representing the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and partner institutions. An international regime resulting in a protocol ...