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Press Release: Missouri Botanical Garden Joins Convention on Biological Diversity Consortium of Scientific Partners - Garden Will Be Central to the Implementation of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation.

Second International Marine Conservation Conference (Symposium: Integrating science and policy: how scientists can help CITES advance marine conservation)

14 - 18 May 2011, Victoria, Canada

Press Release: The South African National Biodiversity Institute the first African partner to join the Convention’s Consortium of Scientific Partners on Biodiversity

The South African National Biodiversity Institute the first African partner to join the Convention’s Consortium of Scientific Partners on Biodiversity

Montreal, 20 May 2011. The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) has joined the Consortium of Scientific Partners of the Convention on Biological Diversity, thus becoming its sixteenth member and the first from Africa.

UNEP/CBD/CSAB/4/2

Report of the Fourth Meeting of Chairs of Scientific Advisory Bodies of Biodiversity-Related Conventions

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION ON ENCOURAGING TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION

The Bureau of the SBSTTA will convene a roundtable discussion to share ideas and options for facilitating technical and scientific cooperation amongst scientific institutions at national and regional levels. The event will seek to gather ideas on how these institutions can be better empowered, m ...

Outcomes of the plenary meeting to operationalise the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)

The side event will provide an update on the latest decisions taken on the operationalisation of IPBES including on: -the governance structure of the platform; -its rules and procedures; -hosting arrangements for the Secretariat (host country and institutions); -budget; -legal status; and -work ...

NATURE CONNECTION RESEARCHERS CAN HELP EDUCATORS BUILD BIODIVERSITY KNOWLEDGE CAPITAL

While there is an agreement the biodiversity knowledge needs to become widespread, there is little agreement on how that transfer of knowledge can occur at lower education level.This event will propose the collaborative development of one way that this could be achieved through the education sys ...

Join Programme with UNESCO

The side event will focus on the joint programme between UNESCO and the SCBD, as developed at the International Conference on Biological and Cultural Diversity for Development (June 2010, Montreal). The event will provide an update an initial progress & step forward.

Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Consultation Meeting on IPBES (Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services)

11 - 13 July 2013, Soa Paolo, Brazil

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/10/11

Role of the Clearing-House Mechanism in promoting technical cooperation to achieve the 2010 target and facilitating information exchange on progress made

UNEP/CBD/COP/8/17

Scientific and Technical Cooperation and the Clearing-House Mechanism (Article 18, Paragraph 3) Clearing-house mechanism activities during the inter-sessional period

UNEP/CBD/COP/8/INF/3

Report on Progress of the Consultative Process to Assess the Need for, Modalities of, and Options for an International Mechanism of Scientific Expertise on Biodiversity

UNEP/CBD/COP/9/23

Scientific and Technical Cooperation and the Clearing-House Mechanism - Proposals for the implementation of the strategic plan of the Clearing-House Mechanism

UNEP/CBD/COP/10/15

Scientific and Technical Cooperation and the Clearing-House Mechanism: Progress report and recommendations for further development

UNEP/CBD/COP/10/INF/5

Scientific and Technical Cooperation and the Clearing-House Mechanism: Report on the activities of the programme of work 2006-2010

UNEP/CBD/RW-SPU-BIO/1/1

Provisional Agenda

UNEP/CBD/RW-SPU-BIO/1/1/ADD1

Annotations to the Provisional Agenda

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/14/INF/23

United Nations Environment Programme Report on Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

World Water Week: Water Cooperation – building partnerships

1 - 6 September 2013, Stockholm, Sweden

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/17/2

Facilitating the Implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and the Aichi Biodiversity Targets through Scientific and Technical Means

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/17/2/ADD2

The Identification of Scientific and Technical Needs for the Attainment of the Targets under Strategic Goal B of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

15th Annual BIOECON Conference Conservation and Development: Exploring Conflicts and Challenges

18 - 20 September 2013, Cambridge, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Sixth Meeting of the Chairs of the Scientific Advisory Bodies of the Biodiversity-related Conventions (CSAB)

7 - 8 October 2013, Formia, Italy

The Pilot Phase of the ABS Clearing-House

Presentation on the Pilot Phase of the ABS Clearing-House

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/18/INF/20

DNA Barcoding and its Role in Building Global Capacity in Molecular Biodiversity

Recommendation 5/11

Review of progress in providing support in implementing the objectives of the Convention and its Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

UNEP/CBD/COP/12/11

Progress Report on Technical and Scientific Cooperation and the Clearing House Mechanism

UNEP/CBD/COP/12/INF/8

Technical and Scientific Cooperation on Invasive Alien Species in Islands

UNEP/CBD/COP/12/INF/3

List of Draft Recommendations Prepared for the Twelfth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties Regarding Capacity-Building for Revising and Updating National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans, Technical and Scientific Cooperation, Technology Transfer and the Clearing-House Mechanism

UNEP/CBD/COP/12/INF/39

Options for Enhancing Technical and Scientific Cooperation and Clearing-House Mechanisms

UNEP/CBD/COP/12/INF/33

“Bio-Bridge” An Initiative of the Republic of Korea In Support of the Convention’s Work on Technical and Scientific Cooperation

UNEP/CBD/COP/12/INF/39/ADD1

Options for Enhancing Technical and Scientific Cooperation and Clearing-House Mechanisms

GEF-6 BIODIVERSITY STRATEGY: SUPPORTING IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR BIODIVERSITY, 2011-2020

The side-event will provide an overview of the GEF-6 biodiversity strategy and programming opportunities for countries.

Progress in implementing the IPBES Work Programme

Last December, the IPBES Plenary agreed a work programme for the period 2014-2018, and agreed the budget for the first two years. The intention of this side event is to brief participants on the progress made to date in implementing the IPBES work programme, and on what can be expected in the co ...

NIEMA: Code of Conduct for Culture Collections, Microbial Resource Centers and Scientists using Microbes under the Nagoya Protocol

Since 2006, the microbial resource centers (MRCs) under Asian Consortium for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Microbial Resources (ACM) have been working on the development of legitimate and practical scheme for exchanging microbial resources between ACM member MRCs. Especially after the ...

TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND REHABILITATION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. TERRE POLICY CENTRE

Release of short film on Western Ghats – The ecological balance by Nature and panel discussion on the Western Ghats- sustainable Livelihood for every life . Speakers- Mr Ram Bhooj National programme Officer, ecological sciences. Mr. Shende Rajendra – Former Director UNEP President of the side e ...

Using solutions to share knowledge and create evidence-based innovation

Let´s not keep reinventing the wheel but learn from each other´s successes in the management and governance of biodiversity and natural resources. This side event – hosted by the Blue Solutions Initiative of the German Environment Ministry (BMUB) together with its implementing partners GIZ, IUCN ...

Sharing knowledge and experience among the South East Asian countries and China in the implementation of the Biodiversity Strategic Plan 2011-2020 & Aichi Targets

The China Fund Project on “Strengthening the capacity of South East Asian countries for the implementation of the Biodiversity Strategic Plan 2011-2020 & Aichi Targets”, launched in 2013, aims to promote sharing of knowledge and experience among ASEAN countries and China on the implementation of ...

Ninth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity

4 - 7 November 2015, Montreal, Canada

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Presentation on the Bio-Bridge Initiative (BBI)

UNEP/CBD/COP/13/INF/21

Bio-Bridge Initiative Action Plan 2017-2020 and Report on Progress towards the Implementation of the Initiative

UNEP/CBD/COP/13/INF/22

Stocktaking Summary of the Technical and Scientific Cooperation Needs of Parties, Previous Work Carried Out under the Convention and Initiatives Relevant to the Bio-Bridge Initiative

Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Regional consultations and stakeholder day (IPBES-5)

6 March 2017, Bonn, Germany

Fifth Session of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES-5)

7 - 10 March 2017, Bonn, Germany

International Congress for Conservation Biology: "Insights for Sustaining Life on Earth"

23 - 27 July 2017, Cartagena, Colombia

7th International Barcode of Life (iBOL) Conference

20 - 24 November 2017, South Africa

A global platform for sharing information about the world’s biodiversity has passed a major milestone, with the publication of the one-billionth species record of where a species lives through the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Big data for biodiversity: Global Biodiversity Information Facility surpasses one billion

9 July 2018 – A global platform for sharing information about the world’s biodiversity has passed a major milestone, with the publication of the one-billionth species record of where a species lives through the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

World Economic Forum 2019

22 - 25 January 2019, Davos-Klosters, Switzerland