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Preparation of The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/KNM/85472 (2016-030)
To: CBD and SBTTA National Focal Points

Eighth Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity on "Food systems for a sustainable future: Interlinkages between biodiversity and agriculture" 31 May - 3 June 2016 - Trondheim, Norway

Reference: SCBD/OES/BD/DC/85414 (2016-022)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and relevant organizations

International Mountain Day

11 December 2015, Rome, Italy

FAO Council (153rd Session)

4 November - 4 December 2015, Rome, Italy

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/19/INF/4/REV1

The Contribution of FAO’s Five Principles for Sustainable Agriculture to the Implementation of Aichi Biodiversity Target 7

Celebrating World Food Day, under the theme “Social protection and agriculture: breaking the cycle of rural poverty”, provides an opportunity to emphasize in food systems how biodiversity underpins social protection.

Message of the CBD Executive Secretary, Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, on the occasion of the World Food Day, 16 October 2015

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/19/INF/1

Strategic Scientific and Technical Issues Related to the Implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020: Biodiversity, Food Systems and Agriculture

Message of the CBD Executive Secretary, Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, on the occasion of the opening of the Sixth Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, 5 October 2015, Rome, Italy

Message of the CBD Executive Secretary, MR. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, on the occasion of the opening of the Sixth Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, 5 October 2015, Rome, Italy

Global Soil Partnership

22 - 24 June 2015, Rome, Italy

FAO Council (152nd Session)

15 June 2015, Rome, Italy

FAO Council (151st Session)

23 - 27 March 2015, Rome, Italy

Statement by the CBD Executive Secretary, Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, at the Fifteenth Session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Rome, Italy, 19 – 23 January 2015

Statement by the CBD Executive Secretary, Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, at the Fifteenth Session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Rome, Italy, 19 – 23 January 2015

Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, at the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 19 – 21 November, Rome, Italy

Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, at the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 19 – 21 November, Rome, Italy

Convention on Biological Diversity joins the world community in celebrating World Food Day

16 October, 2014, Pyeongchang - Smallholder farmers throughout the world play a key role in maintaining natural resources through the use of sustainable practices, and can significantly contribute the conservation of biodiversity, the Convention on Biological Diversity stressed today, in a join ...

Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity Launches Initiative on Global Biodiversity Impact Indicators for Commodity Production

Pyeongchang, 16 October 2014. Understanding that the impacts of agricultural commodity production on biodiversity are immense and that food commodity production has the largest environmental impact of any human activity, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity launched the Ini ...

Developing biocultural innovations for resilience: Linking biological and cultural diversity in agricultural systems

This side event will discuss the role of biocultural diversity in developing innovations for resilience to climate change, including the conditions that support biocultural innovation systems and how to link TK and science to create tools to strengthen them. Presentation will include 3 case stud ...

Exhibition and Exploration : Uncultivated food plants in rural Bangladesh

More than 100 uncultivated wild food and medicinal plants will be exhibit in the coming COP-12. Basically we want to exhibit the herbarium sheets with detailed information and show the significance of natural resources to the people.

Event title : Exhibition and Exploration : Uncultivated food plants in rural Bangladesh

Event description : More than 100 uncultivated wild food and medicinal plants will be exhibit in the coming COP-12. Basically we want to exhibit the herbarium sheets with detailed information and show the significance of natural resources to the people.

TEEB for Agriculture & Food

The ‘TEEB for Agriculture & Food’ project will ultimately seek to provide a comprehensive economic evaluation of the ‘eco-agri-food systems’ complex. In so doing, the study will demonstrate that the economic environment in which farmers operate is significantly distorted by externalities, both n ...

Biodiversity in rice-based farming systems - meeting the dual challenge of food security and environmental protection

This Side Event addresses recommendations from CBD COP10 in Nagoya, Japan, and RAMSAR COP11 in Bucharest, Romania. Based on experiences from several countries, it shows that the goals of food security and environmental protection are not only compatible, but synergistic.

UNEP/CBD/COP/12/INF/37

Progress on the International Initiative for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Pollinators

FAO’s tools and guidance on food and agriculture to assist implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/DCo/83767 (2014-099)
To: CBD National Focal Points

UNEP/CBD/WGRI/5/INF/22

The New Strategic Framework of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and Its Relevance to the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011 – 2020 and to the Aichi Biodiversity Targets

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/18/15

Biofuels and Biodiversity: Information on Relevant Definitions of Relevant Key Terms to Enable Parties to Implement Decisions IX/2 and X/37

International Mountain Day

11 December 2013, Multiple Venues

FAO Council (148th Session)

2 - 6 December 2013, Rome, Italy

Biodiversity Champion: World Public Health Nutrition Association (WPHNA)

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/DCo/VA/82926 (2013-107)
To: CBD National Focal Points and relevant organizations

Council of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV)

24 October 2013, Geneva, Switzerland

Message of the CBD Executive Secretary, Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, on the occasion of World Food Day, 16 October 2013

Message of the CBD Executive Secretary, Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, on the occasion of World Food Day, 16 October 2013

New initiative promotes implementation of Strategic Plan and Aichi Biodiversity Targets

Bridging agriculture and conservation to reduce our ecological footprint - New initiative promotes implementation of Strategic Plan and Aichi Biodiversity Targets

Montreal, 13 August 2013 – Reaffirming the critical importance of sustainable agriculture, an alliance of sixteen global agriculture and conservation leaders came together in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in July 2013 to launch a new initiative aimed at bridging the agriculture and conservation agenda ...

Bridging Agriculture and Conservation Initiative

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DCo/82391 (2013-070)
To: CBD and SBSTTA Focal Points and relevant organisations

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/16/INF/33

Report on Collaborative Work on Biodiversity and Agriculture

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/16/INF/33

Report on Collaborative Work on Biodiversity and Agriculture

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/16/16

Reports on Collaborative Work on Biodiversity and Agriculture, Forests, and Biodiversity and Health

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/16/INF/32

Biofuels and Biodiversity: Further Information on the Work in Response to Decision X/37

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/14/12/CORR1

Agricultural Biodiversity - Biofuels and Biodiversity: Consideration of Ways and Means to Promote the Positive and Minimize the Negative Impacts of the Production and Use of Biofuels on Biodiversity (Corrigendum 1)

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/14/INF/30

Progress Report of the FAO on Selected Activities Related to Agricultural Biodiversity

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/14/INF/31

Progress on the International Initiative for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Pollinators

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/14/INF/32

Preparation of the Second Report on the State of the World’s Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and Updating the Global Plan of Action for the Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/14/INF/34

Sustainable Agriculture and the Sustainable Use of Agricultural Biodiversity: Concepts, Trends and Challenges

UNEP/CBD/RW-SPU-BIO/3/3

Report of th meeting

UNEP/CBD/RW-SPU-BIO/2/3

Report of the Meeting

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/14/11

Agricultural Biodiversity: Follow-Up to Requests of the Conference of the Parties in Decision IX/1

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/14/12

Agricultural Biodiversity - Biofuels and Biodiversity: Consideration of Ways and Means to Promote the Positive and Minimize the Negative Impacts of the Production and Use of Biofuels on Biodiversity