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Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Third Meeting on the Implementation of the Plan of Action on Sub-National Governments, Cities and Other Local Authorities for Biodiversity, Nagoya, Japan, 22 March, 2012

Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Third Meeting on the Implementation of the Plan of Action on Sub-National Governments, Cities and Other Local Authorities for Biodiversity, Nagoya, Japan, 22 March, 2012

Third meeting on the Implementation of the Plan of Action on Sub-National Governments, Cities and Other Local Authorities for Biodiversity 2011-2020

22 - 23 March 2012, Nagoya, Japan

Meeting of Subnational Governments in support of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets

24 - 27 April 2012, Curitiba, Brazil

Communiqué: Meeting of sub-national governments opens new chapter in implementation of the CBD

Press Release: Managing biodiversity data from local government: Guidance for local authorities on publishing through the GBIF network, helping preserve knowledge about biodiversity

Managing biodiversity data from local government: Guidance for local authorities on publishing through the GBIF network, helping preserve knowledge about biodiversity

Copenhagen, Denmark – Local governments around the world have a new tool to help share and use vast amounts of biodiversity knowledge collected in the course of their work.

World Cities Summit 2012: Liveable and Sustainable Cities - Integrated Urban Solutions

1 - 4 July 2012, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

"Cities for Life: City & Subnational Biodiversity Summit" A Forum for Local and Subnational Governments in parallel with the 11th meeting of Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity 15-16 October 2012 - Hyderabad, India

Reference: SCBD/AM/OH/80589 (2012-117)
To: CBD National Focal Points and relevant organizations

UNEP/CBD/COP/11/INF/45

Progress Report on the Singapore Index on Cities’ Biodiversity

UNEP/CBD/SNG/1/2

Report of the Meeting of Subnational Governments in Support of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets

UNEP/CBD/COP/11/INF/32

Report of the Executive Secretary on the Implementation of Decision X/22: Progress Made by National, Subnational and Local Governments

Importance of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 including the Aichi Biodiversity Targets and celebration of the United Nations on Biodiversity at the local level

The Side event will share experiences and design implementation strategy for celebration UNDB in local level i.e. village, community and in student and youth institutions or organisations. The event also shows importance of celebration United Nations Decade on Biodiversity in local level. A shor ...

Release of First Greater Hyderabad City Biodiversity Index

Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is the local authority of Greater Hyderabad City which is the host city of CBDCoP-11. GHMC is also looking after the biological diversity elements of the city as per the provisions of the Indian Biological Diversity Act 2002 & The Andhra Pradesh B ...

Press Release: Biodiversity Conservation can Improve Human Health in World’s Growing Cities, says UN assessment

Opening Remarks by Braulio Ferreira De Souza Dias, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity to the Cities for Life Summit, Hyderabad, India, 15 October 2012

Cities for Life: Cities’ and Sub-national Governments’ Biodiversity Summit

15 - 16 October 2012, Hyderabad, India

Urban Eco-Efficiency

The world is increasingly urban. By 2050, another three billion people will inhabit the world’s cities—this equals to adding one new city of one million people every ten days for the next 89 years. 70% of the human ecological footprints are marked by cities. Despite only representing 2% of th ...

Local action moves the world: Cities as implementation agents

What are local governments already doing for biodiversity and how can their full potential be unlocked? By drawing from a series of local experiences as well as science-policy developments, this event will explore the local and urban dimensions of nature conservation. It will reflect on progress ...

Mediterranean Biodiversity Network: from ecological urban planning to management in the Mediterranean – subnational cooperation and knowledge transfer

15 - 17 May 2013, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Second meeting of the Advisory Committee of Subnational Governments of the Global Partnership on Local and Subnational Action for Biodiversity

18 - 20 June 2013, Barcelona, Spain

UNEP/CBD/COP/9/INF/10

Cities and Biodiversity: Engaging Local Authorities in the Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity

UNEP/CBD/EW.DCBI/1/1

Provisional Agenda

UNEP/CBD/EW.DCBI/1/1/ADD1

Annotations to the Provisional Agenda

UNEP/CBD/EW.DCBI/1/1/INF/1

First Meeting on the Development of the City and Biodiversity Index

UNEP/CBD/EW.DCBI/1/2

First Meeting on the Development of the City and Biodiversity Index

UNEP/CBD/EW.DCBI/1/3

Report of the First Expert Workshop on the Development of the City Biodiversity Index

Document

Information Note for Participants

UNEP/CBD/COP/10/INF/4

The City Biodiversity Index

UNEP/CBD/COP/10/INF/8

Progress Report on the CBD Initiative on Cities, Local Authorities and Biodiversity

UNEP/CBD/EW.DCBI/2/3

Report of the Second Expert Workshop on the Development of the City Biodiversity Index

UNEP/CBD/IPA/SNGCOLA/1/1/ADD1

Annotations to the Provisional Agenda

UNEP/CBD/IPA/SNGCOLA/1/1/ADD1/CORR1

Annotations to the Provisional Agenda (Corrigendum)

UNEP/CBD/IPA/SNGCOLA/1/2

Final Report

UNEP/CBD/CB/2/1

Provisional Agenda

UNEP/CBD/CB/2/1/ADD1

Annotations to the Provisional Agenda

Document

Towards Aichi/Nagoya: Second Curitiba Declaration on Local Authorities and Biodiversity

UNEP/CBD/EW-DCBI/3/2

Report of the Third Expert Workshop on the Development of the City Biodiversity Index

UNEP/CBD/IPA/SNGCOLA/3/2

Report of the Workshop

UNEP/CBD/CB/2/2

Report of the Second Curitiba Meeting on Cities and Biodiversity

Increasing urbanization over the next decades presents not only unprecedented challenges for humanity, but also opportunities to curb climate change, reduce water scarcity and improve food security, according to the world's first global assessment on the relationship between urbanization and biodiversity loss, released today in New York.

New Global Assessment: Maintaining rich biodiversity in and around cities is possible and can greatly improve global sustainable development

Increasing urbanization over the next decades presents not only unprecedented challenges for humanity, but also opportunities to curb climate change, reduce water scarcity and improve food security, according to the world's first global assessment on the relationship between urbanization and bi ...

10th World Wilderness Congress (WILD10)

4 - 10 October 2013, Salamanca, Spain

Narrated by Edward Norton, United Nations Goodwill Ambassador for Biodiversity, the video outlines the opportunities for biodiversity protection presented by future urbanization.

Mensaje de Sr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, Secretario Ejecutivo del CDB, en la ocasión de la XXIX asamblea ordinaria parlamento latinoamericano, Panamá, 18 -19 Octubre de 2013

Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Partnerships for the Living City: Promoting urban biodiversity conference, Montreal, Canada, 7 March 2014

Regional Workshop for East, South and Southeast Asia on Cities and Biodiversity, 21-24 May 2014 - Qingdao, Province of Shandong, China

Reference: SCBD/MPO/AF/NP/OH/AM/cr/83169 (2014-035)
To: CBD National Focal Points of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, DPR Korea, Republic of Korea, Lao DPR, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor Leste and Vietnam

UNEP/CBD/WGRI/5/9

Engagement with Subnational and Local Governments

Regional Workshop for East/South/Southeast Asia on Cities and Biodiversity

21 - 24 May 2014, Qingdao, Province of Shandong, China

World Cities Summit 2014: Liveable and Sustainable Cities: Common Challenges, Shared Solutions

1 - 4 June 2014, Singapore, Singapore