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Leading companies from around the world, who are dynamically engaged in protecting biodiversity by conscientiously adapting business practices, will present their efforts at this side event. Participants will be able to hear from and interact directly with business members of the Business and B ...
Workshop to share business experiences and perspectives on ABS issues
Among the vast number of native species damaged by the recent bushfire crisis, we must not forget native pollinators. These animals, mainly insects such as native bees, help sustain ecosystems by pollinating native plants.
In many places, Indigenous communities are working to restore seaweed species that have been traditional food sources or supported traditional diets.
CABI Bioscience forms a dynamic group of highly qualified scientists dedicated to tackling some of the world’s most challenging problems in agricultural sustainability and biological diversity.CABI Bioscience has mutually productive partnerships with many global organisations, agencies, foundati ...
http://www.cabi-bioscience.org/index.aspThe Great Apes Survival Partnership (GRASP) is the unique alliance of member nations, UN agencies, research institutions, conservation organizations and private supporters that works to conserve great apes in Africa and Asia. By focusing on gorilla conservation in Cameroon, Cong and DR Congo, G ...
Montreal, 27 May 2016 – Braulio Dias, the Executive Secretary to the Convention on Biological Diversity, welcomes a new UNEP report on environment and health which links a healthy environment and healthy ecosystems as the basis for the implementation of the 2030 agenda for sustainable development.
Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/JLe/rg/77592 (2011-180)
To: CBD National Focal Points; SBSTTA Focal Points; other Governments; FAO, UNEP, RFMOs; IUCN-CEM-FEG; relevant organizations
At its tenth meeting, the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity noted an urgent need to further review, in accordance with international law, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the impacts of unsustainable fishing, such as destructi ...
English Spanish French<br>View also the the communiqué <a href='/doc/press/2007/pr-2007-05-24-linnaeus-fr.pdf'>in French</a> and <a href='/doc/press/2007/pr-2007-05-24-linnaeus-es.pdf'>in Spanish</a>.
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 ...
Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/JL/JG/84084 (2014-128)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points in the North-East Indian Ocean region; FAO; IMO; SACEP; BOBLME; 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
Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/JL/JG/84008 (2014-129)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points in the North-West Indian Ocean and adjacent gulf areas region; FAO; IMO; ROWA; CMS Office – Abu Dhabi; PERSGA; ROPME; AGEDI; 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
This event is being convened by the CBD Secretariat and the Global Ocean Biodiversity Initiative in collaboration with various partners that were involved in the organization of the regional EBSA workshops conducted thus far, in order to highlight key results and discuss various scientific and t ...
Montreal 21 September 2007 - The CBD Secretariat has received a Twentieth Anniversary Ozone Protection Award in the Partners Award category in recognition of its role as a member of the Green Customs Initiative (GCI) in the development and implementation of the Montreal Protocol on Substances th ...
8 February 2010 – Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity today applauded the Government of Canada’s initiative to create the sprawling 11,000-square-kilometre Mealy Mountains National Park, situated in Newfoundland and Labrador, the largest protected area i ...
Reference: SCBD/STTM/TC/JSt/79452 (2012-053)
To: CBD National Focal Points and Relevant Organizations
Reference: SCBD/IMS/JMF/PT/JB/90432 (2022-042)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, PoWPA Focal Points, Marine and Coastal Biodiversity Focal Points, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, and relevant organizations
Indigenous peoples and local communities are gaining increasing international recognition of their roles in the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity under the CBD. At the same time, they struggle to retain similar rights under UNFCCC REDD. This side event brings together community re ...
Two decades of CBD implementation have not led up to the initial expectations; Many of the CBD provisions are not respected, resulting in increasing biopiracy and other violations. In this side event, different legislations, legislative proposals and violating conditions like biopiracy will be c ...
To mark the opening of the IUCN World Conservation Forum in Bangkok Thailand, 18 November 2004, with the support of IUCN, CBD, Bellagio Forum for Sustainable Development; Shell Foundation; The Global Environment Facility; and UNESCO World Heritage Centre, a short film urging all to act for the c ...
Biodiversity and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Sustainable Wildlife Management: Guidance for A Sustainable Wild Meat Sector
New and Emerging Issues Relating to the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity
Bio-Bridge Initiative Action Plan 2017-2020 and Report on Progress towards the Implementation of the Initiative
Compilation of Views and Information Received on the Rutzolijirisaxik Voluntary Guidelines for the Repatriation of Traditional Knowledge of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Relevant for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity (Task 15 of the Multi-Year Programme of Work)
As the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) is being held in Kunming from October 11 to 15, the National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) of China, Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union, Arab States Broadcasting Union, African Union ...
Reference: SCBD/STTM/RH/sg/65641 (2008-153)
To: CBD and SBSTTA National Focal Points
At its fifth meeting in 2006, the Liaison Group of the Biodiversity-related Conventions (generally known as the Biodiversity Liaison Group) decided to develop an interactive CD-ROM on the application of the Addis Ababa Principles and Guidelines (AAPG) for the Sustainable Use of Biodiversity with ...
English Spanish French16 June 2004, Montreal, Canada
Time and again, ‘citizen scientists’ – members of the public who voluntarily help scientific studies have made a real difference to research, for example by meticulously collecting data. With a planned project, and a strong leader who can ensure that volunteers are productive, citizen science ca ...
KFRI will host a workshop on monitoring biodiversity in urban centers, which will be participated by citizens representing Seoul Green Trusts and Seongnam City. It will raise the awareness of the importance of civic participation in monitoring biodiversity and share exemplary cases. Also, specif ...
The International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI) has been recognized for its potential and actual contributions to biodiversity conservation in decisions of every CBD COP since 2010, and its membership has been involved in a wide variety of activities for resource mobilization, c ...
The Trondheim Conferences on Biodiversity have since 1993 provided a valuable forum for science-policy dialogue. The sixth conference was held on 1 – 5 February 2010 in Trondheim, Norway, and gathered more than 300 participants from 100 countries, representing governments, the scientific communi ...
* Background and purpose: To make a diagnosis of the values of biodiversity in Cheonsu bay which constitutes the East-Asian Australasian Flyway and serves as a large stop-over and wintering ground for migratory water birds including Hooded Crane, Oriental White-stork, Baikal Teal etc. and also t ...
<br><b>Locale</b><br>Pan-Pacific Hotel<br>Ballroom C<br><br>Lunch will be provided
Participants of the Coordination Mechanism from Austria, Namibia, Netherlands, and Norway will discuss initiatives on and experiences with socio-economic considerations in LMO decision making with delegates and observers. The aim of this side-event is to receive information and suggestions on th ...
A key forum of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP-15) on ecological civilization in southwest China's Kunming city opened on Thursday, with participants also joining online from across the globe. They stressed the role of ecological c ...
Next month’s UN climate talks have moved from Chile to Spain but will retain the ‘blue COP’ theme.
At the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow in November, direct and unprecedented engagement between indigenous peoples, local communities and governments helped unlock sustainable and resilient ways to achieve the Paris Agreement commitments and reverse biodiversity decline. For the fi ...
The COP26 summit may come to be regarded as a failure or an important milestone, but it certainly failed to address the "other" climate change problem: ocean acidification.
Developing countries face a massive funding shortfall in preparing for inevitable climate change. But governments could use COVID-19 recovery funds to create long-term sustainable climate adaptation measures.
Business leaders who are championing the green agenda are putting their money where their mouths are when it comes to helping save the planet.
This year’s COP26 is seen as one of the most critical moments in climate action history. The August report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned of the rapid and intensifying warming of the planet, stating “It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphe ...
COVID-19 is raging everywhere, resulting in much of the world in self-isolation and the closing of borders worldwide. With comparisons to the 1918 H1N1 influenza pandemic, we are experiencing a literal one-in-100-year event.
These masks will take as long as 450 years to break down and all the while serve as a source of micro plastic and negatively impact marine wildlife and ecosystems, says a new report by OceanAsia