2012 2012-12-18
 en fr | SCBD/STTM/JM/JL/JG/81106 (2012-153)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points; FAO; regional seas conventions and action plans and RFMOs in the North Pacific and South-Eastern Atlantic regions; Abidjan Convention Secretariat, IOC–UNESCO, IOC–WESTPAC, NOWPAP, PICES, OBIS, ISA, UNEP-WCMC, GOBI, other competent organizations and regional initiatives, and ILCs
Request for scientific information in support of the objectives of upcoming CBD regional workshops to facilitate the description of ecologically or biologically significant marine areas (EBSAs) in: i) North Pacific (Moscow, Russia – 25 February to 1 March 2013); and ii) South-Eastern Atlantic (Namibia – 8 to 12 April 2013)
Subject(s): Marine and Coastal Biodiversity
Action required by 2013-03-15 |
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2012-12-18
en fr | SCBD/STTM/JM/JL/JG/81106 (2012-152)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points; FAO; regional seas conventions and action plans and RFMOs in the North Pacific and South-Eastern Atlantic regions; Abidjan Convention Secretariat, IOC–UNESCO, IOC–WESTPAC, NOWPAP, PICES, OBIS, ISA, UNEP-WCMC, GOBI, other competent organizations and regional initiatives, and ILCs
Request for scientific information in support of the objectives of upcoming CBD regional workshops to facilitate the description of ecologically or biologically significant marine areas (EBSAs) in: i) North Pacific (Moscow, Russia – 25 February to 1 March 2013); and ii) South-Eastern Atlantic (Namibia – 8 to 12 April 2013)
Subject(s): Marine and Coastal Biodiversity
Action required by 2013-02-01 |
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2012-11-20
en fr | SCBD/STTM/JL/JG/80877 (2012-142)
Notification to: Competent organizations and regional initiatives, including regional seas conventions and action plans, and regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) in West Africa
REMINDER AND CHANGE OF DATES: Sustainable Ocean Initiative (SOI) Capacity-Building Workshop for West Africa (4 to 8 February 2013) and South-Eastern Atlantic Regional Workshop to Facilitate the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs) (8 to 12 April 2013)
Subject(s): Marine and Coastal Biodiversity
Action required by 2012-12-07 |
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2012-11-15
en fr | SCBD/STTM/JL/JG/80877 (2012-141)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points of West African coastal and island Parties
REMINDER AND CHANGE OF DATES: Sustainable Ocean Initiative (SOI) Capacity-Building Workshop for West Africa (4 to 8 February 2013) and South-Eastern Atlantic Regional Workshop to Facilitate the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs) (8 to 12 April 2013)
Subject(s): Marine and Coastal Biodiversity
Action required by 2012-12-07 |
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2012-11-08
en | SCBD/STTM/JL/JG/80987 (2012-139)
Notification to: Competent organizations and regional initiatives, including regional seas conventions and action plans, and regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) in the North Pacific region
North Pacific Regional Workshop to Facilitate the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs), 25 February to 1 March 2013, Moscow, Russia
Subject(s): Marine and Coastal Biodiversity
Action required by 2012-12-03 |
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2012-11-06
en | SCBD/STTM/JL/JG/80987 (2012-137)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points in the North Pacific region: Canada, China, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Japan, Mexico, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, United States of America
North Pacific Regional Workshop to Facilitate the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs), 25 February to 1 March 2013, Moscow, Russia
Subject(s): Marine and Coastal Biodiversity
Action required by 2012-12-03 |
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2012-10-05
en fr | SCBD/STTM/JL/JG/80877 (2012-134)
Notification to: Regional seas conventions and action plans, regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs), and other relevant regional initiatives
Sustainable Ocean Initiative (SOI) Capacity-Building Workshop for West Africa (14 to 18 January, 2013) and South-Eastern Atlantic Regional Workshop to Facilitate the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs) (25 to 29 March, 2013)
Subject(s): Marine and Coastal Biodiversity
Action required by 2012-11-15 |
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2012-10-02
en fr | SCBD/STTM/JL/JG/80877 (2012-133)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points of Morocco, Mauritania, Cape Verde, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Namibia, and South Africa
Sustainable Ocean Initiative (SOI) Capacity-Building Workshop for West Africa (14 to 18 January, 2013) and South-Eastern Atlantic Regional Workshop to Facilitate the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs) (25 to 29 March, 2013)
Subject(s): Marine and Coastal Biodiversity
Action required by 2012-11-15 |
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2012-05-16
en es fr | SCBD/STTM/JM/JL/JG/79841 (2012-073)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, and other Governments; FAO; regional seas conventions and action plans and RFMOs in the southern Indian Ocean region and eastern tropical and temperate Pacific region; IOC–UNESCO, OBIS, ISA, UNEP-WCMC, GOBI, other competent organizations and regional initiatives
Request for scientific information in support of the objectives of upcoming CBD regional workshops to facilitate the description of ecologically or biologically significant marine areas (EBSAs): i) southern Indian Ocean; ii) eastern tropical and temperate Pacific
Subject(s): Marine and Coastal Biodiversity
Action required by 2012-07-13 |
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2012-05-11
en es fr | SCBD/STTM/DC/JL/JG/79813 (2012-069)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points; other Governments; relevant organizations
Submission of views on the Draft Voluntary Guidelines for the consideration of Biodiversity in Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) and Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEAs) in Marine and Coastal Areas
Subject(s): Marine and Coastal Biodiversity
Action required by 2012-06-30 |
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2012-04-25
en es | SCBD/STTM/JL/JG/79653 (2012-061)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points in the Eastern Tropical and Temperate Pacific
region: Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and Peru; competent organizations and regional initiatives
Eastern Tropical and Temperate Pacific Regional Workshop to Facilitate the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs), 27-31 August 2012, Galapágos Islands, Ecuador
Subject(s): Marine and Coastal Biodiversity |
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2012-04-25
en es fr | SCBD/STTM/JL/JG/79642 (2012-059)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points in the Southern Indian Ocean region: Australia, Comoros, France, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles,
Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, United Kingdom; competent organizations and regional initiatives
Southern Indian Ocean Regional Workshop to Facilitate the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs), 30 July to 3 August, 2012
Subject(s): Dry and Sub-Humid Lands Biodiversity, Marine and Coastal Biodiversity
Action required by 2012-05-31 |
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2012-04-20
en | SCBD/OMG/NP/DA/fa/cr/79601 (2012-057)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points; UN-Ocean members, Regional Seas Organizations, Regional Fisheries Management Organizations, and other Relevant Organizations
2012 International Day for Biological Diversity: Marine Biodiversity and The Green Wave 2012
Subject(s): Marine and Coastal Biodiversity |
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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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