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Contributions of the Convention on Biological Diversity to the United Nations Ocean Conference

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/JL/JG/86528 (2017-043)
To: To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, National Focal Points for Marine and Coastal Biodiversity

Call for the nomination of participants in the capacity-building workshop for the small island developing States of the Caribbean region towards achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 9, 18 - 22 September 2017, Kingston, Jamaica

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/JSH/VA/86004 (2017-042)
To: CBD National Focal Points of Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago

Invitation to Register for a Massive Open Online Course on Greening Consumption and Production (31 May - 12 July 2017)

Reference: SCBD/IMS/RS/ET/CP/86505 (2017-041)
To: CBD, CPB and ABS National Focal Points, other Governments, IPLCs and relevant organizations

Call for expression of interest to participate in the project on "Integrated implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress, and the Convention on Biological Diversity"

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/MPM/KG/PD/PS/86494 (2017-040)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated)

Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Expert review of the second order drafts of the IPBES thematic assessment on land degradation and restoration and of the four regional assessments on biodiversity and ecosystem services

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/RH/KM/85598 (2017-038)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and relevant organizations

Nomination of experts to participate in the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Socio-Economic Considerations and submission of information (Article 26 of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety)

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/MPM/KG/PD/PS/86495 (2017-039)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), relevant organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities

Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/VN/KG/jh/86500 (2017-037)
To: ABS National Focal Points and CBD National Focal Points, Relevant International Organizations and Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

EXTENSION OF DEADLINE: Invitation to participate in and/or contribute to the piloting and further development of a methodology for the voluntary peer review mechanism for national biodiversity strategies and action plans (NBSAPs)

Reference: SCBD/IMS/DC/NVW/MAC/86292 (2017-036)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Submission of information requested in decision VIII/12 on Risk Assessment and Risk Management

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/MPM/MW/86376 (2017-035)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated) cc: Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points

Release of the First Issue of BioCAP: Biodiversity Capacity Development Update

Reference: SCBD/IMS/RS/ET/CP/86442 (2017-034)
To: CBD, CPB and ABS National Focal Points, relevant organizations and IPLCs

EXTENSION OF DEADLINE: Submission of views and information regarding the Programme of Work on Article 8(j) and related provisions

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/VN/JS/VF/jh/86220 (2017-033)
To: CBD, TK Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local community organizations, NGOs, IGOs

Sixth National Report: Guidelines (and Resource Manual) and Online Reporting Tool are available for use in all six UN languages; GEF funding is also available to support eligible Parties with report preparation

Reference: SCBD/OES/CPP/RH/LC/MC/86437 (2017-031)
To: CBD National Focal Points

GEF Support for the Preparation of the Interim National Reports on the Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/VN/jh/86322 (2017-032)
To: ABS National Focal Points and CBD Focal Points where ABS Focal Points have not yet been designated

EXTENSION OF DEADLINE: Review of experience in convening the meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol, and the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol concurrently

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/KNM/86308 (2017-028)
To: CBD, CPB and ABS National Focal Points

Call for nominations for the Informal Advisory Committee to the Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-House

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/VN/jh/86420 (2017-029)
To: ABS National Focal Points, CBD Focal Points where ABS Focal Points have not yet been designated

Submission of information regarding the conservation and sustainable use of pollinators

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/SBG/MK/86418 (2017-030)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points, other Governments and relevant organizations

Employment Opportunity at the CBD

Reference: SCBD/OES/CPP/AR/ab/86416 (2017-027)
To: All CBD National Focal Points and partner organizations; indigenous peoples and local communities

Logo for the International Day for Biological Diversity 2017

Reference: SCBD/MPO/AF/DAIN/fd/86231 (2017-026)
To: CBD National Focal Points and relevant organizations

Submission of information on synthetic biology and nomination of experts to participate in the Open-ended Online Forum on Synthetic Biology

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/DA/MW/86375 (2017-025)
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

CANCELLED: Nominations for the NAP Expo 2017, from 11 to 13 April 2017, in Bonn, Germany

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/SK/AC/86299 (2017-023)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points

Launch of the Bio-Bridge Initiative Web Platform

Reference: SCBD/IMS/AY/ET/CP/86354 (2017-024)
To: CBD, ABS, CPB, SBSTTA and CHM National Focal Points, IPLCs and relevant organizations

Follow-up to decisions of the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety: Overview of requests for action and planned activities for the next biennium

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/MPM/mw/86348 (2017-022)
To: CPB National Focal Points and CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), relevant organizations

Launch of the Biodiversity e-Learning Platform

Reference: SCBD/IMS/RS/ET/CP/86275 (2017-021)
To: CBD, CPB, NP Focal Points, other Governments, relevant organizations and IPLCs

Call for project proposals under the Forest Ecosystem Restoration Initiative

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/SBG/CS/LJ/86256 (2017-019)
To: CBD National Focal Points and relevant agencies working on ecosystem restoration

Review of draft guidelines to support the subnational implementation of national biodiversity strategies and action plans

Reference: SCBD/MCO/AF/NP/OH/CE/86325 (2017-020)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Submission of the Interim National Report on the Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol and Publication of Information on the ABS Clearing-House

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/VN/BG/jh/86322 (2017-017)
To: ABS National Focal Points and CBD National Focal Points (where ABS focal points have not yet been designated)

Follow up to decisions of the second meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization: overview of requests for action and planned activities for the next biennium

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/VN/jh/86317 (2017-018)
To: ABS National Focal Points and CBD National Focal Points (where ABS focal points have not yet been designated), international organisations, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant stakeholders

Review of experience in convening the meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol, and the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol concurrently

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/KNM/86308 (2017-016)
To: CBD, CPB and ABS National Focal Points

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

Invitation to provide information on new and emerging issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the use of genetic resources

Reference: SCBD/OIC/DC/RH/84326 (2017-014)
To: CBD National Focal Points, relevant international organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities

Nominations for the NAP Expo 2017, from 11 to 13 April 2017, in Bonn, Germany

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/SK/AC/86299 (2017-013)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points

Invitation to participate in and/or contribute to the piloting and further development of a methodology for the voluntary peer review mechanism for national biodiversity strategies and action plans (NBSAPs)

Reference: SCBD/IMS/RS/AY/NVW/MAC/86292 (2017-012)
To: CBD National Focal Points

The Global Youth Biodiversity Network and CBD in a Nutshell - A Guidebook to the CBD process

Reference: SCBD/MCO/NP/CR/86279 (2017-011)
To: CBD Focal Points and relevant organizations

Nomination of participants to the workshop on developing capacity for national border controls on living modified organisms in Small Island Developing States in the Pacific, Suva, Fiji, 27-29 March 2017

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/MPM/PD/ps/86212 (2017-010)
To: CPB National Focal Points and CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated) of Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu

Completion of financial reporting frameworks by 1 July 2017; associated technical support by the CBD-BIOFIN Regional Nodes; survey on protected area funding

Reference: SCBD/MCO/AF/ML/GD/86248 (2017-009)
To: CBD National Focal Points and Resource Mobilisation Focal Points

Database on the conservation status of plants launched in support of Target 2 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation

Reference: SCBD/OES/BD/RH/86204 (2017-008)
To: CBD and SBSTTA National Focal Points, relevant international organizations

Theme of the International Day for Biological Diversity 2017

Reference: SCBD/MPO/AF/DAIN/fd/86231 (2017-007)
To: CBD National Focal Points and relevant organizations

Designation of a National Focal Point for the Programme of Work on Marine and Coastal Biodiversity

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/JL/JG/86223 (2017-005)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Submission of views and information regarding the Programme of Work on Article 8(j) and related provisions

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/VN/JS/DM/86220 (2017-006)
To: CBD, TK Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local community organizations, NGOs, IGOs

Nomination of participants to the workshop on developing capacity for national border controls on living modified organisms in Small Island Developing States in the Pacific, Suva, Fiji, 27-29 March 2017

Reference: SCBD/SPS/MPM/PD/ps/86212 (2017-004)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points of Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu and relevant organizations

Call for scientific information to support the objectives of the Regional Workshop to Facilitate the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas in the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, 25 to 29 April 2017, and Training Session on Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas, 24 April 2017 – Baku, Azerbaijan

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/JL/JG/84836 (2017-002)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points; ACCOBAMS; BSC; FAO; GFCM; IMO; TCIS; other relevant regional seas conventions and action plans; relevant regional fisheries management organizations; indigenous peoples and local communities; and other relevant global and regional organizations/initiatives

Reminder: Submission of national biodiversity strategies and action plans; adoption as policy instruments

Reference: SCBD/OES/BD/RH/MC/86215 (2017-003)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Nomination of Experts to the Asia-Pacific workshop on detection and identification of living modified organisms, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 20-24 March 2017

Reference: SCBD/SPS/MPM/DA/86174 (2017-001)
To: CPB Focal Points and CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), of: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, Cyprus, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Kiribati, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Niue, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, State of Palestine, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Viet Nam and Yemen, Relevant Organizations

Nomination of Experts to the Asia-Pacific workshop on detection and identification of living modified organisms, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 20-24 March 2017

Reference: SCBD/SPS/CG/MPM/DA/86174 (2016-149)
To: CPB National Focal Points and CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), of: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, Cyprus, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Kiribati, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Niue, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, State of Palestine, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Viet Nam and Yemen, Relevant Organizations

Open Call for Proposals on the Development of Indicators for Aichi Biodiversity Targets 1, 13 and 15

Reference: SCBD/OES/RH/KM/86172 (2016-148)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, indigenous and local communities and relevant organizations

ASEAN Joint Statement to the Thirteenth Meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/BD/AR/ab/86167 (2016-145)
To: All CBD National Focal Points, relevant organizations

Information on measures adopted to promote ecologically sustainable boat-based marine wildlife watching

Reference: SCBD/OIC/BD/RH/86169 (2016-147)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points

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.

CBD Regional Workshop to Facilitate the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs) in the Black Sea and Caspian Sea region, 25 to 29 April 2017, and Training Session on EBSAs, 24 April 2017 – Baku, Azerbaijan

Reference: SCBD/CSU/CG/JL/JG/84835 (2016-144)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points in the Black Sea and Caspian Sea; indigenous peoples and local communities; ACCOBAMS; BSC; FAO; GFCM; IMO; TCIS; other relevant regional seas conventions and action plans; relevant regional fisheries management organizations; and other relevant global and regional organizations/initiatives

Data on Invasive Alien Species available on the Clearing-House Mechanism of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/SPS/CG/JSH/86109 (2016-142)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, and relevant organizations