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Quarterly Report of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

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 ...

Quarterly Report of the Convention on Biological Diversity.

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ 59380 (2007-094)
To: CBD/CPB National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the Quarterly Report of the Convention covering the period from 1 April to 30 June 2007 has been prepared in accordance with Decision IV/17 of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity. The report contains a summary of key activities ...

Quarterly Report on the Administration of the Convention on Biological Diversity (April-June 2010).

Quarterly Report on the Administration of the Convention on Biological Diversity (July-September 2009)

REMINDER: Nomination of experts to the Open-ended Online Forum on Synthetic Biology (action required by 31 March 2015)

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/DA/mw/84355 (2015-032)
To: CBD National Focal Points; relevant organizations; and indigenous people and local communities, cc: SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Points

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Ratification, Acceptance or Approval

Regional Bio-Bridge Initiative Round Table for Western Europe and Others Group

21 September 2018, Brussels, Belgium

Regional Capacity-Building Workshop for the Pacific Region on Traditional Knowledge and Customary sustainable use under the CBD

26 - 28 August 2014, Apia, Samoa

Regional Climate Weeks Roundtables - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

3 - 4 March 2021, Online/Virtual, Bonn, Germany

Regional Consultation on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework for Africa

2 - 5 April 2019, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Regional Consultation on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework for Africa, 2-5 April 2019 – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Reference: SCBD/IMS/JMF/ET/CP/FK/87875 (2019-014)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points of: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, relevant organizations

Regional Consultation on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework for the Western European and Others Group and Other Members of the European Union

19 - 21 March 2019, Bonn, Germany

Regional Consultation on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework for the Western European and Others Group and other members of the European Union, 19-21 March 2019 – Bonn, Germany

Reference: SCBD/IMS/JMF/KK/FK/87873 (2019-010)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points of: Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, European Union, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holy See, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, relevant organizations

Regional Dialogue and Learning Mission on Integrating Climate Change Action and Biodiversity Action at the National Level in Southern Africa

2 - 6 October 2017, Durban, South Africa

Regional Seas @ 40: supporting CBD decisions for the next 40 years.

The side event will explore how the Regional Seas Convention and Action Plans Programme, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary and has supported CBD decisions since 1992, can strengthen its support in implementing CBD decisions in the coming years. As part of the 40th celebrations the Progra ...

Regional Workshop for African Countries on the Fourth National Report

Reference: SCBD/ITS/DC/LC/GT/71513 (2010-079)
To: CBD National Focal Points of the following countries: Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Gabon, Gambia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Lao DPR, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe.

Regional Workshop for Caribbean countries on Updating National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans

17 - 21 October 2011, St-George's, Grenada

Regional Workshop for Caribbean region on Updating National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans

5 - 7 September 2012, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Regional Workshop for Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia regions on Updating National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans

10 - 14 September 2012, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova

Regional Workshop for Latin America and the Caribbean on the Review of Implementation of the Programme of Work on Protected Areas

2 - 5 November 2009, Bogota, Colombia

Regional Workshop for Latin America on the Preparation of the Fifth National Report and Indicators, 2-6 December 2013, Cochabamba, Bolivia

Reference: SCBD/SAM/RH/LC/JMQ/ 82560 (2013-076)
To: CBD National Focal Points of the following countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela

Regional Workshop for Mesoamerica on Updating National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plans

28 November - 2 December 2011, San Jose, Costa Rica

Regional Workshop for Pacific region on Updating National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans: Incorporating work on valuation and incentive measures and in collaboration with PoWPA

3 - 7 October 2011, Nadi, Fiji

Regional Workshop on Ways and Means to Promote the Sustainable Production and Use of Biofuels

28 - 30 September 2009, Louveira, São Paulo, Brazil

Regional Workshop on the Inter-Linkages between Human Health and Biodiversity in Africa

2 - 5 April 2013, Maputo, Mozambique

Registration and Visas for the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties and the concurrent meetings of the Parties to the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols, 4 -17 December 2016 - Cancun, Mexico

Reference: SCBD/OES/BD/DC/85427 (2016-036)
To: All CBD, ABS, CPB National Focal Points

Registration and Visas for the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties and the concurrent meetings of the Parties to the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols, 4 –17 December 2016 - Cancun, Mexico

Reference: SCBD/OES/BD/DC/85427 (2016-044)
To: International and non-governmental organizations, indigenous and local communities and relevant stakeholders

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Relationship between this Convention and Its Protocols

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Relationship with Other International Conventions

Release of CBD Biodiversity for Development Newsletter (Issue n°2) and Launching of the Biodiversity for Development Initiative

Reference: SCBD/ITS/EB/63947 (2008-070)
To: CBD National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the second issue of the Secretariat’s newsletter on Biodiversity for Development and Poverty Alleviation has been posted on the CBD website. It can be downloaded at the following address: http://www.cbd.int/doc/newsletters/news-bd-02-en.pdf

Release of the CBD Biodiversity for Development Newsletter

Reference: SCBD/ITS/EB/63821 (2008-069)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Business and biodiversity contacts

I am pleased to inform you that the first issue of the Secretariat’s newsletter on Biodiversity for Development and Poverty Alleviation has been posted on the CBD website. It can be downloaded at the following address: http://www.cbd.int/doc/newsletters/news-bd-01-en.pdf

Reminder and Extension of Deadline: Case studies of achievements and successes under the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/MCO/AF/DAIN/fd/87000 (2018-052)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points

Reminder: Invitation for views on the preparation, scope and content of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/RH/KNM/87538 (2018-102)
To: CBD National Focal Points, CPB Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, relevant organizations.

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

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/MA/MW/87791 (2019-018)
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

Reminder: Tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 10) - CREDENTIALS

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ar/72618 (2010-184)
To: All CBD National Focal Points

As a follow-up to Notification 2010-134 of 7 July 2010, I wish to remind Parties that, in accordance with rule 18, credentials of representatives and the names of alternate representatives and advisers shall be submitted to the Executive Secretary, if possible not later than twenty-four hours af ...

Report of the First planning meeting of Canadian universities and research centres for the implementation of the objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal, 26 September 2006

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 ...

Report of the Second Committee of the United Nations General Assembly. Sustainable development: Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/74597 (2010-227)
To: CBD National Focal Points

I am pleased to share with you the report of the Second Committee of the sixty-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly regarding the resolution related to the Convention on Biological Diversity adopted on 21 December 2010.

Report of the Second Committee of the United Nations General Assembly. Sustainable development: report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on its eleventh special session

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/74593 (2010-225)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points

I am very pleased to inform you that the sixty-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly, in adopting its resolution on the report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme, decided to note United Nations Environment Programme Governing Council decision SS.X ...

Report of the brainstorming meeting on South-South cooperation on biodiversity (Montreal, Canada, 6-8 November 2006).

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 ...

Report of the co-chairs of the ninth Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity, Trondheim, Norway, 2-5 July 2019

Report on SCBD Activities for 2008

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ab/65926 (2008-169)
To: All National Focal Points to the Convention on Biological Diversity All National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

The Secretariat is pleased to announce that the report on activities of the Secretariat on the implementation of the work programme of the Convention on Biological Diversity and its Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, covering the period from January to December 2008, is now available at the follow ...

Report on activities of the Secretariat on the implementation of the work programme of the Convention on Biological Diversity and its Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety now available.

Report on the Activities of the SCBD in 2006.

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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Reports

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Research and Training

Researchers use whale photo archive to help protect important WA calving site

Researchers are combing through thousands of whale photos to help protect a calving site off Western Australia’s coast that was severely impacted by the whaling industry.

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Reservations

Resolution 64/203 on Convention on Biological Diversity adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 21 December 2009.

Resolution on “Sustainable Development: Convention on Biological Diversity”, adopted on 19 December 2008 by the Sixty-third session of the United Nations General Assembly under Agenda item 49 (f).

Responsibilities of National Focal Points for the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Strengthening of their Capacities

Reference: SCBD/SEL/DO/NFPs/54700 (2006-029)
To: CBD National Focal Points cc: Heads of Delegations at COP-8

As you know, the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties which took place in Curitiba, Brazil from 20 to 31 March 2006, reviewed the operations of the Convention with a view to enhancing the effectiveness of and streamlining Convention processes in order to strengthen its implementation. ...