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"Africa has demonstrated its commitment to the protection of its environment for the benefit of present and future generations."

In his message to the African People, Ahmed Djoghlaf welcomes the continent-wide Action Plan developed under the leadership of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), AMCEN and the African Union.

"Biodiversity is a Necessity",  Executive Secretary interviewed on ElectricPolitics.com.

"Ecological Civilization: Building a Shared Future for All Life on Earth" is set to frame next year’s UN Biodiversity Conference, to be held in October in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China.

"Friends of the Convention on Life on Earth” in Gambia will promote action for the planet by civil society

The Gambia becomes the first Party to the Convention on Biological Diversity to establish a forum for citizen engagement on action for the 2010 biodiversity target.

"Migratory Birds - Ambassadors for Biodiversity", Message by the Executive Secretary, Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, on the occasion of the World Migratory Bird Day 2008, 10 - 11 May 2008.

"The United States and the Convention on Biological Diversity": Statement Delivered by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention, at George Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C., on 12 November 2008.

10 official working documents and 14 information documents for the twenty-first meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-21), being held in Montreal, Canada, 11 – 14 December 2017, are now available on the SBSTTA website.

15e École d'été en évaluation environnementale Évaluation de la durabilité du développement urbain et industriel: outils d’analyse de l’empreinte écologique et des impacts sociaux et sanitaires.

25 years ago, in December 1993, the Convention on Biological Diversity entered into force. It was the realisation of a project for sustainable development that had taken the world decades to achieve.

3 Heads of State, 87 Ministers to Open Biodiversity High Level Conference.

50 million Euros to seed new Nature for Health Trust Fund for Pandemic Prevention

50th-51st edition of the Quarterly Report on the Administration of the Convention on Biological Diversity (July-December 2010)

52nd edition of the Quarterly Report on the Administration of the Convention on Biological Diversity (January-March 2011).

53rd edition of the Quarterly Report on the Administration of the Convention on Biological Diversity (April-June 2011)

54th edition of the Quarterly Report on the Administration of the Convention on Biological Diversity (July-September 2011)

A Global Island Partnership launched by the President of Palau at the Curitiba Biodiversity Conference

The President of Palau, the President of Indonesia, the Vice President of the Federated States of Micronesia, Grenada and Kiribati launched the “Global Island Partnership” aimed at enhancing marine and terrestrial protected areas as a major contribution of achieving the Heads of State commitment ...

A Guide for Working Group Chairs at COP and SBSTTA Meetings, May 2008. This guide provides COP and SBSTTA working group chairs with a general overview of Convention processes at the working group level and background on such things as the conduct of work, smaller informal groups and documentation.

A Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) geared towards enhancing cooperation between the Secretariats of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture was signed today on the margins of the second meeting of CBD’s Subsidiary Body on Implementation, being held in Montreal, Canada.

A draft of the updated Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC) 2011-2020, prepared by the Liaison Group on the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation in its third meeting held from 26 to 28 May 2009 in Dublin, Ireland, is now available for peer review until 1 October 2009.

A draft synthesis of the third edition of Global Biodiversity Outlook (GBO-3) has been released for peer review.

A global platform for sharing information about the world’s biodiversity has passed a major milestone, with the publication of the one-billionth species record of where a species lives through the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

A group of scientists and policymakers delivered a declaration to the Minister of the Environment of Peru, Manuel Pulgar Vidal, the president of UNFCCC Cop-20,that calls for integrated research on biodiversity and climate change and increased recognition of key biodiversity issues in the context of climate change.

A new Universal Global Alliance for Biodiversity Protection established in Bonn.

A new compendium providing the latest and best professional information needed for protected area practitioner capacity development was released this week in the margins of the 6th IUCN World Parks Congress.

A new era of implementation of the Convention on all life on Earth is born in Curitiba at the largest ever gathering of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

Curitiba, 31 March 2006 – 4,000 delegates from around the world have agreed on a road map to significantly reduce the rate of biodiversity loss by 2010, in line with the agreement reached by 110 Heads of State and Government at the World Summit on Sustainable Development held in Johannesburg in ...

A new guide now available, Addressing Gender Issues and Actions in Biodiversity Objectives, provides biodiversity professionals concrete ideas and actions for progress in their work towards achieving gender and biodiversity objectives, goals and targets.

A new report from the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity discusses the potential for synthetic biology to have both positive and negative impacts on biodiversity and looks at the role and adequacy of existing risk assessment and regulatory regimes to evaluate the impact of these technologies.

A new website for the Life Web is unveiled. With the support of the Government of Germany and pending the development of the permanent website for the Life Web initiative, information on the Life Web can be accessed in the interim on this new web site hosted by CBD.

A report launched today shows that Asian consumers have an increasing awareness of the planet’s biodiversity and want to see companies protecting it.

A special edition of the CBD News is now available.

This issue of the CBD News offers historical perspectives on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Convention.

Achieving global biodiversity targets will be a strong contribution to realizing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, said Dr. Cristiana Paşca Palmer, newly appointed Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, in a meeting held last Friday.

Achim Steiner nominated as new Executive Director of United Nations Environment Programme

The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) warmly welcomes the nomination of Mr. Achim Steiner as the new Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

Actions are taking place around the world by governments and organizations to achieve the Aichi Targets. Find out what Biodiversity Champions are doing, and how your government or organization can become a Champion.

Address by Dr Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Opening of the Expert Meeting on the Further Strengthening of Links between Biodiversity and Climate Change, Montréal, Canada, 19 March 2007.

<br>View also the Address <a href='/doc/speech/2007/sp-2007-03-19-ipcc-fr.pdf'>in French</a>.

Address by Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, to the Research Workshop of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law, Ottawa, Canada, 19 April 2007.

Address by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf on the occasion "the Biodiversity Debate: Engaging and Educating Children on Biodiversity as the Future Guardians of our Planet", held on 3 September 2009 at the Royal Geographical Society, London, UK.

Address of the Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, on the participation of the city of Montreal in the “Plant for the Planet: Billion Tree Campaign"

Advancing Strategic Goal A of the Aichi Targets, Statement by the CBD Executive Secretary, Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, on the occasion of the Conference on Ecology and Economy for a Sustainable Society, 27-31 May, 2013, Trondheim, Norway

Advisory Group for Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity Concludes Four Day Meeting in Montreal.

African Ministers of Environment together with partner organizations committed to an ambitious action agenda taking a coherent approach to addressing the interlinked challenges of biodiversity loss, land degradation and climate change.

After several years of international negotiations, the final operational design of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has been agreed.

Agencies and partners join forces to promote the implementation of environmental law through enhanced knowledge sharing and new tools

Agreements reached on actions to integrate biodiversity in forestry, fisheries, agriculture, and tourism sectors and to achieve the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development

Agriculture and biodiversity have been inextricably linked for as long as we humans have been producing our own food. As the source of all variety in our crops and livestock, biodiversity is the very foundation of agriculture.

Ahmed Djoghlaf assumes duties as Executive Secretary to the Convention on Biological Diversity: Calls for a global alliance to combat biodiversity loss

Montreal, 3 January 2006 – Calling on the citizens of the world to join in the effort to preserve life on earth, a 52 year-old Algerian man with a passion for poetry and forest walks takes up the helm of the world’s key biological treaty today. United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, appoin ...

Ahmed Djoghlaf makes Opening Statement to COP-MOP 3

March 13, 2006 Curitiba, Brazil -- Reminding his distinguished audience that "The Cartagena Protocol is one of the most important materializations of the spirit of the Rio Declaration and chapter 16 of Agenda 21", the Executive Secretary of the CBD exhorted them to: "Let a new page of the Proto ...

Albania, Botswana and the Federated States of Micronesia have become the 13th 14th and 15th countries to ratify the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity.

All around the world, wetlands provide huge benefits, including clean water, ensuring a stable water supply, and providing important habitat to a wide variety of species.

Allocution de m. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, Secrétaire exécutif de la CDB, à l’occasion de l’ouverture du deuxième atelier régional pour les pays moins avancés d’Afrique sur la préparation des cinquièmes rapports nationaux et de la quatrième édition des Perspectives mondiales de la diversité biologique (GBO-4), et les scénarios pour la politique régionale, Yaoundé, Cameroun, 15 - 19 avril 2013

Ambassador Mary Seet-Cheng, Chair of the East Asian Seas Partnership Council, Viet Nam Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Chu Pham Ngoc Hien, PEMSEA Executive Director, Stephen Adrian Ross, Dr. Chua Thia-Eng, Chair Emeritus of the East Asian Seas Partnership Council, Honorable Ministers, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a pleasure to address you at the East Asian Seas Partnership Council Meeting and it is fitting that the Congress chose “Global Targets, Local Benefits” as the theme this year.