Search Results

Documents for the twelfth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SBSTTA 12), UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France - 2-6 July 2007.

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/VA/57549 (2007-058)
To:

I wish to inform you that all the pre-session documents for the SBSTTA-12 meeting are now available in final form, in all U.N. official languages, on the Secretariat website at: <a href='/doc/meeting.aspx?mtg=SBSTTA-12'>http://www.cbd.int/doc/meeting.aspx?mtg=SBSTTA-12</a>. Further background i ...

Funding for Parties from Developing Countries and Economies in Transition to attend (i) the twelfth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-12); and (ii) the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention (WGRI-2), Paris, France, 2 to 6 July and 9 to 13 July 2007, respectively.

Reference: SCBD/RMCS/MR-H/58546 (2007-060)
To: All CBD National Focal Points

Pursuant to Decision VIII/31 paragraph 22 of the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, I have the honour to inform you that the Secretariat has received, to date, a total of US$191,117 from donors in support of the participation of developing country Parties and Parties with economies ...

Invitation to Provide Views on the Procedure for the Identification and Consideration of Emerging Issues.

Reference: SCBD/STTM/RH/lj/59100 (2007-081)
To: All CBD Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points

In recommendation XII/8, the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) requested the Executive Secretary inter alia to seek the views of Parties on the suggested elements of the procedure for the identification of emerging issues, the conditions for their inclusi ...

Compilation of Information on the Impacts on Biodiversity of the Production and Use of Biofuel.

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/lj/59120 (2007-082)
To: All CBD Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points

In recommendation XII/7, the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) requested the Executive Secretary inter alia to invite Parties and other Governments to provide relevant information on the impacts on biodiversity along the full life cycle of the production ...

Invitation to all Parties to submit views on the options paper (UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/12/INF/17).

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/aw/59164 (2007-085)
To: CBD and SBSTTA focal points

The seventh meeting of the Joint Liaison Group of the Rio Conventions (the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)) was convened on 7 June 2007. At this meeting the E ...

Peer review of SBSTTA-13 draft documents

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/VA/59871 (2007-113)
To: all CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and SBSTTA Bureau Members and relevant organizations

I am pleased to inform you that a page has been created on the CBD website (<a href='/sbstta-13/review.shtml'>http://www.cbd.int/sbstta-13/review.shtml</a>) to facilitate the peer-review of the drafts of documents prepared by the Secretariat for consideration by the thirteenth meeting of the Sub ...

Call for Poster Papers - Mainstreaming Biodiversity Issues into Forestry and Agriculture

Reference: SCBD/STTM/LJ/59826 (2007-114)
To: all CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and relevant organizations

The theme of the poster session for the thirteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical, and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to be held in Rome, Italy from 18 to 22 February 2008, is "Mainstreaming Biodiversity Issues into Forestry ...

Thirteenth Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice from 18 to 22 February 2008, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/VA/60368 (2007-120)
To: all SBSTTA Focal Points and CBD National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the thirteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-13) will be held from 18 to 22 February 2008 at the Headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), located at Viale delle Te ...

Peer Review of SBSTTA-13 Draft Information Documents for Marine and Coastal Biodiversity

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JL/JG/60476 (2007-130)
To: all CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and SBSTTA Bureau Members and relevant organizations

I am pleased to inform you that a page has been created on the CBD website (<a href='/sbstta-13/review.shtml'>http://www.cbd.int/sbstta-13/review.shtml</a>) to facilitate the peer review of the drafts of information documents for marine and coastal biodiversity prepared by the Secretariat for co ...

Capacity Building Workshops for delegates to the Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protect Areas (WGPA-2), Rome, Italy, 11 – 15 February 2008 and the Thirteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body of Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-13), Rome, Italy, 18 – 22 February 2008

Reference: SCBD/ITS/DC/SM/61305 (2007-158)
To: All CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points

The Secretariat is pleased to announce that, in collaboration with various partner organizations, capacity building workshops will be held prior to and during the above-mentioned meetings.

Training workshops for the participants in WGPA-2 and in SBSTTA-13

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/CV/61368 (2007-162)
To: All CBD and SBSTTA National Focal Points

The Secretariat, in cooperation with the Consortium of the Scientific Partners, is pleased to announce the organization of two training workshops for the participants in the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas (WGPA-2) and the thirteenth meeting of the Subsid ...

Programme and deadline extension for training workshops at the margin of WGPA-2 and SBSTTA-13

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/CV/61368 (2008-006)
To:

I am pleased to send you, enclosed, the programmes for both training workshops, to be held respectively on Sunday, 10 February and Sunday, 17 February 2008 at the FAO Headquarters, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, Rome, Italy.

Improving the scientific, technical and technological debate during the thirteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) (UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/13/1/Add.2)

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/JG/62215 (2008-019)
To: National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and organizations

I am pleased to inform you that a note by the Chair of SBSTTA entitled Improving the scientific, technical and technological debate during the thirteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/13/1/Add.2), has now been posted on the CBD ...

Request for submissions of proposals for new and emerging issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/CV/64404 (2008-083)
To: All CBD and SBSTTA National Focal Points

I invite Parties to submit proposals on new and emerging issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity to the Secretariat (secretariat@cbd.int or fax +1-514-288-6588) at their earliest convenience, but no later than 30 November 2008.

Request for submissions of proposals for new and emerging issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/CV/64404 (2008-084)
To: All relevant organizations

I invite your organization to submit proposals on new and emerging issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity to the Secretariat (secretariat@cbd.int or fax +1-514-288-6588) at your earliest convenience, but no later than 30 November 2008.

Request for submissions of information on experiences on the development and application of tools relevant to the sustainable production and use of biofuels

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/RH/64589 (2008-100)
To: Parties and other Governments, indigenous and local communities, and relevant stakeholders and organizations

I invite you to submit information on experiences on the development and application of tools relevant to the sustainable production and use of biofuels as well as relevant information from research on, and monitoring of, the positive and negative impacts of the production and use of biofuels on ...

Independent mid-term review of the GEF Resource Allocation Framework (RAF)

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/JS/64588 (2008-098)
To: SBSTTA Focal Points, GTI National Focal Points

The GEF Evaluation Office is currently conducting an online survey as part of the mid-term review of the RAF. I am pleased to forward to you herewith a message from the GEF Evaluation Office, which contains a link to the online survey (http://www.surveymk.com//s.aspx?sm=aEMrnMQ2Q38exsvL_2fuE0vg ...

Request for submissions of proposals for new and emerging issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/RH/VA/64404 (2008-142)
To: All CBD and SBSTTA National Focal Points

During its last meeting, the Conference of the Parties adopted decision IX/29 which contains the procedure for identifying and addressing new and emerging issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. The decision includes the information to incorporate (section B, pa ...

Extension of deadline: Request for submissions of proposals for new and emerging issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity

Reference: (2008-159)
To: All CBD and SBSTTA National Focal Points

I invite Parties to submit proposals on new and emerging issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity to the Secretariat (secretariat@cbd.int or fax +1-514-288-6588). Following the request by some Parties to extend the deadline, the new deadline for submission is now s ...

Preliminary gap analysis of the intergovernmental science-policy platform on biodiversity and ecosystem services (IPBES)

Reference: SCBD/STTM/RH/lj/67334 (2009-038)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, Other governments, relevant organizations, and indigenous and local communities

It is my pleasure to inform you that the preliminary gap analysis is now accessible from http://www.ipbes.net/Documents/UNEP_GC_25_INF_30.pdf. All other documents related to this review process, including a template, can be found at http://www.ipbes.net.

Fourteenth Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-14), 10 – 21 May 2010, Nairobi, Kenya

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/SB/va/68785 (2009-118)
To: all SBSTTA Focal Points and CBD National Focal Points

I have the honour to inform you that the fourteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-14) will be held from 10 to 21 May 2010 at the Headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), in Nairobi, Kenya.

Report of the Third meeting of Chairs of Scientific Advisory Bodies of Biodiversity-related Conventions - 4 October 2009 - Nairobi, Kenya

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/AB/69271 (2009-141)
To: CBD, SBSTTA and ABS National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the report of the Third meeting of Chairs of Scientific Advisory Bodies of Biodiversity-related Conventions, which was held on 4 October 2009, in Nairobi, Kenya, is now available on the Secretariat website at the following address: http://www.cbd.int/doc/meeting ...

Voluntary contribution to the collection of examples of sustainable natural resources management in landscapes like satoyama

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/VA/69356 (2009-150)
To: SBSTTA Focal Points

The Ministry of the Environment Japan (MOE-J) and the United Nations University – Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS), in collaboration with the CBD Secretariat, are collating case studies on sustainable natural resources management as part of the in-depth review of work on sustainable use i ...

Peer review of SBSTTA-14 draft documents

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/va/69590 (2009-156)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, SBSTTA Bureau Members and relevant organizations

I am pleased to inform you that a page has been created on the CBD website (http://www.cbd.int/sbstta-14/review.shtml) to facilitate the peer-review of the drafts of documents prepared by the Secretariat for consideration by the fourteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical ...

Funding requirements for both the Fourteenth Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-14) and the Third Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (WGRI-3), 10 – 21 May 2010 and 24 – 28 May 2010, Nairobi, Kenya

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/va/70147 (2010-001)
To: all SBSTTA Focal Points and CBD National Focal Points

The purpose of this notification is to provide further information regarding the funding possibilities for the participation of one representative from eligible Parties. Please note that subject to the availability of contributions to the Special Voluntary Trust Fund (BZ), the Secretariat will b ...

Call for Posters: Fourteenth Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical, and Technological Advice, 10 – 21 May 2010, Nairobi, Kenya

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/JG/70362 (2010-026)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, POWPA Focal Points and relevant organizations

The theme of the poster session for the fourteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical, and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), to be held in Nairobi, Kenya from 10 to 21 May 2010, is: “Biodiversity and Climate Change: Achieving the ...

Fourteenth Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-14), 10 – 21 May 2010, Nairobi, Kenya

Reference: SCBD/STTM/RH/VA/68785 (2010-028)
To: UN Organizations and Specialized Agencies, Inter-Governmental Organizations, NGOs & Indigenous Organizations

I have the honour to inform you that the fourteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-14) will be held from 10 to 21 May 2010 at the Headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), in Nairobi, Kenya.

Documents for the fourteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SBSTTA-14), UNEP Headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya, 10 - 21 May 2010

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/VA/70751 (2010-037)
To: CBD and SBSTTA focal points, SBSTTA Bureau Members and relevant organizations

I wish to inform you that all the pre-session documents for the SBSTTA-14 meeting are now available, in English language, in final form on the Secretariat website at: http://www.cbd.int/doc/?meeting=SBSTTA-14. The documents in the U.N. official languages are being uploaded on the same website, a ...

Invitation to participate in TEEB Survey to identify policy options to reduce the rate of biodiversity loss – by 30 April 2010

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/71283 (2010-055)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points

You will recall that a series of global studies on “The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity” (TEEB) is currently being prepared under the aegis of the Green Economy Initiative of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). This work was welcomed by the Conference of the Parties (COP) ...

Training Seminar Organized by the Consortium of Scientific Partners on Biodiversity at the Margins of SBSTTA-14, Nairobi, Kenya

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/ac/71654 (2010-089)
To: SBSTTA Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that a training seminar is being organised by the Consortium of Scientific Partners on Biodiversity to provide participants with tools and advice on ways to use information from the third edition of the Global Biodiversity Outlook (GBO-3) to inform decision-makers and ...

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 ...

Invitation to provide information on new and emerging issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the use of genetic resources

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/RH/VA74761 (2011-013)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points, other Governments and relevant organizations

In section II of decision IX/29 the Conference of the Parties decided on the process for the identification of new and emerging issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the use of genetic resources. In acc ...

Employment Opportunity at the CBD

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ar/74893 (2011-028)
To: All CBD National Focal Points; International Organizations

I am pleased to inform you that the post of Principal Officer in charge of the Division of Scientific, Technical and Technological Matters at the Secretariat of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity at D-1 level is under advertisement. The advertisement for this position can be ...

Survey for SBSTTA Focal Points

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/JW/ac/76271 (2011-104)
To: SBSTTA Focal Points

I am pleased to invite you to provide input to the document being prepared for the fifteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) under the agenda items on ways and means to improve the effectiveness of SBSTTA.

Fifteenth Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-15), Montréal, Canada, 7 to 11 November 2011

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/VA/76015 (2011-112)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points

I have the honour to inform you that the fifteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-15) will be held from 7 to 11 November 2011 at the Headquarters of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), in Montréal, Canada. It will be pr ...

Fifteenth Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-15), Montréal, Canada, 7 to 11 November 2011

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/VA/76015 (2011-113)
To: UN Organizations and Specialized Agencies, IGOs, NGOs and Indigenous organizations

I have the honour to inform you that the fifteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-15) will be held from 7 to 11 November 2011 at the Headquarters of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), in Montréal, Canada. It will be pr ...

Peer review of SBSTTA-15 draft documents

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/VA/76477 (2011-123)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and SBSTTA Bureau Members and relevant organizations

I am pleased to inform you that a page has been created on the CBD website (http://www.cbd.int/sbstta15/review/) to facilitate the peer-review of the drafts of documents prepared by the Secretariat for consideration by the fifteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Tec ...

Online Registration system and Side-Events registration system for the Seventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions (WG8J 7), 31 October - 4 November 2011 and the Fifteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 15), 7-11 November 2011

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/lp/77037 (2011-137)
To: CBD and SBSTTA Focal Points, indigenous and local community organizations, international organizations and relevant stakeholders

As you are aware the seventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions and the fifteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice will be held at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Headquarters ...

Call for posters for the Fifteenth Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical, and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-15)

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBSTTA15/JM/jg/77096 (2011-140)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, POWPA Focal Points and relevant organizations

I have the pleasure to announce that the theme of the poster session for the fifteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical, and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), to be held in Montréal, Canada, from 7 to 11 November 2011, is: "Cont ...

First session of the plenary of an Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ar/77219 (2011-149)
To: CBD National Focal Points / SBSTTA / ABS Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the first session of the plenary of an Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), will be held from 3-7 October 2011 in Nairobi, Kenya.

Deadline extension for submission of poster proposals and extended abstracts for the Fifteenth Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical, and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-15) to be held in Montréal, Canada, from 7 to 11 November 2011

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBSTTA15/JM/JG/77096 (2011-169)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, POWPA Focal Points and relevant organizations

The purpose of this notification is to announce that the deadline for submission of poster proposals requested in notification 2011-140 of 28 July 2011, available on the Secretariat’s website at http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-140-sbstta15-en.pdf, has been extended from 30 Aug ...

Opportunity to comment on proposed new and emerging issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the use of genetic resources

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/RH/VA/74761 (2011-204)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, other Governments and relevant organizations

Through notification 2011-013 of 19 January 2011, Parties, other Governments and relevant organizations were invited to submit, by 15 October 2011, proposals for new and emerging issues for possible consideration by the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice. The submi ...

Sixteenth Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-16), Montréal, Canada from 30 April to 5 May 2012

Reference: SCBD/STTM/DC/RH/VA/78672 (2012-011)
To: UN Organizations and Specialized Agencies, IGOs, NGOs and Indigenous Organizations

Sixteenth Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-16), Montréal, Canada from 30 April to 5 May 2012

Reference: SCBD/STTM/DC/RH/VA/78671 (2012-012)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points

Call for posters for the Sixteenth Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical, and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-16)

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBSTTA15/DC/JG/78811 (2012-020)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, POWPA Focal Points and relevant organizations

Deadline extension for submission of poster proposals and extended abstracts for the SBSTTA-16 poster session Montréal, Canada - 30 April - 5 May 2012

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBSTTA16/DC/JG/78811 (2012-038)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, POWPA Focal Points and relevant organizations

Activities at the Margins of SBSTTA-16

Reference: SCBD/STTM/DC/KC/CRm/79464 (2012-056)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, GTI Focal Points, relevant organizations and GTI Coordination Mechanism.

Identification of scientific and technical needs related to the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and its Aichi Targets

Reference: SCBD/STTM/DC/ac/81207 (2013-005)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and relevant organizations

New and emerging issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity

Reference: SCBD/STTM/DC/RH/VA/81439 (2013-018)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, Relevant Organizations and Indigenous and Local Communities

Seventeenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 17) – Montreal, Canada, 14 to 18 October 2013

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/va/81746 (2013-030)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points