2024 2024-04-17
| 2024-036 (SCBD/SSSF/JL/TT/AC/91588)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations
Intersessional activities on biodiversity and climate change
Subject(s): Climate Change and Biodiversity, Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice |
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2024-04-17
| 2024-035 (SCBD/ABS/DC/TS/CGA/AC/RKi/91584)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations
Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Benefit-sharing from the Use of Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources, 12-16 August 2024 - Montreal, Canada
Subject(s): Digital sequence information on genetic resources, Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing
Action required by 2024-07-31 |
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2024-04-11
| 2024-034 (SCBD/IMS/NP/JC/NS/GT/91500)
Notification to: National focal points for CBD and its Protocols of the following countries: Argentina, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Regional Dialogue on National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans for Latin America, 25-28 June 2024 - Lima, Peru
Subject(s): National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAP)
Action required by 2024-05-07 |
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2024-04-08
| 2024-033 (SCBD/IMS/NP/JC/LJ/91628)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, ABS national focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, SBSTTA focal points, cc: Indigenous peoples and local communities, relevant organizations
Invitation to provide comments, and register for webinars, on the guidance on using the indicators of the monitoring framework for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework provided by the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Indicators
Subject(s): Identification, Monitoring and Indicators, Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice
Action required by 2024-05-03 |
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2024-04-05
| 2024-032 (SCBD/SSSF/JL/OR/QC/TM/91510)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA focal points, TK focal points, indigenous peoples and local community organizations, and relevant organizations
Selected representatives of indigenous peoples and local communities to receive funding for their participation in the Twenty-sixth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice and the Fourth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation
Subject(s): Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, Subsidiary Body on Implementation, Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices - Article 8(j) |
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2024-04-02
| 2024-031 (SCBD/OES/DC/IS/91620)
Notification to: National focal points of the CBD and its Protocols, SBSTTA focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations
Appointment of the next Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
Subject(s): Convention on Biological Diversity |
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2024-03-28
| 2024-030 (SCBD/IMS/NP/JC/LJ/91530)
Notification to: CBD focal points, ABS national focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, SBSTTA focal points, cc: Indigenous peoples and local communities, relevant organizations
Extension of Deadline: Invitation to participate in a survey on capacity needs of Parties with respect to the headline indicators of the monitoring framework for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
Subject(s): Capacity-building, Identification, Monitoring and Indicators, Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
Action required by 2024-04-07 |
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2024-03-27
| 2024-029 (SCBD/SSSF/JL/JA/JG/91606)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA focal points, marine and coastal biodiversity focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant global and regional organizations/initiatives
Webinar to provide an overview of the draft modalities for modifying the descriptions of ecologically or biologically significant marine areas (EBSAs) and describing new areas, 17 April 2024
Subject(s): Marine and Coastal Biodiversity |
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2024-03-21
| 2024-028 (SCBD/IMS/NP/ET/KT/CPa/91600)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, ABS focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points
Invitation to submit views on the assessment of entities and organizations under consideration to host the regional and/or subregional technical and scientific cooperation support centres
Subject(s): Technical and Scientific Cooperation
Action required by 2024-04-18 |
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2024-03-15
| 2024-027 (SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/AMC/MW/91589)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, relevant organizations and indigenous peoples and local communities, SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points
Peer review of the outcomes and methodology of the process of broad and regular horizon scanning, monitoring and assessment of the most recent technological developments in synthetic biology
Subject(s): Synthetic Biology, Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
Action required by 2024-04-12 |
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2024-03-12
| 2024-026 (SCBD/SSSF/JL/SS/ESE/91587)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, PoWPA focal points, SBSTTA focal points
Protected Planet Report 2024: Call for submission of data to inform the preparation of the report on progress toward Target 3 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
Subject(s): Protected Areas / In-Situ Conservation
Action required by 2024-06-01 |
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2024-03-08
| 2024-025 (SCBD/ABS/DC/TS/CGA/AC/RKi/91510)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations
Informal Discussions on Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources, 19 May 2024 - Nairobi, Kenya
Subject(s): Digital sequence information on genetic resources
Action required by 2024-04-15 |
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2024-03-05
| 2024-024 (SCBD/IMS/NP/91580)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, ABS focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points
First programming tranche of the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund
Subject(s): Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, Financial Resources and Mechanism |
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2024-03-03
| 2024-023 (SCBD/OES/DAIN/FD/91541)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations
Theme of the International Day for Biological Diversity (22 May 2024)
Subject(s): International Day for Biological Diversity |
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2024-02-29
| 2024-022 (SCBD/NPU/DC/TS/MD/GT/91532)
Notification to: CBD national focal points and ABS national focal points
Global capacity-building workshop on operationalizing access and benefit-sharing national frameworks under the Nagoya Protocol, 30 September to 3 October 2024 - Bonn, Germany
Subject(s): Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing
Action required by 2024-03-29 |
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2024-02-29
| 2024-021 (SCBD/IMS/NP/ET/KT/CPa/91470)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, ABS focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, SBSTTA national focal points, Clearing-House Mechanism national focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations
Extension of Deadline: Fifth Call for Proposals under the Bio-Bridge Initiative
Subject(s): Bio-Bridge Initiative
Action required by 2024-03-22 |
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2024-02-28
| 2024-020 (SCBD/SSSF/IMS/JL/NP/MK/91533)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations; Convention on Wetlands Focal Points and international organization partners
Extension of Deadline: 6th Joint Work Plan of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Convention on Wetlands
Subject(s): Inland Waters Biodiversity
Action required by 2024-03-14 |
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2024-02-23
| 2024-019 (SCBD/IMS/NP/JC/91497)
Notification to: CBD focal points, SBSTTA focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations
Extension of deadline: Submission of views related to the work programme of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services and its contribution to support the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
Subject(s): Scientific Assessment, Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice
Action required by 2024-03-01 |
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2024-02-20
| 2024-018 (SCBD/SSSF/IMS/JL/NP/91510)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations
Registration for side-events at the twenty-sixth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 26), 13–18 May 2024, and the fourth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI 4), 21-29 May 2024, Nairobi, Kenya
Subject(s): Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice
Action required by 2024-03-20 |
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2024-02-20
| 2024-017 (SCBD/SSSF/JL/VA/91510)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations
Information workshop on the work of the ad hoc technical expert groups on the monitoring framework, synthetic biology and risk assessment, 11 May 2024 – Nairobi, Kenya
Subject(s): Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice
Action required by 2024-04-15 |
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2024-02-15
| 2024-016 (SCBD/IMS/NP/JEC/MC/91545)
Notification to: National focal points for CBD and its Protocols of the following countries: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, the Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania (United Republic of), Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Regional Dialogues on National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans for African Countries, 30 May to 2 June 2024, Nairobi, Kenya
Subject(s): National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAP), Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing, Capacity-building, Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Financial Resources and Mechanism, Identification, Monitoring and Indicators, Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
Action required by 2024-03-15 |
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2024-02-15
| 2024-015 (SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MW/91494)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA national focal points, Cartagena Protocol national focal points, ABS national focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations
Extension of deadline: Peer review of the draft literature review of trends and issues in synthetic biology (2012–2023)
Subject(s): Synthetic Biology
Action required by 2024-03-01 |
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2024-02-13
| 2024-014 (SCBD/SSSF/JL/SK/JA/LJ/91539)
Notification to: CBD national focal points and SBSTTA focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant global and regional organizations and initiatives, cc: Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points
Webinar to celebrate 10 years of the Forest Ecosystem Restoration Initiative
on the occasion of the International Day of Forests, 21 March 2024, online
Subject(s): Forest Biodiversity |
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2024-02-08
| 2024-013 (SCBD/IMS/NP/JC/MC/91530)
Notification to: CBD focal points, ABS national focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, SBSTTA focal points
cc: Indigenous peoples and local communities, relevant organization
Invitation to participate in a survey on capacity needs of Parties with respect to the headline indicators of the monitoring framework for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
Subject(s): Capacity-building, Identification, Monitoring and Indicators, Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
Action required by 2024-03-01 |
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2024-02-02
| 2024-012 (SCBD/SSSF/IMS/JL/NP/91510)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations
Registration for the twenty-sixth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 26), 13–18 May 2024 and the fourth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI 4), 21 to 29 May 2024, Nairobi, Kenya
Subject(s): Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, Subsidiary Body on Implementation
Action required by 2024-04-30 |
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