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Reference: SCBD/BCH/KGM/55988 (2006-101)
To: BCH National Focal Points
Cc: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points (or CBD Focal Points where Biosafety Focal Points have not yet been nominated)
BCH Mailing List
I am delighted to announce a number of new features accessible through the Central Portal of the Biosafety Clearing-House (<a href='http://bch.biodiv.org'>http://bch.biodiv.org/</a>), which complement the recently released Registry of Living Modified Organisms.
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/JW/56119 (2006-102)
To: all CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and CHM focal points
The report of this meeting is now accessible on the website of the CBD at<br /> <a href='/doc/meeting.aspx?mtg=CSPBSC-01 '>http://www.biodiv.org/doc/meeting.aspx?mtg=CSPBSC-01</a>.
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Reference: SCBD/SEL/VN/GD/56034 (2006-104)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS NFP
In light of the upcoming meeting of the Group of Technical Experts on an internationally recognised certificate of origin/source/legal provenance, this notification provides information regarding the list of selected experts and observers, as well as the full list of nominations received from Pa ...
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Reference: SCBD/ITS/AD/YX/av/56129 (2006-105)
To: National Focal Points of the Convention on Biological Diversity and relevant partner organizations
I would appreciate receiving submissions from your government/organization in response to COP decision VIII/13, paragraph 7. As set out in decision VIII/13, information on national and regional environmental funds as well as related knowledge transfer and exchange will be submitted to the consid ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/SS/VA/55431 (2006-098)
To: all CBD National Focal Points
In decision VII/10, the Conference of Parties (COP) welcomed the establishment by the Executive Secretary of a flexible coordination mechanism for the Strategy, comprising liaison groups to be convened as necessary according to established procedures. Further, in decision VII/31 regarding the Mu ...
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Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/AB/56161 (2006-106)
To: CBD National Focal Points
The purpose of this notification is to kindly inform you that as a follow-up to the Letter of Intent, signed between several Canadian universities and research institutions and the SCBD on 23 May 2006 on the occasion of the celebration of the International Biodiversity Day, the first planning me ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/RH/VA/55956 (2006-107)
To: all CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA and GTI Focal Points
specific organizations and donors institutions
Parties who wish to participate in this seminar are encouraged to provide to the Secretariat as soon as possible, copies of any assessments of taxonomic needs and any proposals that have been submitted as pilot projects under the GTI.
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/OH/SG/VA/56219 (2006-108)
To: CBD National Focal Points
Notification SCBD/STTM/OH/SG/VA/56219 informs Parties about the brainstorming session on South-South cooperation on biodiversity in Montreal, 6-8 November, 2006, and invites them to submit contributions on a multi-year plan of action for South-South cooperation by 31 January 2007.<br> (Available ...
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Reference: SCBD/BS/ET/jh/54978-F (2006-111)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points
CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated)
Relevant Organizations
Reference is made to Notification SCBD/BS/ET/jh/54978 dated 31 May 2006 (available on our website at: <a href='/doc/notifications/2006/ntf-2006-054-roe-en.pdf'>http://www.biodiv.org/doc/notifications/2006/ntf-2006-054-roe-en.pdf</a>), in which Parties, other Governments and relevant organization ...
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Reference: SCBD/OES/NB/56238 (2006-109)
To: National Focal Points
Business and biodiversity contacts
Cartagena Protocol Focal Points
I am pleased to inform you that the first issues of the Secretariat’s newsletter on business and biodiversity, Business.2010, as well as the newsletter on biosafety, entitled Biosafety Protocol News, have been posted on the CBD Website at the following addresses:<br> <a href='http://www.biodiv.o ...
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Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/56235 (2006-110)
To: CBD National Focal Points
I am writing in connection with decision VIII/5 of the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties on Article 8j and related provisions and the preparatory work for the fifth meeting of the Working Group on Article 8j and related provisions (WG8J-5).
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/OH/JG/56279 (2006-112)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points
Following up on Notification 55472, I have the pleasure to inform you that the dates for the workshop on the application of the ecosystem approach to the planning, establishment and management of protected areas in small islands are 12 to 16 December 2006, in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Reference: SCBD/SEL/OH/MRe/56264 (2006-113)
To: CBD National Focal Points
In paragraph 5 of decision VII/12 on sustainable use, the Conference of the Parties requested the Executive Secretary to convene a series of technical expert workshops on ecosystem services assessment, financial costs and benefits associated with conservation of biodiversity, and sustainable use ...
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Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/56285 (2006-114)
To: CBD / CPB National Focal Points
I am pleased to inform you that the Quarterly Report of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has been prepared in accordance with Decision IV/17, and contains a summary of key activities regarding the implementation of decisions of the Conference of the Parties to the CBD for the period ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/JW/56288 (2006-115)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points - Latin America and the Caribbean
Further to the notification dated 22 August 2006 inviting Parties to the Convention to nominate experts in the field of biodiversity in agro-ecosystems within dry and sub-humid lands, I am pleased to convey herewith the composition of the group of selected experts (Annex). The selection of expe ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/RH/56333 (2006-116)
To: CBD and SBSTTA National Focal Points
Relevant Organizations
Parties and other governments, and relevant international organizations, are invited to provide views and experiences to the Secretariat as soon as possible and no later than 19 November 2007. Please note that, in order to facilitate preparatory work, all submissions should be provided in Word f ...
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Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/LB/56287 (2006-117)
To: CBD National Focal Points
CPB Focal Points
I am pleased to inform you that the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention will be held in Bonn, Germany, respectively, on 12-16 May and ...
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Reference: SCBD/SEL-CHM/OJ/SG/56561 (2006-118)
To: CBD National Focal Points - Latin America and the Caribbean Indigenous and local communities
cc: CHM National Focal Points - Latin America and the Caribbean
I am pleased to inform Parties and indigenous and local communities that the selection of participants to the workshop has been completed. A letter of invitation will be sent shortly to the selected participants together with further information regarding the workshop.
English
Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ab/56554 (2006-119)
To: CBD National Focal Points
The Secretariat is very pleased to announce that the English version of the report of the brainstorming meeting on South-South cooperation for the implementation of the three objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity, which was convened in Montreal on 6-8 November 2006 in partnership ...
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Reference: SCBD/BS/WDY/jh/56671 (2006-120)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points
CBD National Focal Points (where CPB National Focal Points have not yet been designated)
Relevant Organizations
I am pleased to inform you that the third meeting of the ad hoc Open-ended Working Group on Liability and Redress in the Context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (BSLR WG-3) will be held in Montreal, Canada, from 19 to 23 February 2007.
English
Reference: SCBD/STTM/DCO/JG/56664 (2006-121)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, and island organizations
With the generous financial support of the Government of the Netherlands, the Secretariat is organizing a workshop on the application of the ecosystem approach to the planning, establishment and management of protected areas in small islands, in support of the Micronesia Challenge and similar in ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/VA/56696 (2006-125)
To: All CBD National Focal Points, other Governments and relevant organizations
The deadline for submission of information on implementation of the programme of work on protected areas has been extended to 31 March 2007. This extension takes into account the fact that the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas is now scheduled to be held fr ...
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Reference: SCBD/BS/WDY/jh/56745 (2006-122)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points
CBD National Focal Points (where CPB National Focal Points have not yet been designated)
Relevant Organizations
Reference is made to our notification dated 24 November 2006 (SCBD/BS/WDY/jh/56671) inviting Parties, other Governments and relevant organizations to advise the Secretariat of the name(s) and coordinates of their officially designated representative(s) to the third meeting of the ad hoc Open-end ...
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Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ab/56748 (2006-123)
To: CBD and CPB National Focal Points
I am pleased to inform you that the report on the activities of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity for year 2006 is available on the CBD website at: <a href='http://www.biodiv.org/secretariat/activities.shtml'>http://www.biodiv.org/secretariat/activities.shtml</a>. This re ...
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Reference: SCBD/BCH/ET/ABw/55988 (2006-124)
To: BCH National Focal Points
Cc: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points (or CBD Focal Points where Biosafety Focal Points have not yet been nominated)
Pursuant to paragraph 15 of decision BS-III/2 on the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH), which was taken by the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol (COP-MOP), I am pleased to announce that the Secretariat has produced a new offline ver ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/LJ/56803 (2006-126)
To: all CBD National Focal Points who have not nominated a GSPC focal point
The Conference of the Parties encouraged Parties to nominate focal points for the GSPC, or to designate them from among existing focal points.
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/RH/VA/56765 (2006-129)
To: CBD and SBSTTA National Focal Points
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points
The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) is an agreement with 159 Parties which aims to prevent the introduction and spread of any species (plant, animal or other) that directly or indirectly affect plants. The Conference of the Parties, in decisions VI/23 and VI/20 respectfully, ack ...
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Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/54988 (2006-127)
To: All CBD National Focal Points
In order to establish the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Technology Transfer and Scientific and Technological Cooperation as called for by decision VIII/12, it would be appreciated if the nominations of experts are submitted by 31 December 2006
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Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/54988 (2006-128)
To: Relevant international organizations and initiatives, Convention Secretariats
Relevant conventions and international organizations and initiatives interested to be considered for inclusion in the expert group as observers are invited to submit the name of their representative to the Secretariat at their earliest convenience but no later than 31 December 2006.
English
Reference: SCBD/SEL/VN/GD/56574 (2006-130)
To: CBD National Focal Points,
ABS National Focal Points
Further to Notification number 2006-104 dated 3 October 2006 in regard to the meeting of the Group of Technical Experts on an internationally recognized certificate of origin/source/legal provenance, to be held from 22 to 25 January 2007 in Lima, Peru, I am pleased to inform you that the followi ...
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Reference: SCBD/BCH/PL/56889 (2006-131)
To: BCH National Focal Points
Cc: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points (or CBD Focal Points where Biosafety Focal Points have not yet been nominated)
BCH Mailing List
Pursuant to Decision BS-III/2 of the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol (COP-MOP), and in accordance with the multi-year programme of work for the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH) adopted at COP-MOP-2, I am pleased to announce the i ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/JW/56890 (2006-132)
To: CBD National Focal Points
I am pleased to share with you the message I sent to Mr. Hama Arba Diallo, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the entry into force of the UNCCD to be celebrated on 26 December 2006.
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Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/57059 (2007-002)
To: CBD National Focal Points
Pursuant to Decision VIII/31, paragraph 22, of the Conference of the Parties, I am pleased to forward to you the Interim Arrangement regarding procedures for the allocation of funding from the Special Voluntary Trust Fund (BZ) for facilitating participation of Parties in the Convention process a ...
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Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/LB/57074 (2007-003)
To: CBD National Focal Points
I am pleased to communicate to you the Minutes of the COP-8 Bureau meeting held in Brasilia, Brazil, on 5 December 2006, as approved by the Bureau. Please note that the Minutes are also available on the Convention website at <a href='/cop-bureau/'>http://www.biodiv.org/cop-bureau/</a>.
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Reference: SCBD/ITS/DC/CI/57046 (2007-001)
To: CBD National Focal Points
I am pleased to inform you that the 2nd meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention (WGRI-2) will be held in Paris, France at the Headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) from 9 to 13 July 2007. ...
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Reference: SCBD/ITS/DC/CI/57101 (2007-004)
To: CBD National Focal Points
In accordance with Decision VIII/8, the Secretariat is currently undertaking a review and analysis of on the development, status, and implementation of national biodiversity strategies and action plans (NBSAPs). The results will be made available to the second meeting of the Working Group on the ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/VA/57058 (2007-005)
To: all SBSTTA Focal Points and CBD National Focal Points
I am pleased to inform you that the twelfth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-12) will be held in Paris, France, at the Headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), from 2 to 6 July 2007. You ...
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Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/OH/JL/57155 (2007-006)
To: CBD National Focal Points
I have the pleasure of informing you that, to coincide with the first anniversary of the High Level Segment of the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-8) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Curitiba, Brazil, His Excellency Mr. Carlos Alberto Richa, the Mayor of C ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/JG/57164 (2007-007)
To: CBD National Points in the South and West Asia region
Relevant NGOs and indigenous & local communities of South and West Asia region
I have the pleasure to inform you that, with the generous financial support of the European Union and the Government of India, the Secretariat is organizing, from 2 to 4 April 2007 in Dehradun, India, a South and West Asia sub-regional workshop on the review of, and capacity building for, the im ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/RH/LJ/57136 (2007-008)
To: CBD and SBSTTA Focal Points
The Conference of the Parties, in decision VIII/14 (para. 18(a)), requested the Executive Secretary to review the impact of the second edition of the Global Biodiversity Outlook. The Convention’s informal advisory committee for communication, education and public awareness recommended the use of ...
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Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/57190 (2007-009)
To: CBD/CPB National Focal Points
I am pleased to inform you that the Quarterly Report of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has been prepared in accordance with Decision IV/17, and contains a summary of key activities regarding the implementation of decisions of the Conference of the Parties to the CBD for the period ...
English
Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/57189 (2007-010)
To: CBD National Focal Points and other stakeholders
At its eighth meeting held in Curitiba, Brazil, the Conference of the Parties decided, in decision VIII/13, paragraph 11, “to make the necessary arrangements for an evaluation of the effectiveness of the financial mechanism to be conducted in time for the ninth meeting of the Conference of the P ...
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Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ar/57192 (2007-011)
To: CBD / CPB National Focal Points
I am pleased to inform you of the decision of the Government of Japan taken at a meeting of the Cabinet on 16 January 2007, to offer to host in Nagoya, Japan in 2010, the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-10) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) as well as the fifth ...
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Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ar/57194 (2007-012)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points
The Executive Secretary is pleased to announce, that following a competitive process of selection, Mr. Charles Gbedemah, a national from Ghana has been appointed as Senior Environmental Affairs Officer to the Biosafety Unit of the Secretariat.
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Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/LB/57090 (2007-013)
To: CBD National Focal Points
I am pleased to inform you, that the sixty-first session of the United Nations General Assembly, adopted Resolution 61/204 on 20 December 2006, entitled "Convention on Biological Diversity". The final version of the resolution is attached for ease of reference.<br>(View also <a href='/doc/notifi ...
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Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/AR/ab/57233 (2007-014)
To: CBD, CPB and SBSTTA National Focal Points
I am pleased to inform you that the report of the International Workshop of Eminent Experts organized by the German Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety and held in Potsdam, Germany, on 13 - 15 December 2006, on the preparation for the ninth meeting of the Con ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/CV/57267 (2007-015)
To: CBD and SBSTTA National Focal Points
The electronic forum is accessible at the Secretariat web site at the following link: <a href='/doc/restricted/biofuel/default.shtml'>http://www.biodiv.org/doc/restricted/biofuel/default.shtml</a>. The login and password are both biofuel07. Kindly note that the discussion will close on 23 Februa ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/JG/57314 (2007-017)
To: CBD National Focal Points and relevant organizations
I have the pleasure to inform you that, with financial support from the Government of Portugal, the Secretariat is convening an expert workshop on ecological criteria and biogeographic classification systems for marine areas in need of protection, from 2 to 4 October 2007, in Azores, Portugal.
English
Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/fd/57345 (2007-016)
To: Executive Secretary
As you will recall the theme for the International Day for Biological Diversity (IBD) in 2007 is ‘Biodiversity and Climate Change’ which will be celebrated on 22 May. The expectations for a successful IBD this year are high, especially given the recent global attention on this topic, including ...
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Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ar/57364 (2007-018)
To: CBD, CPB, SBSTTA and ABS Focal Points
I am pleased to inform you that a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) 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 on 7 February 2007 in Nairobi at the margi ...
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