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Statement by David Cooper, Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the World Oceans Day, 8 June 2023

Ms. Candace Amoroso

Gender and Biodiversity NFP
candace.amoroso@planning.gov.tt

Ms. Georgia Patt

Gender and Biodiversity NFP
georgia.patt@defra.gov.uk

World Oceans Day

8 June 2023, New York, United States of America

Development of a global partnership to support the achievement of Target 3 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

12 - 14 June 2023, Cambridge, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Japan

National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (v.6)

Ms. Sellinah Angel Mogojwa

CBD Primary NFP, Resource Mobilization FP
samogojwa@gov.bw

Ms. Malebogo Somolekae

CBD Primary NFP, SBSTTA NFP, Traditional Knowledge NFP, Resource Mobilization FP
mlsentsho@gov.bw

Mr. Kabelo Mogami

GTI NFP
kmogami@gov.bw

Invitation to developing country Parties and Parties with economies in transition to voluntarily assume the obligations of the developed country Parties in accordance with Article 20 of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/ML/GD/91073 (2023-063)
To: CBD national focal points

English 

International Forum facilitated by the Forest Ecosystem Restoration Initiative (FERI): Workshop on ecosystem restoration-related planning and capacity-building needs for the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, 13 July 2023, virtual (10:00 a.m. EDT)

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/SK/JA/LJ/91100 (2023-064)
To: CBD national focal points and SBSTTA focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant global and regional organizations and initiatives, cc: Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points

English 

Statement by the Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity at the first meeting of the Informal Advisory Group on Technical and Scientific Cooperation, Montreal, 14 June 2023

Statement by the Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity at the first meeting of the Informal Advisory Group on Technical and Scientific Cooperation, Montreal, 14 June 2023

First meeting of the Informal Advisory Group on Technical and Scientific Cooperation

14 - 16 June 2023, Montreal, Canada

Statement by David Cooper, Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, 17 June 2023

Statement by David Cooper, Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, 17 June 2023

Composition of the informal advisory group for ecologically or biologically significant marine areas

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/JA/JG/90829 (2023-065)
To: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA focal points, and Marine and Coastal Biodiversity national focal points; relevant organizations; and indigenous peoples and local communities

English 

Composition of the Advisory Committee on Resource Mobilization

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/ML/GD/90825 (2023-066)
To: CBD national focal points, Resource Mobilization national focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, women and youth organizations, relevant organizations and initiatives and relevant stakeholders

English 

Composition of the Technical Expert Group on Financial Reporting

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/ML/GD/90824 (2023-067)
To: CBD national focal points, Resource Mobilization national focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, women and youth organizations, relevant organizations and initiatives and relevant stakeholders

English 

World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

17 June 2023, Bonn, Germany

32nd meeting of the Animals Committee (CITES-AC32)

19 - 23 June 2023, Geneva, Switzerland

Statement on behalf of David Cooper, Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, under agenda item 5 of the further resumed fifth session of the intergovernmental conference on an international legally binding instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction

Statement on behalf of David Cooper, Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, under agenda item 5 of the further resumed fifth session of the intergovernmental conference on an international legally binding instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction

Informal Advisory Committee on Capacity-building for the Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol

20 - 22 June 2023, Montreal, Canada

Sra. Marina Leticia Lopez Sincal

Gender and Biodiversity NFP
genero.conap@gmail.com

Sub-regional Dialogue on National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs), 14-17 August 2023 - Manila, Philippines

Reference: SCBD/IMS/JEC/MC/91105 (2023-068)
To: National focal points for CBD and its Protocols of ASEAN member States (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam) and Timor Leste

English 

Invitation to submit views on concrete procedures for a global review of collective progress in the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework to be conducted by the Conference of the Parties at its seventeenth meeting

Reference: SCBD/IMS/JEC/MC/91124 (2023-069)
To: CBD national focal points

English 

Sra. Andrea Cruz Angón

Gender and Biodiversity NFP
acruz@conabio.gob.mx

The CBD Secretariat welcomes the release of ISSB’s S1 and S2 Standards, 26 June 2023

Opening Remarks by Mr. David Cooper, Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, GEF Council, Brasilia, June 26, 2023

The CBD Secretariat welcomes the release of ISSB’s S1 and S2 Standards, 26 June 2023

Opening Remarks by Mr. David Cooper, Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, GEF Council, Brasilia, June 26, 2023

Mr. Oliver Ó Cadhla

Marine and Coastal Biodiversity NFP
Oliver.OCadhla@housing.gov.ie

Registration for the Twenty-fifth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 25), 16-20 October 2023 - Nairobi, Kenya

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/GT/91109 (2023-070)
To: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations

English 

Invitation to review a draft of a proposed set of complementary actions (an updated Global Strategy for Plant Conservation) related to plant conservation to support the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/SK/AC/KM/91128 (2023-071)
To: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

English 

Third Meeting of Signatories to the Raptors MOU

3 - 6 July 2023, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

45th meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer and the workshop on strengthening effective implementation and enforcement of the Montreal Protocol

3 - 7 July 2023, Bangkok, Thailand

NBSAP Forum 2.0

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/JEC/MC/91142 (2023-073)
To: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA national focal points, ABS focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

English 

Registration for the Twelfth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity, 12 to 16 November 2023, and the First meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Benefit-sharing from the Use of Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources, 14 to 18 November 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/GT/91084 (2023-072)
To: CBD national focal points, ABS focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations

English 

FAO Council (173rd Session)

10 July 2023, Rome, Italy

NEW DATE: International Forum facilitated by the Forest Ecosystem Restoration Initiative: Workshop on ecosystem restoration-related planning and capacity-building needs for the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/SK/JA/LJ/91100 (2023-074)
To: CBD national focal points and SBSTTA focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant global and regional organizations and initiatives

English 

High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council

10 - 19 July 2023, New York, United States of America

Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Indicators for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

11 July 2023, Online

Invitation to participate in and/or contribute to the implementation of the voluntary peer review of national biodiversity strategies and action plans

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NVW/MC/91151 (2023-075)
To: CBD national focal points

English 

First meeting of the multidisciplinary Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Synthetic Biology to Support the Process for Broad and Regular Horizon Scanning, Monitoring and Assessment

11 - 14 July 2023, Montreal, Canada

Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on the New Programme of Work and Institutional Arrangements on Article 8(j) and Other Provisions of the Convention Related to Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

11 - 13 July 2023, Manaus, Brazil

Mr. Megh Nath Kafle

CBD Primary NFP, CHM NFP, SBSTTA NFP, ABS NFP, Cartagena Protocol Primary NFP, BCH NFP, Protected Areas NFP, Resource Mobilization FP
mkafle1@hotmail.com

Global Soil Partnership Plenary Assembly (FAO)

12 - 14 July 2023, Rome, Italy

Ms. Jamyang Choden

ABS NFP
jamyangchoden@moal.gov.bt

Statement by David Cooper, Acting Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the High-level political forum on sustainable development 2023 – General debate “Building momentum towards the Sustainable Development Goals Summit”, Morning / afternoon sessions between 17 and 20, July 2023, New York