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Request to submit photos for the 2009 International Day for Biological Diversity on Invasive Alien Species

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JS/RH/aw/64795 (2008-111)
To: CBD National Focal Points

As announced in the notification of 21 July 2008 (2008-087), the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is currently developing outreach materials and publications for the celebration of the 2009 International Day for Biological Diversity (IBD), under the theme of invasive a ...

Report on activities for the International Day for Biological Diversity 2008 - “Biodiversity and Agriculture”

Reference: SCBD/OMG/DA/64566 (2008-096)
To: CBD Focal Points

In Notification 2008-039 of 4 April 2008, I invited Parties to share information about the activities organized in their countries to celebrate this year’s International Day for Biological Diversity. To date we have received submissions from 26 countries. In order to finalize the report on the ...

Theme of the International Day for Biological Diversity 2009: “Biodiversity and Invasive Alien Species”

Reference: SCBD/OMG/RS/DA/64476 (2008-087)
To: CBD National Focal Points

The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity is pleased to announce that the theme of the International Day for Biological Diversity (IBD) on 22 May 2009 will be: “Biodiversity and Invasive Alien Species”

Press release: Biodiversity needed to feed the world, the International Day for Biological Diversity 22 May 2008.

Biodiversity needed to feed the world, the International Day for Biological Diversity 22 May 2008

Bonn, 22 May 2008—Against a background of rising food prices, and with pressures from climate change affecting fields and orchards, celebrations of the International Day of Biological Diversity (IBD) will stress the need to properly protect and manage the world’s biodiversity in order to ensure ...

SP-2008-045

Message of Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the International Day for Biological Diversity: “Biodiversity and Agriculture”, 22 MAY 2008

Message of the Secretary-General on the International Day for Biological Diversity, 22 May 2008

IBD 2008: International Day for Biological Diversity

22 May 2008, Multiple Venues

Launching of a New Educational Module for Children and Teachers

Reference: SCBD/OMG/NP/CG/63047 (2008-041)
To: All CBD Focal Points

The CBD is pleased to announce the launching of its first educational module for children and teachers on biodiversity and agriculture – the 2008 theme for the International Day for Biological Diversity. The module comprises of an online educational web portal for primary school students and fi ...

2008 International Day for Biological Diversity: “Biodiversity and Agriculture”

Reference: SCBD/OMG/DAINS/63046 (2008-039)
To: CBD National Focal Points

As the world prepares to celebrate the International Day for Biological Diversity (IBD), I have the pleasure to inform you that all documentation related to this year’s celebrations of IBD, under the theme Biodiversity and Agriculture, is now available on the Secretariat’s website at: http://www ...

Message of the UN Secretary-General for the International Day for Biological Diversity.

Message of the CBD Executive Secretary for the International Day for Biological Diversity.

Launching of the web page for the International Day for Biological Diversity 2008: Biodiversity and Agriculture

Reference: SCBD/OMG/NP/LM/62326 (2008-021)
To: All CBD Focal Points and partner organizations

As you will recall the theme for the International Day for Biological Diversity (IBD) in 2008 is ‘Biodiversity and Agriculture’. The Secretariat is pleased to announce the launching of the webpage for IBD, which includes an introduction to the theme and electronic versions of this year’s poster ...

Call for Papers - <a href='http://www.tc-biodiversity.org'>Tropical Conservancy</a>, in partnership with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, will publish a special issue on biodiversity entitled "The Value of Biodiversity to Food, Nutrition and Agriculture" to be released at the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 9). Please submit your abstracts to <a href='mailto:aitken@tc-biodiversity.org'>Stephen Aitken</a> by 16 November 2007.

Theme of the International Day for Biological Diversity 2008 - "Biodiversity and Agriculture"

Reference: SCBD/OMG/NP/DA/fd/59978 (2007-112)
To: CBD Focal Points

The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity is pleased to announce that the theme of the International Day for Biological Diversity (IBD) on 22 May 2008 will be Biodiversity and Agriculture.

Recommendation XII/3

Implications of the findings of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment on the work under the Convention

International Day for Biological Diversity celebrations: Launch of the New Section of the Website

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/NP/jl/58469 (2007-059)
To: CBD Focal Points

I have the pleasure of informing you that all documentation related to this year’s celebrations of the International Day for Biological Diversity (IBD), under the theme Biodiversity and Climate Change, is now available on the Secretariat’s website at: <a href='http://www.cbd.int/ibd'>www.cbd.int ...

Global Community Celebrates the International Day for Biological Diversity in Montreal and around the World.

Message from Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary, on the Occasion of the International Day for Biological Diversity, 22 May 2007.

<br>View also the message in <a href='/doc/speech/2007/sp-2007-05-22-es-fr.pdf'>French</a>, <a href='/doc/speech/2007/sp-2007-05-22-es-es.pdf'>Spanish</a>, <a href='/doc/speech/2007/sp-2007-05-22-es-ar.pdf'>Arabic</a>, <a href='/doc/speech/2007/sp-2007-05-22-es-zh.pdf'>Chinese</a> and <a href=' ...

Message of UN Secretary-General on the International Day for Biological Diversity, 22 May 2007.

<br>View also the message in <a href='/doc/speech/2007/sp-2007-05-22-sg-fr.pdf'>French</a>, <a href='/doc/speech/2007/sp-2007-05-22-sg-es.pdf'>Spanish</a>, <a href='/doc/speech/2007/sp-2007-05-22-sg-ar.pdf'>Arabic</a>, <a href='/doc/speech/2007/sp-2007-05-22-sg-zh.pdf'>Chinese</a> and <a href=' ...

Message from Kemal Dervis, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, on the occasion of the International Day for Biological Diversity, 22 May 2007.

Message of Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity on the Occasion of the Celebration of the International Day for Biological Diversity at the Millennium Seed Bank, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom, 22 May 2007.

Indigenous and Local Communities – the Human Face of Climate Change, Statement by the Executive Secretary, Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, for the Media Conference at UN Headquarters, New York, 22 May 2007.

Discours délivré par Ahmed Djoghlaf, Secrétaire exécutif de la Convention sur la diversité biologique, à la conférence Mission Antarctique : La Terre vue de la mer, conférence de Jean Lemire sur les changements climatiques et la biodiversité, Montréal, Canada, 22 mai 2007

Global Community Celebrates the International Day for Biological Diversity in Montreal and around the World.

Biodiversity loss will accelerate as a result of climate change, but if we act now to conserve and sustainably use the resources of our planet – biodiversity can be our best defense against the impacts of climate change. Enhanced cooperation between the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) ...

Message from Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary, on the Occasion of the International Day for Biological Diversity, 22 May 2007

Climate change is real. The United Nations lead scientific authority on climate change, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, in its most recent report, prepared by 2,500 experts from 130 countries, has indicated that the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the Earth’s atmosphere i ...

Indigenous and Local Communities – the Human Face of Climate Change, Statement by the Executive Secretary, Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, for the Media Conference at UN Headquarters, New York, 22 May 2007

Since the appearance of man on earth, impacts on the natural functions of our planet have never been as destructive as in the last 500 years, leading to an unprecedented extinction of biological diversity on earth. The pressures on the planet’s natural functions caused by human activity and mani ...

Message of Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity on the Occasion of the Celebration of the International Day for Biological Diversity at the Millennium Seed Bank, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom, 22 May 2007

Climate change is a real threat to our own future and to other species that share this planet. Following the reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released earlier this year, this is crystal clear. We are already losing biodiversity at rates unprecedented since the demise of t ...

Discours délivré par Ahmed Djoghlaf, Secrétaire exécutif de la Convention sur la diversité biologique, à la conférence Mission Antarctique : La Terre vue de la mer Conférence de Jean Lemire sur les changements climatiques et la biodiversité, Montréal, Canada, 22 mai 2007

La Terre vue de la mer donne certainement l’image d’une planète qui fait face au double défi des changements climatiques et de la perte de la biodiversité. En cette journée internationale de la diversité biologique partout sur la planète les gens s’informent et prennent conscience de l’enjeu cap ...

Message of UN Secretary-General on the International Day for Biological Diversity, 22 May 2007.

Biodiversity is the foundation of life on earth and one of the pillars of sustainable development. The richness and variety of life on earth makes possible the ecosystem services on which we depend: clean water, food, shelter, medicine and clothing. Environments rich in biodiversity are resili ...

International Day for Biological Diversity 2007

22 May 2007, Montreal, Canada

International Day for Biological Diversity: Launch of the New Section of the Website

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/NP/jl/58469 (2007-056)
To: All CBD Focal Points

All documentation related to this year’s celebrations of the International Day for Biological Diversity (IBD), under the theme "Biodiversity and Climate Change", is now available on the Secretariat’s website at: <a href='www.cdb.int/ibd'>www.cdb.int/ibd</a>.

Greenfacts Launches Biodiversity Digest

Greenfacts Launches Biodiversity Digest

As a contribution to the International Day for Biological Diversity, an online summary of the second edition of Global Biodiversity Outlook (GBO-2) has been launched today in collaboration with GreenFacts. GBO-2, published last year by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, ...

Video on the International Day for Biological Diversity: Biodiversity and Climate Change.

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/fdj/58264 (2007-055)
To: CBD National Focal Points and partner agencies

I have the pleasure to inform you that the video related to this year’s celebrations of the International Day for Biological Diversity (IBD), under the theme “Biodiversity and Climate Change”, is available online to view and download in MPEG format at the Secretariat’s website at: http://www.cbd ...

Celebrating the International Day for Biological Diversity.

<br>View also the communiqué <a href='/doc/press/2007/pr-2007-05-17-ibd-es.pdf'>in Spanish</a>

Celebrating the International Day for Biological Diversity

This year, the International Day for Biological Diversity on 22 May will be celebrated on the theme “Biodiversity and Climate Change”. The theme is particularly appropriate, coming in the wake of the recently released Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. T ...

International Day for Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ab/58264 (2007-053)
To: All CBD National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that thanks to the generous financial support from the Government of Norway and in collaboration with TVE and UNEP, the video on "biodiversity and climate change" is now available in English, French and Spanish on the Secretariat’s website, and can be downloaded at the ...

Message from Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary, to International Conference in Defense of the Quality of the Night Sky and the Right to Observe the Stars.

Message from Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary, to International Conference in Defense of the Quality of the Night Sky and the Right to Observe the Stars.

We have not inherited this Earth but have simply borrowed it from our children. Yet our reckless and relentless exploitation is eroding our very resource base, jeopardizing the existence of life on Earth, including our own existence.

International Day for Biological Diversity 2007.

Reference: SCBD/OMG/DA/fd/58049 (2007-043)
To: CBD National Focal Points

As the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) prepares to join the rest of the world in celebrating the International Day for Biological Diversity (IBD) under the theme of “Biological Diversity and Climate Change”, we are pleased to announce the production of two episodes, w ...

International Day for Biological Diversity 2007

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/fd/57345 (2007-016)
To: Executive Secretary

As you will recall the theme for the International Day for Biological Diversity (IBD) in 2007 is ‘Biodiversity and Climate Change’ which will be celebrated on 22 May. The expectations for a successful IBD this year are high, especially given the recent global attention on this topic, including ...

Theme for the International Day for Biological Diversity 2007

Reference: SCBD/OMG/NB/DN/fd/55408 (2006-091)
To: CBD National Focal Points

The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity is pleased to announce the focus of the 2007 International Day for Biological Diversity (IBD), 22 May, will be on: <b>Biodiversity and Climate Change</b>. The minutes of the task force meeting, The Climate Change fact sheet and the IBD 2 ...

The International Day for Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/I&O/DA/DN/fd/54943 (2006-038)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Since 2000, the International Day for Biological Diversity has been celebrated on 22 May around the world. While the themes of each annual observance change, the overriding message remains the same: Life on Earth must be preserved and protected. (<a href=/doc/notifications/2006/ntf-2006-038-ibd ...

International Day for Biological Diversity 2006

22 May 2006, Montreal, Canada

The International Day for Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/I&O/DA/DN/fd/54881 (2006-035)
To: CBD National Focal Points

As the world prepares to celebrate the International Day for Biological Diversity, it is an honour and a privilege to share with you the messages from both myself and the Secretary-General of the United Nations, reflecting the theme of the day. (<a href=/doc/notifications/2006/ntf-2006-035-ibd-a ...

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> ...

The International Day for Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/I&O/DA/DN/fd/ 54805 (2006-034)
To: CBD National Focal Points

The Secretariat proudly joins the rest of the world in celebrating the International Day for Biological Diversity, May 22, 2006. Visit our new website highlighting the day’s events at: <a href=/programmes/outreach/awareness/biodiv-day-2006-ctrs.shtml>http://www.biodiv.org/programmes/outreach/awa ...

Celebrating the Diversity in Deserts

Reference: /SCBD/I&O/DA/DN/fd/54660 (2006-024)
To: CBD National Focal Points

The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity joins the rest of the world in celebrating the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. In keeping with the spirit of these celebrations, the Secretariat invites countries that encompass desert areas to provide pictures for post ...