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Reference: SCBD/I&O/NR/MC/33038 (2003-011)
To: National Focal Points

Pursuant to Decision VI/25, Parties are reminded to submit their thematic reports on Protected Areas and Transfer of Technology and Technology Cooperation by 30 March 2003. (Thematic reports on Mountain Ecosystems, which were due on 31 October 2002, should also be submitted at the earliest oppo ...

Reference: SCBD/STTM/MV/va/34110 (2003-025)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Parties are invited to submit the name of an expert who may be called upon to serve in the ad hoc technical expert group on Protected Areas. With the financial support of, and at the kind invitation of, the Government of Sweden, it is envisaged that the group will meet from 10 to 14 June 2003 in ...

Reference: SCBD/I&O/NR/MC/34320 (2003-036)
To: CBD National Focal points

Pursuant to decision VI/25, Parties are advised that the deadline for submission of the thematic report on protected areas has been extended to 31 May 2003. Download the guidelines for preparation of all thematic reports at <a href="/world/nr-guidelines.asp?t=thm">http://www.biodiv.org/world/nr- ...

Reference: UNEP/CBD/STTM/JM/va (2003-049)
To: Selected experts for the ad hoc technical expert group on protected areas

The Executive Secretary conveys the list of invited experts and international organizations to the Ad hoc technical expert group meeting on <a href="doc/meeting.asp?wg=TEGPA-01">Protected Areas</a> (Tjärnö, Sweden, 10- 14 June 2003)

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/dh/36339 (2003-080)
To: CBD and SBSTTA National Focal Points

The Executive Secretary convenes a Liaison Group Meeting on protected areas to be held at the Hilton Durban Hotel in Durban, South Africa, on 18 September 2003

Reference: SCBD/STTM/GVT/dh/36286 (2003-081)
To: CBD and SBSTTA National Focal Points

The Executive Secretary invites Parties to submit the name of an expert, who may be called upon to participate in the International Workshop on Protected Forest Areas to be held in Montreal, Canada, from 6 to 8 November 2003

Reference: SCBD/STTM/GVT/dh/36286 (2003-083)
To: UN Organizations and Specialized Agencies, IGOs, NGOs, Indigenous and Local Communities Organizations

The Executive Secretary invites UN Organizations and Specialized Agencies, IGOs, NGOs, Indigenous and Local Communities Organizations to submit the name of an expert who may be called upon to participate in the International Workshop on Protected Forest Areas to be held in Montreal, Canada, from ...

Reference: UNEP/CBD/STTM/GVT/dh/39213 (2003-108)
To: National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points

With the financial support of the Government of the Netherlands, the Executive Secretary is convening an International workshop which will take place in Montreal, Canada from 6 to 8 November 2003, prior to the ninth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice ...

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/va/46039 (2005-007)
To: All CBD National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the first meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas (PAs WG-1) will be held in Montecatini, Italy from 13 to17 June 2005.

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/va/48323 (2005-039)
To: All CBD, SBSTTA and CHM National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that a restricted website has been created to facilitate the peer-review process for the documents to be submitted for consideration of the <a href="/doc/meeting.aspx?mtg=PAWG-01&tab=0"> First Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas</a> (PAs W ...

Reference: SCBD/I&O/CHM/DA/47710 (2005-069)
To: CBD National Focal Points CHM Focal Points International Organizations Public

I am pleased to inform you of the publication of a special edition of the CBD News entitled: “Protected areas for achieving biodiversity targets.” The document is available on the CBD website at: <a href="http://www.biodiv.org/doc/publications/news-pa-supplement-en.pdf">http://www.biodiv.org/d ...

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/va/49483 (2005-071)
To: All CBD and SBSTTA National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the eleventh meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-11) and the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas (WG-PA 2) will be held back-to-back in Montreal, Canada, respectively from 28 ...

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/SBG/VA/49683 (2005-084)
To: CBD National Focal Points, other Governments, relevant organizations

The purpose of this notification is to invite Parties, other Governments, relevant international organizations and indigenous and local communities to contribute to the preparatory work on review of implementation of the programme of work on protected areas in preparation for the second meeting ...

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/SBG/VA/49898 (2005-087)
To: CBD National Focal Points & SBSTTA Focal Points

The purpose of this notification is to invite Parties to report on cost estimates to implement the programme of work on protected areas.

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/dh/49947 (2005-088)
To: CBD National Focal Points

In paragraph 2 of recommendation 1/1 of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas which met in Montecatini, Italy, from 13 to 17 June 2005, the Executive Secretary was invited to compile a list of existing ecological criteria for identification of potential marine areas for protect ...

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/va/49982 (2005-090)
To: CBD National Focal Points, other Governments

The purpose of this notification is to invite Parties, other Governments, relevant international organizations and indigenous and local communities to contribute to further development of tool kits for protected areas, in accordance with recommendation 1/3 of the first meeting of the Ad Hoc Open ...

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SB/va/50842 (2005-108)
To: CBD National Focal points; SBSTTA Focal Points; International Organizations, Non-Governmental Organizations; Indigenous and Local Communities

In consultation with the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties, I wish to inform you that the second meeting of the Ad hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas, which had been tentatively scheduled to be held in Montreal, Canada, from 5 to 9 December 2005, has been postponed due to insu ...

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/va/51661 (2005-118)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA and CHM Focal Points, relevant organizations, indigenous and local communities

The purpose of this Notification is to invite Parties, other Governments, relevant organizations and indigenous and local communities to submit to the Executive Secretary as soon as possible, but no later than 15 December 2005 the following: <br><br> (a) comments on the draft review of experienc ...

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/VA/52867 (2006-004)
To: National Focal Points and relevant organizations

I have the pleasure to inform you that, pursuant to recommendation 1/4, paragraph 8 (d) of the first meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on Protected Areas, I plan to convene an expert workshop on protected areas on 17 and 18 March 2006 in Curitiba, Brazil, prior to the eighth meeti ...

List of selected experts for the Expert Workshop On Protected Areas Curitiba, Brazil, 17 & 18 March 2006

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/SBG/VA/53705 (2006-013)
To: CBD National Focal Points and relevant organizations

I have the pleasure to inform you that, pursuant to recommendation 1/4, paragraph 8 (d) of the first meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on Protected Areas, I am convening an expert workshop on protected areas on 17 and 18 March 2006 in Curitiba, Brazil, prior to the eighth meeting ...

Review of implementation of the programme of work on protected areas

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/va/55293 (2006-080)
To: All CBD National Focal Points, other Governments and relevant organizations

Invitation to Parties, other Governments, relevant organizations and other stakeholders to provide information on the progress made in the implementation of the programme of work on protected areas for consideration by the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas at its second meeting, ...

Extension of deadline for submission of information on implementation of the programme of work on protected areas.

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/VA/56696 (2006-125)
To: All CBD National Focal Points, other Governments and relevant organizations

The deadline for submission of information on implementation of the programme of work on protected areas has been extended to 31 March 2007. This extension takes into account the fact that the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas is now scheduled to be held fr ...

South and West Asia sub-regional workshop on the review of, and capacity building for, the implementation of the CBD programme of work on protected areas, 2-4 April 2007, Dehradun, India

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/JG/57164 (2007-007)
To: CBD National Points in the South and West Asia region Relevant NGOs and indigenous & local communities of South and West Asia region

I have the pleasure to inform you that, with the generous financial support of the European Union and the Government of India, the Secretariat is organizing, from 2 to 4 April 2007 in Dehradun, India, a South and West Asia sub-regional workshop on the review of, and capacity building for, the im ...

Expert workshop on ecological criteria and biogeographic classification systems for marine areas in need of protection, 2-4 October 2007, Azores, Portugal.

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/JG/57314 (2007-017)
To: CBD National Focal Points and relevant organizations

I have the pleasure to inform you that, with financial support from the Government of Portugal, the Secretariat is convening an expert workshop on ecological criteria and biogeographic classification systems for marine areas in need of protection, from 2 to 4 October 2007, in Azores, Portugal.

Submission of information on implementation of the programme of work on protected areas

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/VA/56696 (2007-066)
To: All CBD National Focal Points, other Governments and relevant organizations

Reference is made to my Notification dated 30 November 2006 (available on our website at: http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2006/ntf-2006-125-pa-en.pdf), in which Parties, other Governments, relevant organizations and other stakeholders are invited to submit information on implementation of t ...

Anglophone Africa sub-regional workshop on the review of, and capacity building for the implementation of the CBD programme of work on Protected Areas, from 13-15 August 2007, Cape Town, South Africa.

Reference: CBD/STTM/SBG/va/58767 (2007-072)
To: CBD National Points of Botswana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Egypt ,Ghana, The Gambia, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe; relevant NGOs, and indigenous & local communities.

I have the pleasure to inform you that, with the generous financial support of the European Union and WWF, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is organizing from 13 to 15 August 2007 in Cape Town, South Africa, an Anglophone Africa sub-regional workshop on the review ...

Launch of the UNDP/GEF Global Project on Supporting Country Action in implementing the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas.

Reference: CBD/STTM/SBG/va/ac/58859 (2007-074)
To: All CBD Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) recently approved a global project on “Supporting Country Action on the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Programme of Work on Protected Areas”. This project will be ...

R E V I S I O N: Expert Workshop on ecological criteria and biogeographic classification systems for marine areas in need of protection, 2-4 October 2007, Azores, Portugal - Composition of the Group

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JL/ac/57414 (2007-080)
To: CBD National Focal Points and relevant organizations

Pursuant to Decision VIII/24, paragraph 46, of the Conference of the Parties, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is convening an expert workshop on ecological criteria and biogeographic classification systems for marine areas in need of protection, from 2 to 4 Octobe ...

Call for Poster Papers - Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas, 11-15 February 2008, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/60055 (2007-115)
To: all CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and relevant organizations

The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is currently accepting applications for posters to be displayed at the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas (WGPA 2) to be held 11-15 February 2008, at the Food and Agriculture Organization Headqu ...

Peer review of draft documents for the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on Protected Areas (WG-PA/2)

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/VA/60107 (2007-118)
To: all CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and relevant organizations

I am pleased to inform you that a page has been created on the CBD website (<a href='/wgpa2/review.shtml'>http://www.cbd.int/wgpa2/review.shtml</a>) to facilitate the peer-review of the drafts of documents prepared by the Secretariat for consideration by the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-End ...

Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on Protected Areas, from 11 to 15 February 2008, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/VA/60369 (2007-121)
To: all SBSTTA Focal Points and CBD National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on Protected Areas (WG-PA/2) will be held from 11 to 15 February 2008 at the Headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), located at Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, in ...

Atelier pour renforcer les capacités nationales et régionales, dans la sous-région de l’Afrique francophone en vue de favoriser et faciliter la mise en œuvre du programme de travail sur les aires protégées, du 7 au 10 janvier 2008, Libreville, Gabon

Reference: CBD/STTM/SBG/va/60679 (2007-144)
To: des représentants nationaux de l’Angola, de l’Algérie, du Bénin, du Burkina Faso, du Burundi, du Cameroun, du Cap Vert, des Comores, de la République démocratique du Congo, de la République Centrafricaine, de la République du Congo, de la Côte d’Ivoire, de Djibouti, de la Guinée équatoriale, de la Guinée-Bissau, du Gabon, de la Guinée, de Madagascar, du Mali, du Maroc, la Mauritanie, du Niger, de Sao Tomé & Principe, du Sénégal, du Tchad, du Togo et de la Tunisie.

J’aimerais par la présente vous informer que le Secrétariat de la Convention sur la diversité biologique (CDB) organisera, du 7 au 10 janvier 2008, à Libreville au Gabon, un atelier pour la sous-région de l’Afrique francophone en vue de favoriser et faciliter la mise en œuvre du programme de tra ...

Training workshops for the participants in WGPA-2 and in SBSTTA-13

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/CV/61368 (2007-162)
To: All CBD and SBSTTA National Focal Points

The Secretariat, in cooperation with the Consortium of the Scientific Partners, is pleased to announce the organization of two training workshops for the participants in the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas (WGPA-2) and the thirteenth meeting of the Subsid ...

Peer review of the draft Plant Conservation Report

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/SBG/VA/62944 (2008-034)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, GSPC Focal Points

The purpose of this notification is to request CBD National Focal points, SBSTTA and GSPC Focal Points, as well as other relevant stakeholders, to submit comments on the draft Plant Conservation Report.

Latin American sub-regional Workshop on Protected Areas, from 23 to 25 September 2008, the City of Salinas, Province of Santa Elena, Ecuador

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/va/64402 (2008-081)
To: National Focal Points of Spanish speaking countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela, Uruguay)

I have the pleasure to inform you that, with the generous financial support of the Government of Ecuador and the European Union, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is organizing from 23 to 25 September 2008 in the City of Salinas, Province of Santa Elena, Ecuador, a ...

Expert workshop on integrating protected areas into wider land- and seascapes 2 to 4 November 2008 at the International Academy of Nature Conservation, the Island of Vilm, Germany

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/LJ/64864 (2008-115)
To: CBD National Focal Points and Relevant Organisations

I have the pleasure to inform you that, with the generous financial support of the Government of Netherlands, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is organizing an expert workshop on integrating protected areas into wider land- and seascapes from 2 to 4 November 2008 a ...

Designation of a National Focal Point for the Programme of Work on Protected Areas (PoWPA-NFP)

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/va/65011 (2008-124)
To: CBD National Focal Points

In paragraph A 21 of decision IX/18, the Conference of the Parties requested “ Parties to designate a national focal point for the programme of work on protected areas in support of the Convention's national focal point to facilitate the effective and coordinated development and implementation o ...

Expert workshop on integrating protected areas into wider land- and seascapes 1 to 4 November 2008, Island of Vilm, Germany

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/65353 (2008-137)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that after careful consideration of all nominations, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in consultation with the Bureau of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) has approved the list of experts for t ...

Capacity-building workshop for the Pacific region for implementation of the Programme of Work on Protected Areas, Fiji, 9 to 12 February 2009

Reference: SCBD/ITS/STTM/SBG/lj/65732 (2008-155)
To: CBD and PoWPA Focal Points in the Pacific Region: Cook Islands; Federated States of Micronesia; Fiji; Kiribati; Marshall Islands; Nauru; Niue; Palau; Papua New Guinea; Samoa; Solomon Islands; Tonga; Tuvalu; and Vanuatu

I have the pleasure to inform you that, with the generous financial support of the Government of Spain and the European Union, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is jointly organizing with the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and the ...

Questionnaire on “The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity” (TEEB) global study

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/67387 (2009-047)
To: CBD National Focal Points

The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is a partner in the important global study on “The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity” (TEEB), which is a cooperative effort of researchers from North and South, led by Pavan Sukhdev, supported by the CBD Secretariat and funde ...

Reminder: Designation of a National Focal Point for the Programme of Work on Protected Areas (PoWPA-NFP)

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/65011R (2009-053)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Parties that have not yet nominated a PoWPA-NFP are kindly reminded to do so by providing the name and full contact details of the nominee to the Secretariat (secretariat@cbd.int) in the briefest of delays and before 26 June 2009.

Nominations for the Regional Workshop for Africa on the Review of Implementation of the Programme of Work on Protected Areas

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/67667 (2009-061)
To: CBD Focal Points and PoWPA Focal Points in Africa

I am pleased to invite you to nominate one representative of your government, at your earliest convenience, but not later than 10 July 2009, to participate in the workshop. The Secretariat will be in a position to finance the participation of one representative from eligible Parties to the Conve ...

Nominations for the Regional Workshop for Asia and the Pacific on the Review of Implementation of the Programme of Work on Protected Areas

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/67668 (2009-062)
To: CBD Focal Points and PoWPA Focal Points in Asia and the Pacific

I am pleased to invite you to nominate one representative of your government, at your earliest convenience, but not later than 10 July 2009, to participate in the workshop. The Secretariat will be in a position to finance the participation of one representative from eligible Parties to the Conve ...

Nominations for the Regional Workshop for Latin America and the Caribbean on the Review of Implementation of the Programme of Work on Protected Areas

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/67669 (2009-063)
To: CBD Focal Points and PoWPA Focal Points in Latin America and the Caribbean

I am pleased to invite you to nominate one representative of your government, at your earliest convenience, but not later than 10 July 2009, to participate in the workshop. The Secretariat will be in a position to finance the participation of one representative from eligible Parties to the Conve ...

Request for comments on the draft guide “Integrating protected areas within wider landscapes, seascapes and sectoral plans and strategies”

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG /lj/67913 (2009-072)
To: CBD National Focal Points, PoWPA Focal Points and relevant organizations

Based upon the agreed structure and guidance provided by the workshop participants, a draft guide was prepared and submitted to all the participants in the workshop for comments, additional case studies and examples. A revised version of the draft guide was subsequently prepared incorporating th ...

REMINDER: Designation of a National Focal Point for the Programme of Work on Protected Areas (PoWPA-NFP)

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/65011R (2009-079)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Parties that have not yet nominated a PoWPA-NFP are encouraged to do so by providing the name and full contact details of the nominee to the Secretariat (secretariat@cbd.int) in the briefest of delays and before 31 July 2009 so that we may achieve tangible and sustained outcomes from the upcomin ...

Reminder - Nominations for the Regional Workshop for Latin America and the Caribbean on the Review of Implementation of the Programme of Work on Protected Areas

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/67669R (2009-087)
To: CBD Focal Points and PoWPA Focal Points in Latin America and the Caribbean

I call upon the remaining countries to kindly submit their nomination of one delegate before 14 August 2009, to allow time for the Secretariat to arrange the most economic travel to the workshop. Due to budgetary constraints, funding for nominations received past this date can not be guaran ...

Reminder - Nominations for the Regional Workshop for Asia and the Pacific on the Review of Implementation of the Programme of Work on Protected Areas

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/67668R (2009-088)
To: CBD Focal Points and PoWPA Focal Points in Asia and the Pacific

I call upon the remaining countries to kindly submit their nomination of one delegate before 14 August 2009, to allow time for the Secretariat to arrange the most economic travel to the workshop

Reminder - Nominations for a Regional Workshop in Africa on the Review of Implementation of the Programme of Work on Protected Areas

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/67667R (2009-089)
To: CBD Focal Points and PoWPA Focal Points in Africa

I call upon the remaining countries to kindly submit their nomination of one delegate before 14 August 2009, to allow time for the Secretariat to arrange the most economic travel to the workshop. Due to budgetary constraints, funding for nominations received past this date can not be guaran ...

LifeWeb Coordination Office is Operational

Reference: SCBD/STTM/LifeWeb/JS/68345 (2009-095)
To: CBD National Focal Points, PoWPA Focal Points

Pursuant to the penultimate preamble paragraph, as well as paragraphs A5 (a) and A18 of decision IX/18, I have the honour to inform you that the LifeWeb Coordination Office is now operational within the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, with the generous financial support fr ...