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Fourth Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife in the Wider Caribbean Region

28 November 2006, Montego Bay, Jamaica

Head of international Biodiversity Convention applauds the Chinese initiative to celebrate 50th anniversary of establishment of its first protected area.

Head of international Biodiversity Convention applauds the Chinese initiative to celebrate 50th anniversary of establishment of its first protected area.

Montreal –25 October 2006. The organization of a national meeting in Beijing, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of establishment of its first protected area in 1956, is a manifestation of China’s commitment to conserve its amazing biodiversity and vibrant ecosystems, said Ahmed Djoghlaf, United ...

"Investing in the future: Investing in Biodiversity”. Head of International Biodiversity Convention lauds new Canadian biodiversity initiatives.

Montreal 16 October 2006. The head of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity has welcomed the recently adopted Canadian national policy framework for the protection of biodiversity, as well as the launch of talks for the establishment of a major new national park in the Northwest ...

Joint Meeting of the Group of Experts for the setting up of the Emerald Network of Areas of Special Conservation Interest and the Committee of Experts for the Development of the Pan-European Ecological Network

9 - 10 October 2006, Strasbourg, France

Protected area in Congo is a welcome step in protection of Biodiversity, achievement of 2010 Biodiversity Target and implementation of CBD Programme of work on protected areas.

<br>(<a href='/doc/press/2006/pr-2006-09-19-pa-fr.pdf/'>French version</a> )

Protected area in Congo is a welcome step in protection of Biodiversity, achievement of 2010 Biodiversity Target and implementation of CBD Programme of work on protected areas.

Paris – 19 September 2006. The announcement by the Republic of Congo of the creation of two new protected areas spanning nearly one million hectares is a demonstration of Congo’s commitment to conserve its spectacular biodiversity and pristine ecosystems, said Ahmed Djoghlaf, the head of the Co ...

Review of implementation of the programme of work on protected areas

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/va/55293 (2006-080)
To: All CBD National Focal Points, other Governments and relevant organizations

Invitation to Parties, other Governments, relevant organizations and other stakeholders to provide information on the progress made in the implementation of the programme of work on protected areas for consideration by the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas at its second meeting, ...

New Initiatives to Conserve and Protect Earth’s Agricultural Biodiversity for Future Generations.

Norway has launched the Svalbard International Seed Vault, which will act as a safety net in case seeds already stored in commercial gene banks are destroyed, or are decimated in a global catastrophe. Norway’s “Noah’s Ark” project aims to safeguard crop diversity by storing about 1.5 billion se ...

Statement by Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, to the Workshop on Implementing the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas in the Caribbean, Miami, 20-22 June 2006

Protected areas are, and will remain, cornerstones of biodiversity conservation. These priceless places, which serve as the green lungs of the planet, are among the best means to achieve the 2010 biodiversity target. Protected areas are also critical to human welfare, poverty alleviation and the ...

The United States of America Designates the World’s Largest Marine Protected Area.

The decision by United States President George W. Bush to designate the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and surrounding waters and reefs as a national monument will establish the world’s largest marine protected area, representing an area the size of California. It will protect about 7,000 specie ...

Fourth meeting of the Advisory Board of the MSc Programme of the University of Klagenfurt on "Management of Protected Areas"

4 - 5 May 2006, Zermatt, Switzerland

16th Session of the Working Party on the Management of Wildlife and Protected Areas

27 - 28 March 2006, Maputo, Mozambique

Expert Workshop on Protected Areas

17 - 18 March 2006, Curitiba, Brazil

List of selected experts for the Expert Workshop On Protected Areas Curitiba, Brazil, 17 & 18 March 2006

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/SBG/VA/53705 (2006-013)
To: CBD National Focal Points and relevant organizations

I have the pleasure to inform you that, pursuant to recommendation 1/4, paragraph 8 (d) of the first meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on Protected Areas, I am convening an expert workshop on protected areas on 17 and 18 March 2006 in Curitiba, Brazil, prior to the eighth meeting ...

Implementing the PoWPA in WH Sites Project design working meeting

30 January - 1 February 2006, Paris, France

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/VA/52867 (2006-004)
To: National Focal Points and relevant organizations

I have the pleasure to inform you that, pursuant to recommendation 1/4, paragraph 8 (d) of the first meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on Protected Areas, I plan to convene an expert workshop on protected areas on 17 and 18 March 2006 in Curitiba, Brazil, prior to the eighth meeti ...

Workshop on Biosphere Reserves, World Heritage Sites, and Other Natural Protected Areas: Production and Export Economics

28 - 30 November 2005, Cairo, Egypt

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/va/51661 (2005-118)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA and CHM Focal Points, relevant organizations, indigenous and local communities

The purpose of this Notification is to invite Parties, other Governments, relevant organizations and indigenous and local communities to submit to the Executive Secretary as soon as possible, but no later than 15 December 2005 the following: <br><br> (a) comments on the draft review of experienc ...

Group of Experts for the Setting up of the Emerald Network of Areas of Special Conservation Interest / Committee of Experts for the Development of the Pan-European Ecological Network

10 - 11 October 2005, Strasbourg, France

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SB/va/50842 (2005-108)
To: CBD National Focal points; SBSTTA Focal Points; International Organizations, Non-Governmental Organizations; Indigenous and Local Communities

In consultation with the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties, I wish to inform you that the second meeting of the Ad hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas, which had been tentatively scheduled to be held in Montreal, Canada, from 5 to 9 December 2005, has been postponed due to insu ...

Third Meeting of the Scientific, Technical and Advisory Committee to the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife in the Wider Caribbean Region

4 - 7 October 2005, Caracas, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Seminar of Managers of areas holding the European Diploma of Protected Areas

1 - 3 September 2005, Hardegg, Austria

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/va/49982 (2005-090)
To: CBD National Focal Points, other Governments

The purpose of this notification is to invite Parties, other Governments, relevant international organizations and indigenous and local communities to contribute to further development of tool kits for protected areas, in accordance with recommendation 1/3 of the first meeting of the Ad Hoc Open ...

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/dh/49947 (2005-088)
To: CBD National Focal Points

In paragraph 2 of recommendation 1/1 of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas which met in Montecatini, Italy, from 13 to 17 June 2005, the Executive Secretary was invited to compile a list of existing ecological criteria for identification of potential marine areas for protect ...

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/SBG/VA/49898 (2005-087)
To: CBD National Focal Points & SBSTTA Focal Points

The purpose of this notification is to invite Parties to report on cost estimates to implement the programme of work on protected areas.

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/SBG/VA/49683 (2005-084)
To: CBD National Focal Points, other Governments, relevant organizations

The purpose of this notification is to invite Parties, other Governments, relevant international organizations and indigenous and local communities to contribute to the preparatory work on review of implementation of the programme of work on protected areas in preparation for the second meeting ...

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/va/49483 (2005-071)
To: All CBD and SBSTTA National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the eleventh meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-11) and the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas (WG-PA 2) will be held back-to-back in Montreal, Canada, respectively from 28 ...

Meeting of donor agencies and other relevant organizations to discuss options for mobilizing new and additional funding to developing countries for the implementation of the programme of work on protected areas (activity 3.4.7 of the programme of work)

20 - 21 June 2005, Montecatini, Italy

Reference: SCBD/I&O/CHM/DA/47710 (2005-069)
To: CBD National Focal Points CHM Focal Points International Organizations Public

I am pleased to inform you of the publication of a special edition of the CBD News entitled: “Protected areas for achieving biodiversity targets.” The document is available on the CBD website at: <a href="http://www.biodiv.org/doc/publications/news-pa-supplement-en.pdf">http://www.biodiv.org/d ...

Inter-Governmental Working Group meeting will discuss ways to strengthen protected area systems around the globe

Montecatini, 13 June 2005. Protected areas are great tools for protecting biological diversity, but to accomplish this, their reach must be extended, more money will be needed for their maintenance, and their coverage and management effectiveness will need to be improved. Delegates representin ...

Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on Protected Areas

13 - 17 June 2005, Montecatini, Italy

Climate Change and the World's Protected Areas

6 - 8 May 2005, New York, United States of America

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/va/48323 (2005-039)
To: All CBD, SBSTTA and CHM National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that a restricted website has been created to facilitate the peer-review process for the documents to be submitted for consideration of the <a href="/doc/meeting.aspx?mtg=PAWG-01&tab=0"> First Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas</a> (PAs W ...

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/va/46039 (2005-007)
To: All CBD National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the first meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas (PAs WG-1) will be held in Montecatini, Italy from 13 to17 June 2005.

Simposio Internacional Co Administración de Areas Protegidas

9 - 10 December 2004, Lima, Peru

VI Congreso Nacional de Areas Naturales Protegidas

3 - 5 November 2004, Monterrey, Mexico

Las Areas Protegidas de Mesoamérica: Establecimiento, manejo y financiamiento de sistemas de áreas protegidas nacionales/regionales representtivas

25 - 30 October 2004, Guatemala, Guatemala

Third Meeting of the Contracting Parties (COP) to the Protocol Conerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) in the Wider Caribbean Region

27 September 2004, Montego Bay, Jamaica

Asean Heritage Parks Conference

20 - 24 September 2004, Khao Yai, Thailand

Conservación in Situ

15 - 17 September 2004, Lima, Peru

World Protected Areas Steering Committee (WCPA SC)

17 - 19 June 2004, Gland, Switzerland

Workshop on the draft Guidelines for the Listing of Protected Areas under the SPAW Protocol

19 - 23 April 2004, Gosier, France

UNEP/CBD/COP/7/INF/36

Protected areas<br>Message of the Fifth World Parks Congress to the Convention on Biological Diversity

Statement by Dr. Hamdallah Zedan, Executive Secretary, to the Opening Session

In his Opening Statement to the seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties, Hamdallah Zedan, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity referred to the 10th anniversary of the entry into force of the Convention, noting that " One of the striking aspects of the last ten y ...

UNEP/CBD/COP/7/INF/8

Protected areas<br>Synthesis of information in thematic reports on protected areas

UNEP/CBD/COP/7/15

Protected areas

Advanced Seminar on Protected Areas Management and Local Development in the Mediterranean Context

1 - 14 December 2003, Málaga, Spain

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/9/INF/40

Protected areas<br>Biodiversity Access and Benefit-sharing Policies for Protected Areas: report submitted by the Institute of Advanced Studies of the United Nations University

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/9/6/ADD3

Protected Areas: Recommendations of the International Workshop on Protected Forest Areas, Montreal, 6 8 November 2003