2012 2012-02-01
 en es fr | SCBD/STTM/SBSTTA15/DC/JG/78811 (2012-020)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, POWPA Focal Points and relevant organizations
Call for posters for the Sixteenth Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical, and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-16)
Subject(s): Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, Marine and Coastal Biodiversity, Island Biodiversity
Action required by 2012-02-26 |
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2012-01-04
en es fr | SCBD/STTM/JM/JLe/JG/78386 (2012-001)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, and other Governments; the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); regional seas conventions and action plans and regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) in the western Caribbean and Mid-Atlantic region; other competent organizations and regional initiatives
Request to submit scientific information in support of the objectives of the Wider Caribbean and Western Mid-Atlantic Regional Workshop to Facilitate the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs),
28 February to 2 March 2012 – Recife, Brazil
Subject(s): Marine and Coastal Biodiversity
Action required by 2012-02-17 |
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2011 2011-11-17
en es fr | SCBD/STTM/JLe/rg/78184 (2011-221)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points; SBSTTA Focal Points; other Governments; FAO, UNEP, IUCN-CEM-FEG; RFMOs; relevant organizations
Selected Experts for the Joint Expert Meeting on Addressing Biodiversity Concerns in Sustainable Fishery, 7 – 9 December 2011, Bergen, Norway
In notification number 2011-180, dated 23 September 2011, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity invited Parties, other Governments and relevant organizations to nominate experts to participate in the Joint Expert Meeting on Addressing Biodiversity Concerns in Sustainable Fishery, 7 – 9 December 2011, Bergen, Norway.
Subject(s): Marine and Coastal Biodiversity |
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2011-11-07
en es fr | SCBD/STTM/JM/JLe/rg/78095 (2011-212)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points; other Governments; relevant organizations
Peer-review of the Draft Voluntary Guidelines for the Consideration of Biodiversity in Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) and Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEAs) in Marine and Coastal Areas
The Secretariat has prepared, with the assistance of a team of consultants, draft voluntary guidelines for the consideration of biodiversity in EIAs and SEAs in marine and coastal areas using the guidance in Annexes II, III and IV to the Manila Workshop Report (UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/14/INF/5). In preparing the draft guidelines, all the guidance and concerns raised in Annexes II, III and IV to the Manila Workshop report (UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/14/INF/5) were considered and addressed.
Subject(s): Marine and Coastal Biodiversity
Action required by 2011-11-30 |
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2011-11-02
en es fr | SCBD/STTM/JM/JLe/JG/77432 (2011-207)
Notification to: National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points in Greater Caribbean and Western Mid-Atlantic Region; other Governments; competent organizations and regional initiatives
REMINDER: Caribbean and Mid-Atlantic Regional Workshop to Facilitate the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs), 28 February to 2 March 2012, Brazil
Reference is made to the earlier notification (2011-166), dated 7 September 2011, regarding the nomination of experts to the Caribbean and Mid-Atlantic Regional Workshop to Facilitate the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs), 28 February to 2 March 2012, in Brazil.
Subject(s): Marine and Coastal Biodiversity
Action required by 2011-11-30 |
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2011-10-11
en es fr | SCBD/STTM/JM/JLe/JG/77026 (2011-198)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, and other Governments; the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); regional seas conventions and action plans and regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) in the western South Pacific region; other competent organizations and regional initiatives
Request to submit scientific information in support of the objectives of the Western South Pacific Regional Workshop to Facilitate the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs), 22-25 November 2011, Fiji
Reference is made to the earlier notifications (2011-136; 2011-160) sent on 22 July 2011 and 29 August 2011 regarding the nomination of experts to the Western South Pacific Regional Workshop to Facilitate the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs), which will take place from 22 to 25 November 2011, in Fiji.
Subject(s): Marine and Coastal Biodiversity
Action required by 2011-11-10 |
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2011-10-07
en es fr | SCBD/STTM/JM/JLe/JG/77653 (2011-194)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points; other Governments; FAO; UNDOALOS; UNESCO–IOC; OBIS; ISA; UNEP-WCMC; GOBI; other relevant organizations
Peer-review of the prototype CBD EBSA repository
The Secretariat has developed a prototype repository, with financial support from the Government of Germany, in consultation with relevant organizations. This prototype repository is accessible at http://ebsa-review.cbd.int/ for your review and testing of the system.
Subject(s): Marine and Coastal Biodiversity
Action required by 2011-10-31 |
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2011-09-27
en es fr | SCBD/STTM/JL/JG/77686 (2011-186)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points; Other Governments; IOC/UNESCO, FAO, UNFCCC Secretariat, UNEP-WCMC, ICRI, Ramsar Convention, Antarctic Treaty, the Arctic Council, and Other Relevant Organizations and Scientific Groups
Selected experts for the Expert Meeting to Develop a Series of Joint Expert Review Processes to Monitor and Assess the Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Marine and Coastal Biodiversity, 19 – 20 October 2011, Montreal, Canada.
In notification number 2011-134, dated 20 July 2011, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity invited Parties, other Governments, and relevant organizations and scientific groups to nominate experts to participate in the Expert Meeting to Develop a Series of Joint Expert Review Processes to Monitor and Assess the Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Marine and Coastal Biodiversity, 19 – 20 October 2011, Montreal, Canada.
Subject(s): Marine and Coastal Biodiversity |
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2011-09-23
en es fr | SCBD/STTM/JM/JLe/rg/77592 (2011-180)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points; SBSTTA Focal Points; other Governments; FAO, UNEP, RFMOs; IUCN-CEM-FEG; relevant organizations
CBD Joint Expert Meeting on Addressing Biodiversity Concerns in Sustainable Fishery, 7 to 9 December 2011, Bergen, Norway
At its tenth meeting, the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity noted an urgent need to further review, in accordance with international law, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the impacts of unsustainable fishing, such as destructive fishing practices, overfishing, and illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, on marine and coastal biodiversity and habitats, building upon the initial efforts made in collaboration with Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Fisheries Expert Group (FEG) of the Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM) of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) (paragraph 53 of decision X/29).
Subject(s): Sustainable Use of Biodiversity, Marine and Coastal Biodiversity
Action required by 2011-10-20 |
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2011-09-07
en es fr | SCBD/STTM/JM/JLe/rg/77411 (2011-167)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points, Other Governments, relevant organizations, indigenous and local communities
Request to submit information on the progress made in the implementation of the Specific Work Plan on Coral Bleaching, adopted in Decision VII/5 (Appendix 1 of Annex I), on barriers to implementation and ways to overcome them as well as on specific actions to mobilize financial resources
In its decision X/29 (paragraph 74), the Conference of the Parties (COP) requested the Executive Secretary to prepare a report on the progress made in the implementation of the specific work plan on coral bleaching, adopted in decision VII/5 (appendix 1 of annex I), and make it available for consideration at the sixteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, scheduled for 30 April to 4 May 2012.
Subject(s): Marine and Coastal Biodiversity
Action required by 2011-10-15 |
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2011-09-07
en es fr | SCBD/STTM/JM/JLe/rg/77432 (2011-166)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points in Greater Caribbean and Western Mid-Atlantic Region; other Governments; competent organizations and regional initiatives
Caribbean and Mid-Atlantic Regional Workshop to Facilitate the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs), 28 February to 2 March 2012, Praia do Forte, Brazil
In decision X/29, the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity requested the Executive Secretary to organize a series of regional workshops, with a primary objective to facilitate the description of ecologically or biologically significant marine areas through application of scientific criteria in annex I of decision IX/20 as well as other relevant compatible and complementary nationally and intergovernmentally agreed scientific criteria, as well as the scientific guidance on the identification of marine areas beyond national jurisdiction, which meet the scientific criteria in annex I to decision IX/20.
Subject(s): Marine and Coastal Biodiversity |
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2011-08-29
en es fr | SCBD/STTM/JM/JLe/rg/77026 (2011-160)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points in Western South Pacific Region; other Governments; competent organizations and regional initiatives
REMINDER: Deadline for Nomination of Experts to the Western South Pacific Regional Workshop to Facilitate the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs), 22-25 November 2011, Fiji
Reference is made to the earlier notification (2011-136) sent on 22 July 2011 regarding the nomination of experts to the Western South Pacific regional workshop to facilitate the description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs), which will take place from 22 to 25 November 2011, in Fiji.
Subject(s): Marine and Coastal Biodiversity
Action required by 2011-09-16 |
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2011-07-22
en es fr | SCBD/STTM/JL/JG/77026 (2011-136)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points in Western South Pacific Region; other Governments; competent organizations and regional initiatives
Western South Pacific Regional Workshop to Facilitate the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs), 22-25 November 2011, Fiji.
In decision X/29, the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity requested the Executive Secretary to organize a series of regional workshops, with a primary objective to facilitate the description of ecologically or biologically significant marine areas through application of scientific criteria in annex I of decision IX/20 as well as other relevant compatible and complementary nationally and intergovernmentally agreed scientific criteria, as well as the scientific guidance on the identification of marine areas beyond national jurisdiction, which meet the scientific criteria in annex I to decision IX/20.
Subject(s): Marine and Coastal Biodiversity
Action required by 2011-08-31 |
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2011-07-19
en es fr | SCBD/STTM/JL/JG/76992 (2011-134)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points;
Other Governments; IOC/UNESCO, FAO, UNFCCC Secretariat,
UNEP-WCMC, ICRI, Ramsar Convention, Antarctic Treaty,
the Arctic Council, and Other Relevant Organizations and Scientific Group
Invitation to CBD Expert Meeting to Develop a Series of Joint Expert Review Processes to Monitor and Assess the Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Marine and Coastal Biodiversity, 19 - 20 October 2011, Montreal, Canada.
Invitation to CBD Expert Meeting to Develop a Series of Joint Expert Review Processes to Monitor and Assess the Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Marine and Coastal Biodiversity, 19 - 20 October 2011, Montreal, Canada.
Subject(s): Marine and Coastal Biodiversity
Action required by 2011-08-31 |
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2010 2010-10-13
en | SCBD/STTM/JM/JL/74201 (2010-195)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, other governments, and relevant organizations
Oceans Day at Nagoya - 23 October 2010
I am pleased to invite you to attend Oceans Day at Nagoya being held during the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 10) on 23 October 2010 at Shirotori Hall of the Nagoya Congress Centre.
Subject(s): Marine and Coastal Biodiversity |
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2010-08-31
en | SCBD/STTM/JL/JG/73393 (2010-163)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, other Governments, relevant organizations, ILCs
Submission of case studies on implementation of integrated marine and coastal area management
In paragraph 7 of decision VIII/22, the Conference of the Parties to the Convention requested the Executive Secretary, in collaboration with Parties, relevant organizations and indigenous and local communities, to compile and analyze case studies on successful and unsuccessful implementation of integrated marine and coastal area management (IMCAM), and to provide lessons learned for the consideration of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice before the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties.
Subject(s): Marine and Coastal Biodiversity
Action required by 2010-11-30 |
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2010-05-13
en | SCBD/STTM/JM/AW/71840 (2010-101)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and International Organizations
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
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 Climate Change Pavilion at CBD COP 10 (18-29 October 2010) in Nagoya, Japan.
Subject(s): Climate Change and Biodiversity, Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing, Biodiversity for Development, Communication, Education and Public Awareness, Economics, Trade and Incentive Measures, Dry and Sub-Humid Lands Biodiversity, Forest Biodiversity, Island Biodiversity, Inland Waters Biodiversity, Marine and Coastal Biodiversity, Mountain Biodiversity, Protected Areas / In-Situ Conservation, Conference of the Parties
Action required by 2010-06-20 |
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2009 2009-10-07
en es fr | SCBD/STTM/JL/JG/69013 (2009-130)
Notification to: all National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points
List of Selected Experts for the Expert Workshop on Scientific and Technical Aspects Relevant to Environmental Impact Assessment in Marine Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction, Manila, Philippines, 18 – 20 November 2009
Pursuant to the request by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention in its decision IX/20, paragraph 10, I am convening, with financial support from the European Commission, an expert workshop on scientific and technical aspects relevant to environmental impact assessment in marine areas beyond national jurisdiction, in Manila, Philippines, from 18 to 20 November 2009.
Subject(s): Marine and Coastal Biodiversity |
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2009-08-20
en | SCBD/STTM/JM/JL/MC/68433 (2009-099)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points
Other governments and relevant organizations
Peer review of the draft report on the implementation of the Programme of work on marine and coastal biodiversity
I am pleased to invite you to participate in the peer review of the draft report on the progress made in the implementation of the programme of work on marine and coastal biodiversity.
Subject(s): Marine and Coastal Biodiversity
Action required by 2009-09-30 |
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2009-08-10
en | SCBD/STTM/JM/JL/MCOA/68315 (2009-092)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Point, Other Governments and relevant organizations
Peer review of the draft report of scientific synthesis on ocean acidification and its impacts on marine biodiversity and habitats
I am pleased to invite you to participate in the peer review of the draft report of scientific synthesis on ocean acidification and its impacts on marine biodiversity and habitats.
Subject(s): Marine and Coastal Biodiversity
Action required by 2009-09-15 |
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2009-08-10
en | SCBD/STTM/JM/JL/MCOA/68289 (2009-091)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, other Governments, and relevant organizations
Request to submit relevant information concerning the objectives of the marine expert workshop on scientific and technical aspects relevant to environmental impact assessment in marine areas beyond national jurisdiction (Manila, Philippines, 18 – 20 November 2009)
The Executive Secretary wishes to invite Parties, other Governments and relevant organizations to kindly provide relevant information concerning the objectives of the above-mentioned expert workshop, in particular regarding ongoing relevant sectoral, regional and national environmental impact assessment efforts, which can contribute to the development of scientific and technical guidance for the implementation of environmental impact assessments and strategic environmental assessments for activities and processes under their jurisdiction and control which may have significant adverse impacts on marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction.
Subject(s): Marine and Coastal Biodiversity
Action required by 2009-09-18 |
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2009-07-24
en | SCBD/STTM/JM/JL/MCOA/67045 (2009-084)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, other Governments, and
relevant organizations
Nominations for the Expert Workshop on Scientific and Technical Aspects relevant to Environmental Impact Assessment in Marine Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction, Manila, Philippines, 18 - 20 November 2009
I have the pleasure to inform you that, with financial support from the European Commission, the Secretariat is convening an expert workshop on scientific and technical aspects relevant to environmental impact assessment in marine areas beyond national jurisdiction, in Manila, Philippines, from 18 to 20 November 2009.
Subject(s): Marine and Coastal Biodiversity
Action required by 2009-08-15 |
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2009-07-16
en | SCBD/STTM/JM/JL/VA/68013 (2009-082)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Point, and
Other Governments and relevant organizations
Peer review of the draft report of Scientific synthesis on the impacts of ocean fertilization on marine biodiversity
I am pleased to invite you to participate in the peer review of the draft report of scientific synthesis on the impacts of ocean fertilization on marine biodiversity.
Subject(s): Marine and Coastal Biodiversity
Action required by 2009-08-31 |
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2009-06-25
en | SCBD/STTM/JM/JL/va/67798 (2009-068)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points, Other Governments, and relevant organizations
Online Discussion Forum in preparation for Expert workshop on scientific and technical guidance on the use of biogeographic classification systems and identification of marine areas beyond national jurisdiction in need of protection (Ottawa, Canada, 29 September - 2 October 2009)
At its ninth meeting, the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention decided to convene an expert workshop to provide scientific and technical guidance on the use and further development of biogeographic classification systems, and guidance on the identification of areas beyond the national jurisdiction which meet the scientific criteria in annex I to decision IX/20 (decision IX/20, paragraph 19). Pursuant to this decision, the Secretariat is convening an expert workshop, with the financial support from the Governments of Canada and Germany. It will be held in Ottawa, Canada, from 29 September to 2 October 2009.
Subject(s): Marine and Coastal Biodiversity
Action required by 2009-08-31 |
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2009-06-23
en | SCBD/STTM/JL/va/67734 (2009-067)
Notification to: all National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points
List of Selected Experts for the Expert workshop on scientific and technical guidance on the use of biogeographic classification systems and identification of marine areas beyond national jurisdiction in need of protection, Ottawa, Canada, 29 September – 2 October 2009
Pursuant to the request by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention in its decision IX/20, paragraph 19, I am convening, with financial support from the Governments of Canada and Germany, an expert workshop on scientific and technical guidance on the use of biogeographic classification systems and identification of marine areas beyond national jurisdiction in need of protection, to be held in Ottawa, Canada, from 29 September to 2 October 2009.
Subject(s): Marine and Coastal Biodiversity |
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