Notification 2008-022

Dear Madam/Sir, I am pleased to inform you that a new issue of the Secretariat’s newsletter on business and biodiversity, Business.2010, has been posted on the CBD website. This issue focuses on Agribusiness and is released on the occasion of the thirteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-13) as well as the International Day for Biological Diversity. It can be downloaded at the following addresses: http://www.cbd.int/doc/newsletters/news-biz-2008-02-high-en.pdf (for a high resolution version) http://www.cbd.int/doc/newsletters/news-biz-2008-02-low-en.pdf (for a low resolution version) We would greatly appreciate it if the newsletter could be brought to the attention of the relevant constituencies in your country. The Secretariat is currently inviting contributions for the April issue of the newsletter and would welcome contributions focusing on: (1) the implementation of Decision VIII/17; (2) the business dimensions of items on the provisional agenda of the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-9); (3) biodiversity offsets; (4) and business-related activities planned at COP-9. Submissions should be received by the Secretariat by 15 March 2008. For more information on the newsletter, including relevant deadlines and back issues, please visit: http://www.cbd.int/business/newsletter.shtml. Please accept, Madam/Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration.

Executive Secretary

To: CBD National Focal Points, Business and biodiversity contacts