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"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

18th Council of Arab Ministers of the Environment, 19 - 20 December 2006, Algiers

Above-ground biodiversity relies on below-ground biodiversity – the biodiversity we cannot see that works beneath our feet.

Achieving the 2010 Biodiversity Target Message of Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, the New Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, to Citizens of the World

3 January 2006<br><i>Montreal Canada

Address Delivered by Mr. Jacques Chirac, President of the French Republic to the International Conference on "Biodiversity: Science and Governance"

UNESCO, 24 – 28 January 2005

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.

In the space of a few days, the south of “La Belle Province” has broken all temperature records. On 6 March, temperatures in Montréal reached minus 24.3 degrees Celsius, minus 39 degrees with the wind-chill factor. The previous record dated back to 1989, when the temperature was down to minus 2 ...

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

It’s a great honor to join you today and to be given the opportunity to address this important gathering of distinguished scholars from all over the world to discuss the conceptualization and planning of future research to be undertaken in the field of environmental law.

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

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

Allocution d’ouverture de M. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Secrétaire exécutif de la CDB, à l’occasion de la treizième réunion du Groupe de Travail Biodiversité d’Afrique Centrale (GTBAC13), 13 decembre, 2011, Douala, Cameroun

An investment in biodiversity is also an investment in agriculture and food security

Message of Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of World Food Day 2006

Biological Diversity and Cultural Diversity or the Components of Life on Earth, Address by Dr Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, to the 47th Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, Westin Hotel, Ottawa March 16th, 2007.

I would like to congratulate the Canadian Commission for UNESCO on its fiftieth anniversary at the service of the ideals of peace and justice through multilateral cooperation in the key areas of culture, science and education. The celebration of this important event could not have found a better ...

CBD Executive Secretary addressed the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Assembly Plenary on ways in which the GEF can help catalyze change in support of life on Earth

COP-MOP 6/Welcome Message from Braulio Ferreira De Souza Dias, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity

CTE meeting: MEA Information Session

Presentation by the CBD Secretariat <br>Geneva, Switzerland, 13-14 June 2002

Calling Children and Youth to Action: Message from Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, to children and youth of the world

18 February 2006<br><i>Montreal Canada

Closing Remarks by Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, at the Twelfth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the First Meeting of the Conference of the Parties Serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol, Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea, 17 October 2014

Closing Statement by Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, to the 2016 United Nations Biodiversity Conference, Thirteenth meeting of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol, and Second meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol, Cancun, Mexico, 17 December 2016

Closing remarks by Dr. Hamdallah Zedan, Executive Secretary

In his closing remarks to the seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP-7), Executive Secretary, Hamdallah Zedan noted the unprecedented participation, the highest ever for a meeting of the Conference of the Parties. He emphasized that "the ...

Closing statement by Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity to the Second Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Rome, 2 November 2007

Closing statement by the Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, David Cooper, for the first meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Benefit-sharing from the Use of Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources, Geneva, 18 November 2023

Closing statement by the Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, David Cooper, for the twelfth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intersessional Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention, Geneva, 16 November 2023

Closing statement of Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Ecological Civilization Forum, Kunming, China, 15 October 2021

Closing statement of Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Kunming, China, 15 October 2021

Closing statement of Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the high-level segment of the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Kunming, China, 13 October 2021

Contribution from Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, to the Seminar on Desertification and its Implications, 2 – 4 April 2007.

Dry and sub-humid ecosystems cover 47% of the Earth’s land surface. They are not barren land or dead landscapes; rather they contain a number of important well-adapted species. Indeed some of the world’s most important food crops originated in dry and sub-humid lands including wheat and olives. ...

Declaracion del Sr. Braulio Ferreira De Souza Dias, Secretario Ejecutivo del Convenio sobre la Diversidad Biologica en ocasion del Taller regional del pacífico oriental tropical y templado para facilitar la descripción de áreas marinas de importancia ecológica o biológica, Galapagos, Ecuador, 28 Agosto 2012

Developments in the framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity of relevance to the Convention to Combat Desertification

Statement by Dr. Hamdallah Zedan during the opening session of the Forth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention to Combat Desertification

Disaster Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation, statement by the Executive Secretary, Ahmed Djoghlaf, on the occasion of the 5th Annual United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation and the Launch of the Global South-South Development Expo organized by the United Nation Development Programme, New York, 17 December 2008

Discours de M. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Secretaire executif de la Convention sur la diversite biologique, à l’occasion de la Journee biodiversite & entreprises de l’European Platform for Biodiversity Research Strategy, Paris, France, le 18 novembre 2008

Discours de M. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Secrétaire exécutif de la Convention sur la diversite biologique, à l’occasion de la dejeuner-conférence de la société des relations internationales de Québec, 25 novembre 2010, Québec, Canada

Discours de M. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Secrétaire exécutif de la Convention sur la diversité biologique, « maintenir la diversite de la vie sur terre: un objectif des Nations unies », à l’occasion de la conférence organisée par l’association canadienne pour les Nations unies, 7 juin 2010, Montréal, Canada

« maintenir la diversite de la vie sur terre: un objectif des Nations unies », la conférence organisée par l’association canadienne pour les Nations unies, 7 juin 2010, Montréal, Canada

Discours de m. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Secrétaire exécutif de la CDB, à l’occasion de la Conférence à l’Université de Montréal sur « Biodiversité et l’après Nagoya », 23 mars 2011, Montréal, Canada

Discours de m. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Secrétaire exécutif de la CDB, à l’occasion de la premiere conférence panafricaine sur «La biodiversité et la lutte contre la pauvreté en afrique », 16 septembre 2010, Libreville, Gabon

Discours de m. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Secrétaire exécutif de la convention sur la diversité biologique, à l’occasion de la conférence à l’école d’été de l’institut du nouveau monde, 12 août 2010, Montréal, Canada

Discours du Secretaire executif, M. Ahmed Djoghlaf, à l’occasion de la dixieme Conference Alpine, Evian, France, 12 Mars, 2009

Discours du Secrétaire exécutif, M. Ahmed Djoghlaf À l’occasion du Gala bénéfice de la Fondation québécoise en environnement <br>Le 19 mars 200

Discours délivré par Ahmed Djoghlaf, Secrétaire exécutif de la Convention sur la diversité biologique, à la conférence Mission Antarctique : La Terre vue de la mer Conférence de Jean Lemire sur les changements climatiques et la biodiversité, Montréal, Canada, 22 mai 2007

La Terre vue de la mer donne certainement l’image d’une planète qui fait face au double défi des changements climatiques et de la perte de la biodiversité. En cette journée internationale de la diversité biologique partout sur la planète les gens s’informent et prennent conscience de l’enjeu cap ...

Discours par M. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Secrétaire exécutif de la Convention sur la diversité biologique, à l’occasion de la dîner-conference à l’Université de Sherbrooke sur « la Convention sur la diversité biologique : Enjeux et défis », 23 avril 2010, Sherbrooke, Canada

Discours par M. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Secrétaire exécutif de la Convention sur la diversité biologique, à l’occasion du lancement du Centre de la science de la biodiversité du Québec (CSBQ), 15 février 2010, Montréal, Canada

Discours prononcé par Docteur Ahmed Djoghlaf Secrétaire exécutif de la Convention sur la diversité biologique à la Deuxième réunion du Groupe de travail spécial à composition non limitée sur l’examen de l’application de la Convention sur la diversité biologique

Discours prononcé par Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Secrétaire exécutif de la Convention sur la diversité biologique Á la Douzième réunion de l’Organe subsidiaire chargé de fournir des avis scientifiques, techniques et technologiques de la Convention sur la diversité biologique

Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Twelfth Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Discours prononcé par M. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Secrétaire exécutif de la Convention sur la diversité biologique, à l’occasion du Symposium international pour célébrer le 300éme anniversaire de la naissance du comte de Buffon, Paris, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 18 & 19 octobre 2007

Déclaration de M. Ahmed Djoghlaf à l'occasion du lancement du Plan de Foresterie Urbaine de Saint-Laurent

Déclaration de M. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Secrétaire exécutif, à l'occasion de la Conférence de haut niveau sur « L’Union Européenne et l’Outre-Mer : Stratégies face au changement climatique et à la perte de biodiversité » St Denis de La Réunion, 11 juillet 2008

Déclaration de M. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Secretaire executif de la Convention sur la diversite biologique, à la série de conférences: Intégrer la biodiversité dans les stratégies d’entreprise, Montréal, Québec, 9 Avril, 2009

Déclaration de M. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Secrétaire exécutif de la Convention sur la diversite biologique, à l'occasion du devoilement du logotype de l’Annee internationale de la biodiversite, 5 Octobre 2009, Nairobi, Kenya