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Clearing-House Mechanism Award

Reference: SCBD/IMS/RS/ODM/84721 (2016-146)
To: CBD & CHM National Focal Points; cc CHM-IAC Members & CHM Award Jury Members

I am pleased to share with you the outcome of the first CHM award process which culminated at the ceremony held on 9 December 2016 at the margins of COP 13. At this ceremony, six Parties were granted an award and 14 Parties were delivered a certificate of achievement.

Clearing-House Mechanism Award

Reference: SCBD/ITS/CHM/ET/ODM/SM/87106 (2018-010)
To: CBD and CHM National Focal Points

Clearing House Mechanism sub-regional training workshop (Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia)

5 - 16 March 2007

Central African Sub-regional CHM Training Workshop

10 - 21 January 2005, Bujumbura, Burundi

Central African Sub-Regional Training Workshop for Key Partners of National Clearing-House Mechanisms

10 - 21 January 2005, Bujumbura, Burundi

Call for nominations for the Informal Advisory Committee to the Clearing-House Mechanism (CHM-IAC)

Reference: SCBD/TSI/CHM/ODM/82859 (2013-096)
To: CBD & CHM National Focal Points and CHM-IAC Members

Call for nominations for the Informal Advisory Committee to the Clearing-House Mechanism (CHM-IAC)

Reference: SCBD/IMS/RS/ODM/86319 (2017-015)
To: CBD & CHM National Focal Points and CHM-IAC Members

CBD teams up with UNEP-WCMC to build capacity for achieving the 2010 Biodiversity Target.

CBD Clearing-House Mechanism and EC Clearing-House Mechanism joint regional meeting for Central and Eastern Europe

13 - 15 December 2005, Tallinn, Estonia

Brainstorming Session on the Clearing-House Mechanism and Traditional Knowledge

4 February 2002, Montreal, Canada

Biosafety Clearing-House Training Workshop

11 December 2016, Cancun, Mexico

Biosafety Clearing-House Training Workshop

24 November 2018, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt

Biosafety Clearing-House Training Workshop

26 October 2024, Cali, Colombia

Biodiversity underpins ecosystem functioning and the provisioning of ecosystem services essential for human well-being.

Asia and the Pacific Regional Workshop on the Clearing-House Mechanism

3 - 5 February 2005, Bangkok, Thailand

Arctic Region Workshop on Indigenous Communities, Tourism and Biodiversity: New Information and Web-based Technologies

19 - 21 November 2007, Quebec City, Canada

Arabic version of CBD website inaugurated as a contribution to achieving the objectives of the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity

Montreal, 6 June 2011 – The Arabic version of the website of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was launched today at the occasion of the opening of the first meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair an ...

An introduction to DOPA, a Digital Observatory for Protected Areas

The Digital Observatory for Protected Areas (DOPA) is a biodiversity information system currently developed as a set of interoperable web services at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission in collaboration with other international organizations, including GBIF, UNEP-WCMC, Birdlife ...

An Interactive Ocean Data Viewer: Enhancing marine and coastal data accessibility and quality, and building technical capacity for implementation of CBD Programmes of Work.

Effective use of data and information, and the technical capacity to do so, is an essential prerequisite for successful implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity, including the Programmes of Work on Marine and Coastal Biodiversity, Island Biodiversity, and Protected Areas. However ...

An Enhanced Communication Tool for a New Biodiversity Era - The website of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) enhanced to mark the International Day for Biological Diversity and the International Year of Biodiversity

Montreal, 21 May 2010 – The new look and feel of the website of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will be launched on 22 May 2010 to mark the annual celebration of the International Day for Biological Diversity.

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

Recommendation III/6

Agenda item 8: Promotion of international technical and scientific cooperation: report on the implementation of the pilot phase of the clearing-house mechanism

Recommendation II/6

Agenda item 3.8: The role of the clearing-house mechanism in promoting technical and scientific cooperation

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

Africa regional meeting on the Clearing-House Mechanism

31 March - 2 April 2003, Nairobi, Kenya

Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Traditional Knowledge and Clearing-House Mechanism

24 - 26 February 2003, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

7th Governing Board Meeting of the Global Biodiversity Information

6 - 10 October 2003, To be determined, Japan

6th Governing Board Meeting of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

28 April - 2 May 2003, Copenhagen, Denmark

5th Governing Board Meeting of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (B5)

9 - 11 October 2002, San José, Costa Rica

Reference: SCBD/I&O/CHM/MS/23963 (2002-004)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Informal Meeting on Formats, Protocols and Standards for Improved Exchange of Biodiversity-related Information to be held in Montreal, Canada, 19-20 February 2002

Reference: SCBD/I&O/CHM/MS/32320 (2002-095)
To: CBD National Focal Points CHM National Focal Points, Informal Advisory Committee, relevant International Organizations

The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity has received endorsements from National Focal Points for the establishment of three International Thematic Focal Points

Reference: SCBD/I&O/CHM/MS/32367 (2002-102)
To: CBD National Focal Points SBSTTA, CHM, GTI and ABS National Focal Points

Validation of information related to National Focal Points

Reference: SCBD/I&O/CHM/MS/32454 (2003-002)
To: CBD National Focal Points - Africa Region, CHM National Focal Points - Africa Region International thematic focal points

An Africa regional meeting will be held on 31 March to 2 April 2003, following Decision VI/18, para. 4, which urges the Executive Secretary to convene additional capacity-building workshops at the national, subregional and regional levels referred to in decision V/14 of the Conference of the Par ...

Reference: SCBD/I&O/CHM/MS/34245 (2003-027)
To: CBD National Focal Points, CHM National Focal Points, Informal Advisory Committee

Establishment of <a href="#" onclick="window.open('http://www.birdlife.org/')">BirdLife International</a> as an International Thematic Focal Point

Reference: SCBD/I&O/CHM/MS/36239 (2003-062)
To: CBD National Focal Points - least developed countries and small island developing satates

The Government of the Netherlands has generously agreed to provide both financial and technical resources to assist one or two countries to develop their clearing-house mechanism national focal point websites

Reference: SCBD/I&O/CHM/MS/36236 (2003-063)
To: CBD National Focal Points – Latin America and the Caribbean

A joint clearing-house mechanism and Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network (IABIN) regional meeting will be held on 12 to 14 August 2003 in Cancun, Mexico, for the Latin American and Caribbean region, with the generous support of the Government of Belgium and the Inter-American Biodive ...

Reference: SCBD/I&O/CHM/MS/36237 (2003-076)
To: CBD National Focal Points - Central and Eastern Europe<br> cc: CHM National Focal Points - Central and Eastern Europe, International thematic focal points, CHM Informal Advisory Committee, Relevant international organizations

A joint Convention on Biological Diversity Clearing-House Mechanism (CBD-CHM) and European Community Clearing-House Mechanism (EC-CHM) regional meeting will be held from 9 to 11 September 2003 in Prague, The Czech Republic, with the generous support of the Government of Belgium and the European ...

Reference: SCBD/I&O/CHM/MS/36320 (2003-077)
To: CBD National Focal Points, CHM National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points and International Thematic Focal Points

In response to recommendations made at the Informal Meeting on Formats, Protocols and Standards for Improved Exchange of Biodiversity-related Information held from 19 to 20 February 2003 in Montreal, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity has developed a web-based CBD controll ...

Reference: SCBD/I&O/CHM/MS/39159 (2003-106)
To: CHM National Focal Points and Informal Advisory Committee Members

A CHM Toolkit has been developed in cooperation with the European Community Clearing-House Mechanism (EC CHM), the Government of The Netherlands, the Government of Belgium and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) with the aim to assist Parties and Governments to establish national ...

Reference: SCBD/I&O/CHM/MS/39217 (2003-112)
To: SBSTTA National Focal Points, CHM National Focal Points, CHM Informal Advisory Committee and International Thematic Focal Points

Pursuant to Article 17 and Article 18.3 of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and in support of Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) programme of work, the Secretariat of the CBD developed a web-based tool to search, locate and retrieve information ...

Reference: SCBD/I&O/CHM/MS/40063 (2003-114)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points, CHM National Focal Points, CHM Informal Advisory Committee and International Thematic Focal Points

The Executive Secretary informs Parties about the development of a web-based tool to analyze thematic reports on alien and invasive species, forest ecosystems, mountain ecosystems, protected areas and technology transfer and cooperation.

Reference: SCBD/I&O/CHM/MS/39932 (2003-120)
To: CBD National Focal Points – least developed countries and small island developing states

Project to assist two or more countries to develop their Clearing-House Mechanism websites

Reference: SCBD/I&O/CHM/MS/39993 (2003-122)
To: SBSTTA National Focal Points, CHM National Focal Points, CHM Informal Advisory Committee, International Thematic Focal Points

Pursuant to Article 17 and Article 18.3 of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and in support of the seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 7), the Secretariat of the CBD developed a web-based tool to search, locate and retrieve information on COP decisions

Reference: SCBD/I&O/CHM/MS/40692 (2004-005)
To: CHM Informal Advisory Committee members, CHM National Focal Points and Relevant International Organizations

The Secretariat has developed a CD-ROM version of the new CHM Toolkit in an effort to ensure its widespread use and application

Reference: SCBD/I&O/CHM/MS/40740 (2004-009)
To: SBSTTA National Focal Points, CHM National Focal Points, CHM Informal Advisory Committee, International Thematic Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, ICCP National Focal Points (where biosafety focal points have not yet been designated) and CBD National Focal Points (where biosafety focal points have not yet been designated)

A tool to search for ICCP recommendations is available on the Convention’s website at: <a href='/convention/search.aspx'>http://www.biodiv.org/convention/search.aspx</a>

Reference: SCBD/I&O/CHM/MS/42172 (2004-012)
To: CBD National Focal Points, CHM National Focal Points, CHM Informal Advisory Committee and International Thematic Focal Points

An information database on incentive measures is available on the Convention’s website at: <a href='/programmes/socio-eco/incentives/case-studies.aspx'>http://www.biodiv.org/programmes/socio-eco/incentives/case-studies.aspx</a>. The database allows to search, locate and retrieve information usin ...

Reference: SCBD/I&O/CHM/MS/43241 (2004-031)
To: CBD National Focal Points, CHM National Focal Points, CHM Informal Advisory Committee, International Thematic Focal Points

CBD information centre online catalogue now available on the web at <a href='/doc/info-centre.asp'>http://www.biodiv.org/doc/info-centre.asp</a>

Reference: SCBD/I&O/CHM/MS/45094 (2004-088)
To: CBD National Focal Points in the Asia and Pacific Region CHM National Focal Points in the Asia and Pacific Region Informal Advisory Committee of the CHM Relevant international organizations

Clearing-House Mechanism regional meeting on the Clearing-House Mechanism for Asia and the Pacific, 30 November to 2 December 2004.

Reference: SCBD/I&O/CHM/MS/45094 (2004-092)
To: CBD National Focal Points in the Asia and Pacific Region CHM National Focal Points in the Asia and Pacific Region

This is a reminder of the Secretariat’s earlier communication dated 28 October 2004 regarding the invitation to make nominations for the Asia and Pacific regional meeting on the clearing-house mechanism, to be held in Amman, Jordan on 30 November to 2 December, 2004 (Reference: SCBD/I&O/CHM/MS/ ...

Reference: SCBD/I&O/CHM/MS/45104 (2004-093)
To: CBD, SBSTTA, CHM, GTI National Focal Points Informal Advisory Committee of the CHM International thematic focal points Relevant international organizations

I am pleased to announce the launching of the new Convention website (http://www.biodiv.org) which has been re-designed to facilitate searching, locating and retrieving of information. In addition, the Secretariat, in its re-design of the CBD website, adhered to commonly used information formats ...