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Global Soil Partnership

22 - 24 June 2015, Rome, Italy

FAO Council (152nd Session)

15 June 2015, Rome, Italy

World Environment Day

5 June 2015, Nairobi, Kenya

48th GEF Council Meeting

2 - 4 June 2015, Washington, United States of America

The Bonn Climate Change Conference

1 - 11 June 2015, Bonn, Germany

International Day for Biological Diversity 2015

22 - 23 May 2015, Multiple venues

Each year, migratory birds complete amazing journeys between their breeding and wintering grounds. Migratory birds are a vital part of biodiversity and play a critical role in all ecosystems. They also play an important cultural, aesthetic and economic role in the lives of people around the world.

Message of the CBD Executive Secretary, Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias on the occasion of the World Migratory Bird Day, 9-10 May 2015

Meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions

4 - 15 May 2015, Geneva, Switzerland

Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference 2015

27 - 30 April 2015, Quito, Ecuador

35th Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

22 - 24 April 2015, Bangkok, Thailand

CBD Regional Workshop to Facilitate the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs) in the North-West Indian Ocean and Adjacent Gulf Areas, and Training Session on EBSAs

19 - 25 April 2015, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

World Health Day

7 April 2015, Geneva, Switzerland

Implementation of Umoja by the CBD Secretariat

Reference: SCBD/RMCS/MR-H/FB/84534 (2015-038)
To: CBD National Focal Points

World Meteorological Day

23 March 2015, Geneva, Switzerland

Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

23 - 27 March 2015, Bonn, Germany

FAO Council (151st Session)

23 - 27 March 2015, Rome, Italy

CBD Regional Workshop to Facilitate the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs) in the North-East Indian Ocean region, and Training Session on EBSAs

22 - 27 March 2015, Colombo, Sri Lanka

World Water Day

22 March 2015, Paris, France

International Day of Forests

21 March 2015, New York, United States of America

REMINDER: Nomination of experts to the Open-ended Online Forum on Synthetic Biology (action required by 31 March 2015)

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/DA/mw/84355 (2015-032)
To: CBD National Focal Points; relevant organizations; and indigenous people and local communities, cc: SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Points

UNCCD 3rd International Scientific Conference: "Combatiing desertificiation, land degredation and drought for poverty reduction and sustaiblable development - the contribution of science, technology, traditional knowledge and practice"

9 - 12 March 2015, Cancun, Mexico

Message of the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias on the occasion of International Women’s Day, 8 March 2015

Statement of Mr. Braulio F. De Souza Dias, Executive Secretary on the Occasion of the Ministerial Segment of the African Ministerial, Conference On The Environment (AMCEN) at its Fifteenth Session, 4 March 2015,Cairo, Egypt

World Wildlife Day

3 March 2015, Geneva, Switzerland

41st session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

24 - 27 February 2015, Nairobi, Kenya

Sustainable Ocean Initiative (SOI) Capacity-building Workshop for South America

23 - 27 February 2015, Lima, Peru

Nomination of experts to the Open-ended Online Forum on Synthetic Biology (action required by 31 March 2015)

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/DA/84355 (2015-019)
To: CBD National Focal Points; relevant organizations; and indigenous people and local communities cc: SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Point

In decision XII/24 , the Conference of the Parties established an Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on Synthetic Biology with terms of reference contained in the annex to the decision, and requested the Executive Secretary to convene a moderated open-ended online forum to support the work of ...

Submission of Information on Synthetic Biology (action required by 30 April 2015)

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/DA/84279 (2015-013)
To: CBD National Focal Points; relevant organizations; and indigenous peoples and local communities, cc: SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Points

Dates and venues of COP 13 to the Convention on Biological Diversity, COP-MOP 8 to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, and COP-MOP 2 to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing, and other upcoming meetings

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/AC/84220 (2015-003)
To: All CBD, CPB and Nagoya Protocol Focal Points and International Organizations

International Mountain Day

11 December 2014

Invitation to participate in the Working Group for development of a methodology for Voluntary Peer-Review of Convention on Biological Diversity Implementation

Reference: SCBD/JBF/AY/DD/GT/84133 (2014-135)
To: CBD National Focal Points

The High Level Segment of the 12th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity adopted the Gangwon Declaration on Biodiversity for Sustainable Development

The Convention on Biological Diversity closed the 12th meeting of the Conference of the Parties today with Governments committing to step up actions to achieve, by the end of the decade, the Aichi Biodiversity Targets agreed four years ago, and contribute to the sustainable development agenda.

Governments Commit to Significant Funding Increase and Accelerated Action to Achieve Biodiversity Targets and Sustainable Development

The Convention on Biological Diversity closed the 12th meeting of the Conference of the Parties today with Governments committing to step up actions to achieve, by the end of the decade, the Aichi Biodiversity Targets agreed four years ago, and contribute to the sustainable development agenda.

PROMOTING LAWS FOR BIODIVERSITY

IDLO invites COP 12 delegates to learn about the latest tools, innovations and initiatives available to assist CBD Parties to use law to support the national implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity and its Aichi Biodiversity Targets. The IDLO-SCBD Legal Preparedness for Achieving ...

Assessment of progress of work by the COP

The side event will focus both on the ongoing work for the decisions to be taken at COP 12, as well as an assessment of the implementation of previous COP decisions. Joint side event between CBDA and TWN

Regional Seas @ 40: supporting CBD decisions for the next 40 years.

The side event will explore how the Regional Seas Convention and Action Plans Programme, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary and has supported CBD decisions since 1992, can strengthen its support in implementing CBD decisions in the coming years. As part of the 40th celebrations the Progra ...

El rol de la mujer indigena en el sistema de gobernanza para el uso consuetudinarios de los recursos de la biodiversidad

Se presentaran estudios de caso sobre el rol de las mujeres indigenas en el uso consuetudinario de la biodiversidad.

Mutually supportive implementation of the CBD/NP and ITPGRFA/MLS: capacity building for implementation (tentative title)

Panelist will present progress, experiences, plans and perspectives on mutually supportive national-level implementation of the CBD/Nagoya Protocol and the access and benefit sharing mechanisms pursuant to the International Treat on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.

UNEP/CBD/COP/12/1/ADD2/REV1

Draft Decisions for the Twelfth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

Provisional programme and briefing notes for the High Level Segment of the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, 15-16 October 2014, Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea

Reference: SCBD/OES/BD/AF/cr/83806 (2014-115)
To: CBD National Focal Points and International Organizations

Gangwon Declaration on Biodiversity for Sustainable Development, High-level Segment of the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, 15-16 October 2014, Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea

Reference: SCBD/OES/BD/AF/NP/fd/cr/83806 (2014-111)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Seventh Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP) conference: “Local action for the common good"

8 - 12 September 2014, San Jose, Costa Rica

Press conferences at the margins of the Meetings of the Convention on Biological Diversity and its Protocols, 29 September-16 October 2014, Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea

Reference: SCBD/MPO/AF/NP/DA/fd/83879 (2014-109)
To: CBD, CPB and ICNP National Focal Points and relevant organizations

UNEP/CBD/COP/12/17

Expanding the Scope of the Gender Plan of Action under the Convention on Biological Diversity

Regional Capacity-Building Workshop for the Pacific Region on Traditional Knowledge and Customary sustainable use under the CBD

26 - 28 August 2014, Apia, Samoa

International Workshop on Financing for Biodiversity

18 - 19 August 2014, Kartause Ittingen, Switzerland

International Marine Conservation Congress (IMCC3)

14 - 19 August 2014, Glasgow, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

International Youth Day

12 August 2014