Latest CBD Notifications http://www.cbd.int/notifications.aspx Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2012/ntf-2012-026-bs-en.pdf Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2012/ntf-2012-025-abs-en.pdf Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2012/ntf-2012-024-wgri4-en.pdf Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2012/ntf-2012-023-financial-en.pdf Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2012/ntf-2012-022-abs-en.pdf Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2012/ntf-2012-021-8j-en.pdf Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2012/ntf-2012-020-sbstta16-en.pdf Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2012/ntf-2012-019-new-es-en.pdf Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2012/ntf-2012-018-pa-en.pdf Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2012/ntf-2012-017-chm-en.pdf Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2012/ntf-2012-016-bs-lmos-en.pdf Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2012/ntf-2012-015-pa-en.pdf Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2012/ntf-2012-013-climate-en.pdf Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2012/ntf-2012-012-sbstta16-nfp-en.pdf Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2012/ntf-2012-011-sbstta16-org-en.pdf Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2012/ntf-2012-010-es-en.pdf Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2012/ntf-2012-009-forest-en.pdf Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2012/ntf-2012-008-abs-en.pdf Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2012/ntf-2012-007-nkl-en.pdf Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2012/ntf-2012-006-yearinreview-en.pdf Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2012/ntf-2012-005-gti-en.pdf Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2012/ntf-2012-004-finance-en.pdf Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2012/ntf-2012-003-abs-en.pdf Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2012/ntf-2012-002-mop6-en.pdf Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2012/ntf-2012-001-ebsa-en.pdf Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT I am pleased to inform you that an Informal Workshop on National Experiences in implementing the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, co-hosted by the Governments of Brazil and the United Kingdom, will be held from 12 to 14 March 2012 in Brasilia, Brazil. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-239-sp-en.pdf Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT I am pleased to inform you that a Capacity-building Workshop for North Africa and the Middle East on The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) will be held in Beirut, Lebanon, from 21 to 23 February 2012. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-238-teeb-en.pdf Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT A draft Capacity-building Strategy for the Global Taxonomy Initiative (GTI), at global and regional levels that addresses the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity, was developed in line with decision X/39 (paragraph 16) and presented to the fifteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) as the annex to document UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/15/5, available at http://www.cbd.int/doc/meetings/sbstta/sbstta-15/official/sbstta-15-05-en.doc. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-237-gti-en.pdf Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT We are profoundly saddened to announce the untimely death of our very dear friend and colleague, Ms. Marie Aminata Khan, who passed away in Johannesburg on 12 December 2011 at the age of 47 years. Marie spent over 17 years of her professional career working with the United Nations, notably with UN-HQ in New York, UNDP/GEF Small Grants Programme, New York and, since 2006, UNEP-SCBD in Montreal, Canada. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-236-marie-en.pdf Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT I would like to inform you that the final report and documents related to the Third Expert Workshop on the Development of the City Biodiversity Index (CBI), also known as the Singapore Index (SI), held on 11-12 October 2011, in Singapore City, Singapore, have been posted online at http://www.cbd.int/doc/?meeting=EWDCBI-03 along with the list of participants. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-235-cbi-en.pdf Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT Further to my notification SCBD/ITS/SK/mac/78199 of 14 November 2011, I am pleased to inform you that the regional capacity building workshop for Southern African countries on Updating National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans will focus specifically on the economics of ecosystems and biodiversity as an important tool for biodiversity mainstreaming, and has been supplemented with one additional day. The workshop will thus run from 27 February to 1 March 2012. You are kindly requested to take this into consideration in your nomination of representatives. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-234-nbsap-en.pdf Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT I am pleased to confirm that the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (ICNP) will be held in New Delhi, India, on 9-13 April 2012. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-233-abs-en.pdf Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT I am pleased to confirm that the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (ICNP) will be held in New Delhi, India, on 9-13 April 2012. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-232-abs-stakeholders-en.pdf Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT I am pleased to confirm that the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (ICNP) will be held in New Delhi, India, on 9-13 April 2012. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-231-abs-ilcs-en.pdf Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT In paragraph 2 (a) of decision X/16, the Conference of the Parties invited Parties and other Governments, as well as relevant international organizations and initiatives, research institutions and the business sector, to submit to the Executive Secretary information on activities currently being undertaken by international, regional or national organizations and initiatives, including sectoral organizations and initiatives, which support, facilitate, regulate or promote technology transfer and scientific and technological cooperation of relevance to the Convention. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-230-transfer-en.pdf Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT Further to notification 2011-164 of 7 September 2011 concerning the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 11), I am pleased to inform you that the provisional agenda and the annotated agenda for the meeting, as approved by the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties, are attached and can also be accessed on the CBD website at: https://www.cbd.int/doc/?meeting=COP-11. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-229-cop11-en.pdf Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT In accordance with decision X/1, Annex II, the first meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (Intergovernmental Committee), held in June 2011, addressed as one of its agenda items "cooperative procedures and institutional mechanisms to promote compliance with the Protocol and to address cases of non-compliance, including procedures and mechanisms to offer advice or assistance, where appropriate". http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-228-abs-en.pdf Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT Further to my notification SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/jh/77649, dated 23 September 2011, I am pleased to inform you that the deadline for submitting results of the testing of the overall utility and applicability of the Guidance on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms has been extended to 15 December 2011. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-227-bs-en.doc Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT In decision BS-V/14 on Monitoring and Reporting, the Conference of Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties (COP-MOP), requested Parties to submit to the Secretariat their second national reports on the implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. Accordingly, I am pleased to announce that, to date, the Secretariat has received 124 National reports, all from Parties to the Protocol. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-226-bch-en.pdf Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT In paragraph 2 of decision X/14, the Conference of the Parties inter alia requested the Executive Secretary to make proposals to its eleventh meeting regarding the retirement of decisions and elements of decisions taken at its seventh meeting and to communicate such proposals to Parties, Governments and relevant international organizations at least six months prior to its tenth meeting. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-225-cop-en.pdf Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT I have the honour to inform you that, at the invitation of the Government of India, the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 11) will be held in Hyderabad, India, from 8 - 19 October 2012. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-224-cop11-en.pdf Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT Further to paragraph 15 of decision X/44 on incentive measures, notification 2011-014, sent on 18 January 2011, invited Parties, other Governments and relevant organizations and stakeholders to report to the Executive Secretary, by 5 January 2012 latest, progress made, difficulties encountered, and lessons learned, in implementing the work spelled out in decision X/44 on incentive measures. Notification 2011-014 is available at http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-014-incentive-en.pdf ) http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-223-incentive-en.pdf Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT The purpose of this notification is to invite Parties, other Governments, and relevant organizations and experts to contribute their views and relevant information to an online discussion forum at http://www.cbd.int/island/forum/, which was established to facilitate input to the in-depth review of implementation of the Programme of Work on Island Biodiversity (POWIB) by the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) at its sixteenth meeting, scheduled to take place from 30 April to 4 May 2012. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-222-island-en.pdf Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-221-marine-en.pdf Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT It is my pleasure to inform you that the 54th issue of the Quarterly Report of the Convention, covering the period 1 July to 30 September 2011, has been prepared in accordance with Decision IV/17 of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity. The report contains a summary of key activities undertaken in relation to the implementation of decisions of the Conference of the Parties during the period in question. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-220-quarterlyreport-en.pdf Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT I have the honor of transmitting to you the information note and report prepared by Earthmind, on behalf of the Green Development Initiative. The information note and report are transmitted to Africa's national focal points of the Convention, as received. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-219-financial-en.pdf Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT The Secretariat will very much appreciate receiving your submissions by the new deadline (20 December 2011), which will serve as key inputs to the WGRI-4 documentation under preparation. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-218-financial-en.pdf Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT In adopting the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity (2011-2010), the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties in its decision X/2 requested countries to revise/update their National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) in line the framework of the Strategic Plan. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-217-nbsap-en.pdf Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT The forty-first meeting of the Council of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) was held from 8-9 November 2011 in Washington, D.C., United States of America. The GEF Council approved the work program comprising 40 project concepts and nine programmatic approaches, with total resources amounting to US$516.40 million, including two global enabling projects for assisting the Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States in the revision of their national biodiversity strategies and action plans and development of fifth national report to the Convention. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-216-financial-en.pdf Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT I am pleased to invite you to participate in the technical and stakeholder peer review of the draft study on the impacts of climate-related geo-engineering on biological diversity. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-215-climate-en.pdf Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT At its first meeting held in February 2004 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP) adopted an Action Plan for Building Capacities for the Effective Implementation of the Protocol. Its objective is to facilitate the development and strengthening of capacities for the ratification and effective implementation of the Protocol at the national, sub regional, regional and global levels. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-214-bs-en.pdf Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT Reference is made to notification 2011-143, dated 1 August 2011, in which Parties were invited to submit, by 15 September 2011, comments on two draft questionnaires prepared by the Executive Secretary to facilitate the submission of views and information. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-213-abs-en.pdf Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-212-marine-en.pdf Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT Il me fait plaisir de faire circuler la notification ci-jointe en date du 1 Novembre 2011 provenant du Secrétaire général des Nations Unies, agissant en sa qualité de dépositaire de la Convention sur la diversité biologique. La notification porte sur une proposition de corrections à apporter au texte original du Protocole de Nagoya sur l'accès aux ressources génétiques et le partage juste et équitable des avantages découlant de leur utilisation (version française) et des exemplaires certifiés conformes. http://www.cbd.int/ Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT I am pleased to inform you that a global dialogue seminar on scaling up finance for biodiversity, co-hosted by the Governments of Ecuador, Sweden, Norway and India, together with Japan as the COP Presidency, will be held from 6 to 9 March 2012 in Quito, Ecuador. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-210-business-en.pdf Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT Please refer to my earlier notification of 11 October 2011, Ref.: SCBD/STTM/JM/JSH/CRm/77545, regarding the above-mentioned workshop (http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-197-ias-gti-en.pdf ). http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-209-gti-en.pdf Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT In decision BS-V/12, the Parties to the Protocol requested the Executive Secretary to update the common format for submission of records to the Biosafety Information Resources Centre (BIRC) of the Biosafety-Clearing House in order to link the records relevant to risk assessment to specific sections of the Guidance on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-208-birc-en.pdf Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-207-ebsa-en.pdf Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT The purpose of this notification is to invite Parties, other Governments, international organizations, indigenous and local communities and relevant stakeholders to submit views and information in preparation for the Second Meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (Intergovernmental Committee) to be held from 9 to 13 April 2012, in India. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-206-icnp-en.pdf Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT In accordance with decision X/1, Annex II, the first meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (Intergovernmental Committee), held in June 2011, addressed as one of its agenda items "cooperative procedures and institutional mechanisms to promote compliance with the Protocol and to address cases of non-compliance, including procedures and mechanisms to offer advice or assistance, where appropriate". http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-205-abs-en.pdf Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT Through notification 2011-013 of 19 January 2011, Parties, other Governments and relevant organizations were invited to submit, by 15 October 2011, proposals for new and emerging issues for possible consideration by the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice. The submissions received to date are accessible from the CBD website at http://www.cbd.int/emerging/. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-204-emeringissues-en.pdf Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT I am pleased to inform you that, in accordance with operational objective 2.1 of the programme of work, the Secretariat has developed a template, which could be adapted, expanded and used by Parties in undertaking the above activity. The template is available in English, French and Spanish and can be downloaded from the Protocol website at: http://bch.cbd.int/protocol/cpb_art23.shtml. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-203-bs-en.pdf Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT I am pleased to inform you that the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity is organizing a regional workshop on the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress for Latin America and the Caribbean. The workshop will be held in Lima, Peru from 15 to 16 December 2011. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-202-bs-en.pdf Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT The tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), through paragraph 9(j) of decision X/33, requested the Executive Secretary to compile current and additional views and case studies from Parties on the integration of biodiversity into climate-change-related activities. Pursuant to this decision, these views and case studies will be compiled for submission to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) through reporting on the Nairobi work programme and other relevant means. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-201-cc-en.pdf Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT I am pleased to circulate herewith the annotated provisional agenda for the Capacity-building Workshop on Access and Benefit-sharing to be held from 29-30 October 2011 at the headquarters of the International Civil Aviation Organization in Montreal, Canada. It is also accessible on the workshop webpage at: http://www.cbd.int/doc/?meeting=WCBABS-02. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-200-abs-en.pdf Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT I wish to advise you of a change in dates for two upcoming workshops in Africa for the CBD programme of work on protected areas. The workshop for South and East Africa (planned for 24-28 October 2011 in Cape Town, vide CBD notification 2011-132), and the workshop for Central Africa (planned for 28 November-2 December 2011 in Yaoundé, vide CBD notification 2011-133) are effectively postponed. These two workshops will be combined into one workshop for Central, South and East Africa to be held at the end of January 2012 (dates to be confirmed) in Cape Town. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-199-pa-en.pdf Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-198-marine-en.pdf Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT I am pleased to inform you that, with the generous financial support of the Government of Japan, a regional workshop will be held on 6-9 December 2011 in Nairobi, Kenya, in an effort to strengthen capacity for the CBD programmes of work relevant to invasive alien species (IAS). The workshop is organized by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD), in collaboration with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-197-ias-gti-en.pdf Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT I am pleased to inform you that the Executive Secretary of the CBD paid a visit to India from 5 to 8 October 2011 to discuss preparations for the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP/6) and the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP/11), to be held at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre in the State of Andhra Pradesh, India, from 1 to 19 October 2012. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-196-india-en.pdf Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT I am pleased to enclose herewith a simple questionnaire (http://www.cbd.int/financial/doc/gef-6-needs-assessment-questionnaire-en.xls) to assist you in assessing funds needed for the implementation of the Convention for the sixth replenishment period of the Global Environment Facility (GEF-6). http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-195-financial-en.pdf Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-194-ebsa-en.pdf Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT Reference is made to notification 2011-143, dated 1 August 2011, in which Parties were invited to submit, by 15 September 2011, comments on two draft questionnaires prepared by the Executive Secretary to facilitate the submission of views and information. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-193-abs-en.pdf Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT Reference is made to notification 2011-170 sent on 9 September 2011 regarding the Capacity-building Workshop on Access and Benefit-sharing to be held from 29-30 October 2011 in Montreal, Canada. Representatives from Parties and indigenous and local communities that have not yet demonstrated their interest in participating in the workshop are encouraged to send their nomination as soon as possible by official letter to the Secretariat. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-192-abs-en.pdf Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT I am pleased to inform you that a recording of an interview of the Executive Secretary of the CBD and the CEO of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) on the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity, conducted and broadcast live on 20 September 2011 in New York at the margins of the High-level Event on Desertification of the sixty-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly, can be accessed at: http://www.cbd.int/2011-2020/media/webtv.shtml. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-191-undb-en.pdf Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT I am pleased to attach the following draft document responding to decision X/3 paragraph 7 and 8. The document can be accessed at https://www.cbd.int/financial/doc/srm-indicators-guidance-en.pdf http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-190-fin-en.pdf Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT I am pleased to inform you that, thanks to the financial support provided by Japan and other donors, a regional capacity-building workshop for the regional and local coordination of National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) for Mediterranean Countries will be held in Montpellier, France, from 17 to 19 January 2012. The workshop is organized by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD), the City of Montpellier and ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-189-nbsap-en.pdf Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT Reference is made to the approved Revised Administrative Arrangements between UNEP and the SCBD signed on 26 October 2010 in Nagoya, Japan, by the Conference of the Parties in Decision X/45. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-187-cbd-en.pdf Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-186-marine-en.pdf Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT I am pleased to inform you that, thanks to the financial support provided by Japan and other donors, a regional capacity-building workshop for the updating and revision of National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) for Central and Eastern Europe countries will be held in Minsk, Belarus from 5 to 8 December 2011. The workshop is organised by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD), in collaboration with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-185-nbsap-en.pdf Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT In its various decisions, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol (COP-MOP) has underscored the urgent need to assist developing country Parties, in particular the least developed and the small island developing States among them, to build their capacity for the effective implementation of the Protocol. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-184-bs-en.pdf Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT In decisions BS-IV/11 and BS-V/12, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol (COP-MOP) requested the Executive Secretary to convene regional or sub-regional training courses to enable countries gain hands-on experience in preparing and evaluating risk assessment reports in accordance with the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-183-bs-en.pdf Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT At the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP), the Parties welcomed the collaborative efforts of the Open-ended Online Expert Forum and an Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on Risk Assessment and Risk Management that resulted in the "Guidance on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms" (hereinafter "the Guidance"). http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-182-bs-en.doc Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT I am pleased to inform you that a training seminar is being organised by the Consortium of Scientific Partners on Biodiversity to provide participants with tools and advice on strengthening the role of science in NBSAP revision, the Strategic Plan, and the Aichi Biodiversity Targets. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-181-cspb-en.pdf Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT 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). http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-180-marine-en.pdf Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT In connection with the seventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Inter-sessional Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions and the fifteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-15), I am pleased to inform Parties and stakeholders that, after due consideration of all nominations received, the selection of representatives of indigenous and local communities to receive financial assistance in support of their participation in the above-mentioned meetings has been completed. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-179-tk-en.pdf Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT I am very pleased to inform you that on the occasion of the second high-level retreat of the members of the Liaison Group of the Biodiversity-related Conventions (BLG), held in Bogis-Bossey, Switzerland, on 4 September 2011, the members of the BLG adopted and signed the Modus Operandi which will be sent to the Conference of the Parties (COP) of the respective members. The Modus Operandi can be accessed at: http://www.cbd.int/cooperation/doc/blg-modus-operandi-en.pdf. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-178-blg-en.pdf Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT I am very pleased to inform you that at the meeting held in Bonn, Germany, on 2 September 2011, the Executive Secretaries of the Joint Liaison Group (JLG) of the three Rio Conventions adopted the Proposed Terms of Reference and Modus Operandi for the Joint Liaison Group between the Three Rio Convention, which will be sent to the Conference of the Parties (COP) of the respective members. This document can be accessed at: http://www.cbd.int/cooperation/doc/jlg-modus-operandi-en.pdf. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-177-jlg-en.pdf Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT I am very pleased to inform you that at the kind invitation of the Government of Switzerland, the second meeting of the past, present and incoming COP Presidencies was convened under the chairmanship of Japan, acting as COP 10 President, on 3 September 2011 in Bogis-Bossey, Switzerland. The participants of the meeting adopted and signed the Geneva Call for Urgent Action on the Implementation of the Successful Nagoya Outcomes, which can be accessed at: http://www.cbd.int/hlm/2011/. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-176-call-for-action-en.pdf Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT In decisions BS-IV/11 and BS-V/12, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol (COP-MOP) requested the Executive Secretary to convene regional or sub-regional training courses to enable countries gain hands-on experience in preparing and evaluating risk assessment reports in accordance with the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-175-bs-en.pdf Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT I am pleased to inform you that the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity is organizing a regional workshop on the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress for the Asia and Pacific region. The workshop will be held in New Delhi, India from 17 to 18 November 2011. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-174-bs-en.pdf Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT I am pleased to inform you that the twelfth meeting of the Coordination Mechanism for the Global Taxonomy Initiative (GTI) will be held in Montreal, Canada, from 5 to 6 November 2011, immediately prior to the fifteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific Technical and Technological Matters (SBSTTA15), which will be held from 7-11 November. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-173-gti-en.pdf Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT Please refer to my earlier notification of 23 August 2011, Ref.: SCBD/STTM/JM/JSH/CRm/77335, regarding the regional training workshop for Parties from Latin America, with special focus on invasive alien species and taxonomy which was to have taken place from 3-4 November 2011 in Montreal, Canada. The original notification is available at http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-159-ias-lac-en.pdf. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-172-ias-gti-en.pdf Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT I am pleased to inform you that the report of the fourth meeting of the Liaison Group on the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation, hosted by Missouri Botanical Gardens from 8 to 9 July 2011 in St. Louis, USA, is accessible from http://www.cbd.int/doc/meetings/pc/gspclg-04/official/gspclg-04-02-en.pdf. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-171-gspc-en.pdf Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT I am pleased to inform you that a Capacity-building Workshop on Access and Benefit-sharing will be held on 29-30 October 2011, in Montreal, Canada, back to back with the Seventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions (WG-8(j)-7). http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-170-abs-en.pdf Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT The purpose of this notification is to announce that the deadline for submission of poster proposals requested in notification 2011-140 of 28 July 2011, available on the Secretariat's website at http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-140-sbstta15-en.pdf, has been extended from 30 August to 30 September 2011. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-169-sbstta15-en.pdf Thu, 08 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT I am pleased to inform you that the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity is organizing a regional training of trainers' workshop on the identification and documentation of living modified organisms for the Asia sub-region. The workshop will be held in New Delhi, India, from 21 to 25 November 2011. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-168-bs-en.pdf Thu, 08 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-167-coral-en.pdf Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-166-ebsa-en.pdf Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT I have the honour to inform you that, at the invitation of the Government of India, the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP/6) will be held in Hyderabad, India, from 1 5 October 2012. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-165-mop6-en.pdf Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT I have the honour to inform you that, at the invitation of the Government of India, the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 11) will be held in Hyderabad, India, from 8 - 19 October 2012. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-164-cop11-en.pdf Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT As you will recall, in decision X/7, the Conference of the Parties requested the Executive Secretary to convene a meeting of an Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on Indicators for the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and to report to the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) prior to its fifteenth meeting. This meeting was convened from 20 to 24 June 2011 in High Wycombe, United Kingdom with the generous support of the European Union and I am pleased to inform you that the report of the meeting has been made available at https://www.cbd.int/doc/?meeting=AHTEG-SP-IND-01. I would like to invite you to send any comments you may have on the report at your earliest convenience but no later than 15 October 2011. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-163-indicator-en.pdf Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT The Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity has recognized that there is an urgent need to minimize the spread and impact of invasive alien species (IAS). Article 8(h) of the Convention states: Each Contracting Party shall, as far as possible and as appropriate, prevent the introduction of, control or eradicate those alien species which threaten ecosystems, habitats or species. National strategies on invasive alien species reported in National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) provide a strategic context for this work. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-162-ias-en.pdf Fri, 02 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT The Executive Secretary, with the generous support of the Governments of Japan and Belgium, is organizing a Sub-regional capacity-building workshop for South Asia on the Clearing-House Mechanism to be held from 12 to 16 December 2011 in Dehradun, India, in collaboration with the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) and the South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme (SACEP). The deadline for nomination of participants is 10 Ocotober 2011. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-161-chm-cbw-s-asia-en.pdf Fri, 02 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-160-ebsa-wsp-en.pdf Mon, 29 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT This Notification serves to inform Parties and Governments that notification 2011-126, sent on 21 June 2011, invited Parties to nominate their national focal points for the Global Taxonomy Initiative (GTI), as called for under the paragraph 3a of decision VIII/3. In order to allow for, and encourage, nominations from Parties and Governments who have not yet responded, the deadline is hereby extended to 30 September 2011. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-154-gti-en.pdf Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT In partnership with Japan as the President of the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, I am pleased to inform you that the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in collaboration with the Secretariat of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA), is organizing a ministerial breakfast briefing on the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-153-abs-en.pdf Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT I am pleased to inform you that a signing ceremony for the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety which opened for signature on 7 March 2011 will take place on 20 September 2011 at the margins of the sixty-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-152-bs-en.pdf Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT I am pleased to inform you that a signing ceremony for the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization which opened for signature on 2 February 2011 will take place on 20 September 2011 at the margins of the sixty-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-151-abs-en.pdf Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT I am pleased to share with you the list of sponsored experts for the Africa Regional Consultation and Capacity Building Workshop on REDD-plus, including on relevant biodiversity safeguards, which will be held in Cape Town, South Africa, from 20 to 23 September 2011. http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-150-forest-en.pdf Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT