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#353812007-07-11
CBD Secretariat and IUCN—The World Conservation Union Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Enhance Cooperation.
Paris – 11 July 2007. A Memorandum of Understanding geared towards enhancing the cooperation and collaboration between the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity and IUCN–The World Conservation Union was signed today by the two organizations on the margins of the second meeting o ...
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#353272007-07-10
Meeting to Review the Implementation on the Convention on Biological Diversity Opens in Paris.
Paris – 10 July 2007: The second meeting of the Working Group on the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (WGRI 2) opened yesterday at UNESCO headquarters, in Paris with more than 320 participants from around the world. The meeting was opened by Mr. Antônio José Rezende Castro from Br ...
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#352832007-07-09
Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice Concludes its Twelfth Session.
Paris, 9 July 2007. The twelfth meeting of the Convention’s Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, held in Paris at the headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) from 2 to 6 July 2007, concluded successfully last Fr ...
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#352172007-07-06
Executive Has Audience with the French Minister of State for Environment and Sustainable Development and Planning, Paris 5 July 2007.
Paris, 6 July 2007. Mr. Jean-Louis Borloo, French Minister of State for Environment and Sustainable Development and Planning granted an audience to the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf on the margins of the twelfth meeting of the Subsidiary Body o ...
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#349272007-07-02
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Launches New Data Portal
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) launched a new data portal during a side-event, at the margins of the twelfth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA), which opened this morning at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris.
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#349292007-07-02
French Minister of Environment and Nicolas Hulot Address the Opening Meeting of SBSTTA 12 In Paris
Paris, 2 July 2007: The twelfth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 12) opened today at UNESCO headquarters, in Paris. The meeting was opened by the Chair of SBSTTA, Mr. Christian Prip. Key speakers at the opening ceremony included: Mr. Jean- ...
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#349402007-07-02
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity Signs Memorandum of Cooperation with the International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP).
Paris, 2 July 2007: Today, at the margins of the twelfth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) the Secretariat signed an agreement with the International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP) on future cooperation between the two organiza ...
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#349012007-06-29
Strengthening National Implementation of the Convention on Life on Earth, Paris, 9-13 July 2007.
Over 500 delegates representing 190 Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will meet in Paris at the headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) from 9 to 13 July 2007 to look at ways to enhance tools for implementing the Convent ...
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#348362007-06-27
Building a Global Scientific Alliance on Biodiversity and Climate Change, Paris, 2-6 July 2007.
International scientific experts and policy makers will gather at UNESCO headquarters in Paris from 2 to 6 July 2007 for the twelfth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Central to their discussions ...
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#344622007-06-26
CBD’s Ahmed Djoghlaf Welcomes Zoellick Appointment at the World Bank.
CBD Executive Secretary Ahmed Djoghlaf welcomed the appointment of Mr. Robert B. Zoellick as President of the World Bank. The decision to appoint Mr. Zoellick was made yesterday by the unanimous vote of the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors.
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#344102007-06-22
Visit of High Level Delegation of the United Kingdom to the Secretariat of the CBD
A High level delegation of British government officials visited the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) on 21 and 22 June 2007. The delegation from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) comprised Mr. Martin Brasher, Deputy Director, Wildlife Habit ...
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#344112007-06-22
New National Focal Point for Canada, Ms. Pat Dolan, visits Secretariat
A delegation from the Government of Canada, including the new Primary National Focal Point to the Convention, Ms. Pat Dolan, and the SBSTTA focal point, Dr. Ole Hendrickson, paid a visit to the Secretariat today.
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#337892007-06-08
G-8 to Increase Efforts to Achieve 2010 Biodiversity Target
The leaders of the Group of Eight yesterday agreed to “increase our efforts for the protection and sustainable use of biological diversity to achieve our agreed goal of significantly reducing the rate of loss of biodiversity by 2010”.
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#335222007-06-05
Secretariat of the Convention Launches UNEP’s Global Outlook for Ice & Snow.
World Environment Day, commemorated each year on 5 June, is one of the principal vehicles through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action.
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#334622007-06-04
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity Celebrates World Environment Day.
As climate change is one of the burning issues on the global agenda, it is only fitting that the theme of this year’s World Environment Day, “Melting Ice – a Hot Topic?”, coincides with International Polar Year, and is reflective of the impacts of climate change on our planet. On 23 March this ...
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#331672007-05-29
Executive Secretary Meets with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UNDP Administrator.
Following the successful celebrations across the world of the International Day on Biological Diversity, the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, met with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in New York on 25 May 2007.
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#330662007-05-24
CBD Linnaeus Lecture Series Launched to Mark the 300th Anniversary of the Birth of the Swedish Father of Taxonomy.
On 23 May, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity marked the 300th anniversary of the birth of the father of modern taxonomy, Carl Linnaeus, by launching a CBD Linnaeus Lecture Series. The first lecture, with the theme What Linnaeus would have thought of climate change, was h ...
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#329232007-05-22
Secretariat Launches Redesigned Website - Essential communication tool will better support phase of enhanced implementation of the Convention
The Secretariat is please to announce the launch of its new website at www.cbd.int on the occasion of the International Day for Biological Diversity. In response to the requests of user groups from around the world, the new website features a graphic redesign and a revised navigation structure, ...
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#329322007-05-22
Joint release by Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, and Peter Bridgewater, Secretary General of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands.
Wetlands present major opportunities to avoid the unmanageable and manage the unavoidable. Better awareness of wetland-biodiversity-climate change inter-linkages can significantly improve policies and management in a rapidly changing world. This year’s theme for the International Day for Biolog ...
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#329332007-05-22
Global Community Celebrates the International Day for Biological Diversity in Montreal and around the World.
Biodiversity loss will accelerate as a result of climate change, but if we act now to conserve and sustainably use the resources of our planet – biodiversity can be our best defense against the impacts of climate change. Enhanced cooperation between the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) ...
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#329222007-05-21
Greenfacts Launches Biodiversity Digest
As a contribution to the International Day for Biological Diversity, an online summary of the second edition of Global Biodiversity Outlook (GBO-2) has been launched today in collaboration with GreenFacts. GBO-2, published last year by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, ...
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#328632007-05-17
Celebrating the International Day for Biological Diversity
This year, the International Day for Biological Diversity on 22 May will be celebrated on the theme “Biodiversity and Climate Change”. The theme is particularly appropriate, coming in the wake of the recently released Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. T ...
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#327252007-05-14
Message by Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity on the Occasion of the World Migratory Bird Day 2007 - Migratory Birds in a Changing Climate, 12-13 May 2007
This year’s World Migratory Bird Day draws attention to the plight of birds as our climate changes. The main impacts of climate change will be on water, with extensive loss of coastal wetlands, retreat of glaciers, decreased sea-ice extent, thawing of some permafrost, longer ice-free seasons on ...
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#326772007-05-12
World Migratory Bird Day, 12-13 May 2007 - U.N. Campaign highlights “Migratory Birds in a changing climate”
Bonn, 12-13 May 2007 -- A series of events will take place around the world this weekend to highlight the impacts of climate change on migratory birds. Over one hundred separate events in more than 48 countries will transmit the message of the 2007 World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) to local commun ...
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#324812007-05-07
Director, Centre for Biodiversity and Restoration Ecology School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington Visits CBD Secretariat
Professor Ben Bell, Director, Centre for Biodiversity and Restoration Ecology School of Biological Sciences at Victoria University of Wellington paid a two-day visit to the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity on 3-4 May to present the work of the Centre and to meet with the Sec ...
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#325212007-05-07
Advisory Group for Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity Concludes Four Day Meeting in Montreal
The second meeting of the Advisory Group for Article 8(j) was held in Montreal from 30 April to 3 May 2007. The Group included 20 participants from indigenous and local communities from all over the world. Representatives of Brazil and Germany, in their capacity as Presidents of the eight and ...
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#322032007-04-30
Enhancing Preparations for the Next Meeting of the Parties in Bonn
At the invitation of the Government of Germany, Executive Secretary Ahmed Djoghlaf paid a visit to Berlin and Bonn for the preparation of fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on B ...
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#321312007-04-26
Delegation from China’s Hainan Province Briefs CBD Secretariat on its Eco-Compensation Policy
A delegation comprising 11 high level officials from China’s Hainan Province paid a visit to the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity on 23 April 2007 to share their experience on compensation for ecosystem services. Developing effective compensation practices for ecosystem ser ...
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#316222007-04-13
Elevating Climate Change and Biodiversity to the Top of the Political Agenda.
Climate change and the loss of biological diversity are the two most important global environmental challenges facing mankind, with far reaching ecological, economic, financial, social, cultural, ethical, and security implications.<br><br><table width=120> <tr><b>Other languages:</b></tr> <tr><t ...
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#313312007-03-28
Engaging the Cities of the World in the Battle for Life on Earth.
Montreal, 28 March 2007. In 1950, only three of the world's most populous cities were in developing countries. Currently, only three of the world's most populous cities are in rich countries. Cities occupy two per cent of the planet’s surface but their residents use 75 per cent of the Earth’s ...
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#311992007-03-26
Visit to the Secretariat of the two Co-Chairs of the Working Group on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing.
Montreal 26 March 2007. The two Co-Chairs of the Working Group on Access and Benefit Sharing paid a visit to the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity on 23 March. The visit was a follow-up to the consultations held on 6 September 2006 and provided an opportunity to discuss the ...
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#311532007-03-23
Continued Enhanced Dialogue between the Government of Japan and the Convention.
Montreal – 23 March 2007. In the context of the enhanced dialogue initiated between the Secretariat and its partners, a high-level delegation from Japan paid a visit to the offices of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity on 21–22 March.
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#311492007-03-23
Le maire de Montréal Gérald Tremblay participe à une conférence internationale des maires sur les villes et la biodiversité.
Montréal, le 23 mars 2007 – Du 26 au 28 mars prochain, le maire de Montréal, M. Gérald Tremblay, participera à la conférence internationale « Villes et biodiversité : atteindre la cible 2010 sur la biodiversité » qui se tiendra à Curitiba, au Brésil. Cette conférence est co-organisée par la vil ...
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#311062007-03-22
Promoting Scientific Interlinkages between Climate Change and Biodiversity.
Montreal – 21 March 2007: Through the generous financial support of the Government of Canada, roundtable discussions between members of the bureau of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SBSTTA), the representatives of t ...
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#310442007-03-20
Top Officials from Australia Visit the Secretariat—Australia to Review its National Biodiversity Strategy.
In the context of the enhanced dialogue initiated between the Secretariat and its partners, a delegation from Australia paid a visit to the offices of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Montreal on 16 March.
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#308862007-03-16
Establishment of a Vibrant Partnership between Countdown 2010 and the Convention for Life on Earth.
The Head of Countdown 2010 and his team paid its first visit to the Secretariat on the Convention on Biological Diversity to discuss collaboration for achieving the Johannesburg biodiversity target.<br><br><table width=120> <tr><b>Other languages:</b></tr> <tr><td>French </td><td><a href='/doc/p ...
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#307622007-03-14
Enhanced Cooperation between the Convention on Biodiversity in Europe and the United Nations Convention for Life on Earth.
For the first time in the history of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the President of the Standing Committee and the Secretary of the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitat, commonly referred to as the Bern Convention, paid a visit to the Secretaria ...
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#300272007-02-22
The City of Montreal signs a memorandum of understanding with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
Montreal, 22 February 2007 – The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the City of Montreal today signed a memorandum of understanding officially linking Montreal’s Nature Museums with the Steering Committee of the Secretariat’s Consortium of Scientific Institutions and Partn ...
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#299382007-02-19
Partnership between the Secretariat of the CBD and ICAO
A Memorandum of Understanding between the Convention on Biological Diversity and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) was signed today in Montreal at the margins of the third meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Liability and Redress in the Context of the Cartagena P ...
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#295632007-02-07
Strategic Partnership between Portugal and Africa for Promoting Biodiversity for Development Launched in Nairobi
A Memorandum of Cooperation to enhance human and institutional capacities in Africa for the effective implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and its Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety was signed in Nairobi at the headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP ...
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#294982007-02-06
Sharing with the World the New Zealand Experience in Implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity
At the invitation of Rt Hon Winston Peters, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, paid an official visit to New Zealand from 29 to 31 January 2007.
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#294482007-02-05
Indian Government Officials Visit the CBD Secretariat
A delegation of officials from the Indian Government paid a visit to the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity on 1-2 February. Led by Mr. G. Balachandhran, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Environment and Forests, the delegation included Dr. Manoranjan Hota Additional Directo ...
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#292282007-01-29
CBD Executive Secretary Applauds Japan’s Decision to Revise its Biodiversity Strategy for the Second Time with a View of Linking it to the World and Integrate the Target Adopted by Heads of State and Government to Substantially Reduce the Rate of Loss of Biodiversity by 2010.
The Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Ahmed Djoghlaf, congratulated Japan on its decision to revise its national biodiversity strategy and incorporate it with common global concerns, such as the 2010 target of achieving a significant reduction in the current ra ...
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#286702007-01-15
Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, applauds the agreement between the Governments of Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia and Malaysia to conserve the “Heart of Borneo”
Montreal – 15 January 2007 The declaration by the Governments of Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia and Malaysia to officially endorse a historic agreement to conserve the “Heart of Borneo” demonstrates, according to Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CB ...
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#285242007-01-10
The Convention on Biological Diversity and the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands raise the bar on cooperation between multilateral environment agreements
Montreal - 9 January 2007, Mr. Peter Bridgewater, Secretary General of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, and Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), set ground-breaking standards for collaboration between multilateral environment agreements throu ...
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#278022006-12-01
GEF Leader Pledges Support for Biodiversity Convention - First visit of a Chief Executive Officer and Chairperson of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
Montreal, 1 December 2006. Ms. Monique Barbut, Chief Executive Officer and Chairperson of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) paid a visit to the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD) in Montreal on 30 November 2006. Ms. Barbut’s visit was the first of her planned visi ...
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#274922006-11-24
Global Environmental Actors Present New Research on Climate Change and Biodiversity
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) present their most recent publications on the linkages between climate change and biodiversity
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#272442006-11-20
India Donates Art to the CBD Museum of Nature and Culture; and Releases its Third National Report to the Convention
New Delhi, 20 November 2006 – Befitting his country’s unique and rich cultural and biological diversity, the Honourable Thiru A. Raja, Minister of Environment and Forests of the Government of India, presented a marble vase to the Museum of Nature and Culture of the Convention on Biological Diver ...
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#271632006-11-16
Signature of Memorandum of Understanding between the Green Belt Movement and the Convention on Biological Diversity.
Nairobi, 16 November 2006 – Professor Wangari Maathai, MP, 2004 Nobel Peace Laureate and founder of the Green Belt Movement, and Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to plant trees in Africa “to ensure that t ...
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#270242006-11-13
Framework for South-South Cooperation on Biodiversity: Outcome of the Brainstorming Meeting– Montreal 6–8 November 2006
Montreal – 13 November 2006: The 24 experts who participated in the Brainstorming Meeting on South-South Cooperation (SSC) on Biodiversity in Montreal from 6-8 November 2006 laid the groundwork for a plan of action to enhance the capacity of developing countries.<br><br><table width=120> <tr><b> ...