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Committee on Trade and Environment

20 - 21 March 2002, Geneva, Switzerland

Committee on Trade and Environment

14 June 2002, Geneva, Switzerland

Committee on Trade and Environment

8 - 9 October 2002, Geneva, Switzerland

Committee on Trade and Environment

29 - 30 April 2003, Geneva, Switzerland

Committee on Trade and Environment

7 July 2003, Geneva, Switzerland

Committee on Trade and Environment

28 - 29 October 2003, Geneva, Switzerland

Committee on Trade and Environment

21 June 2004, Geneva, Switzerland

Committee on Trade and Environment - Special Session

22 June 2004, Geneva, Switzerland

Communiqué: Convention on Biological Diversity Supports Green Economy Initiative

Montreal, 26 June 2009 – More than 21 United Nations agencies, including the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, have backed the call for a world-wide transition to a low carbon, resource-efficient Green Economy able to deliver multiple economic, social and environmental oppo ...

Communiqué: TEEB Appoints the Executive Secretary to its Advisory Board.

Composition of the Informal Advisory Group on Mainstreaming of Biodiversity

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/AS/ML/OH/GD/87855 (2019-045)
To: CBD, CPB and ABS National Focal Points, relevant stakeholders, organizations and initiatives

Conference on International Food Trade Beyond 2000: Science-Based Decisions, Harmonization, Equivalence and Mutual Recognition

Melbourne, Australia

Conserving Biodiversity through Market Mechanisms: Biodiversity Offsets and their Potential for Company Participation

Markets are increasingly used to generate additional funds for biodiversity protection. This session will generate interest from the private sector by showing the advantages and risks of investing in these markets and the benefits it brings for biodiversity. It will focus on biodiversity offsets ...

Convention on Biological Diversity Supports Green Economy Initiative

Montreal, 26 June 2009 – More than 21 United Nations agencies, including the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, have backed the call for a world-wide transition to a low carbon, resource-efficient Green Economy able to deliver multiple economic, social and environmental oppo ...

Coral Reefs: A valuable ecosystem in jeopardize Note: this title may change

Tropical marine and coral reef ecosystems, including mangroves and seagrasses, are vulnerable environmental resources that provide significant economic goods and services and contribute to the livelihoods, food security and safety of millions of people around the world. The health of these resou ...

Council For Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

17 - 19 September 2002, Geneva, Switzerland

Council for Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

3 - 5 June 2003, Geneva, Switzerland

Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

26 - 30 June 2000, Geneva, Switzerland

Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

21 - 22 September 2000, Geneva, Switzerland

Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

27 November - 1 December 2000, Geneva, Switzerland

Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

25 - 27 June 2002, Geneva, Switzerland

Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

25 - 27 November 2002, Geneva, Switzerland

Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

20 - 21 November 2003, Geneva, Switzerland

Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

15 - 16 June 2004, Geneva, Switzerland

Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

21 - 23 September 2004, Geneva, Switzerland

Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

18 June 2004, Geneva, Switzerland

Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

30 November - 2 December 2004, Geneva, Switzerland

Curso Taller Internacional: Técnicas y Herramientas de Valoración Económica y Evaluación Ambiental

21 - 26 February 2004, San Jose, Costa Rica

Darwin Lecture and Workshop on The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB)

13 November 2008, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Data point: World Soil Day

Soil erosion costs the global economy US$8bn a year, and reduces agri-food production by 33.7m tonnes, leading to increases of up to 3.5% in world food prices

Decision VIII/26 on incentive measures: preparation for the in-depth review of the work on incentive measures.

Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/56663 (2007-032)
To: International organizations and stakeholders

The purpose of this notification is to invite relevant international organizations and stakeholders to contribute to the preparatory process for the in-depth review of the work on incentive measures. The in-depth review will be undertaken by the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties.

Decision VIII/26 on incentive measures: preparation for the in-depth review of the work on incentive measures.

Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/56662 (2007-033)
To: CBD National Focal Points

The purpose of this notification is to invite Parties and Governments to contribute to the preparatory process for the in-depth review of the work on incentive measures. The in-depth review will be undertaken by the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties.

Decision X/44 on Incentive measures

Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/74510 (2011-014)
To: CBD NFPs, relevant international organizations and stakeholders

The purpose of this notification is to request your assistance pursuant to decision X/44 on incentive measures as adopted by the Conference of the Parties at its tenth meeting held from 18-29 October 2010 in Nagoya, Japan.

Decision X/44 on Incentive measures

Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/74510 (2012-040)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Decision XI/30: Incentive measures; Decision XI/4: Review of implementation of the strategy for resource mobilization, including the establishment of targets

Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/81348 (2013-022)
To: CBD NFPs and relevant international organizations

Digitizing the Natural History Museum London's entire collection could contribute over £2 billion to the global economy

The societal benefits of digitizing natural history collections extends to global advancements in food security, biodiversity conservation, medicine discovery, minerals exploration, and beyond. Brand new, rigorous economic report predicts investing in digitizing natural history museum collection ...

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Giving Policymakers a View on the Road Ahead, Driving 100 km/hr

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Ecosystem approach; sustainable use; and incentive measures Reports of the regional workshops on the sustainable use of biological diversity <br>(UNEP/COP/6/INF/24)

Draft Ministerial Statement Highlights Environmentally Sustainable Trade

A large group of members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) issued a draft ministerial statement on trade and sustainability on 15 December. The text is the result of the Trade and Environmental Sustainability Structured Discussions (TESSD), where 53 WTO members said they planned “to collabor ...

ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION OF BRAZILIAN PROTECTED AREAS

To understand that protected areas are necessarily to be "untouched" is overpast. Most of the soil uses and natural resources exploitation allowed in brazilian conservation units - a type of protected area - suppose and enable those activities that contribute to the income and employment generat ...

Economic growth is incompatible with biodiversity conservation

The increase in resource consumption and polluting emissions as a result of economic growth is not compatible with biodiversity conservation. However, most international policies on biodiversity and sustainability advocate economic growth.

Economic values for biodiversity & ecosystem services in real-life decision making

The economic evaluations of biodiversity and ecosystem services provide new powerful and useful points to argue in favour of biodiversity conservation. The event will look at different case studies to illustrate this power of figures and economic values during decision processes concerning biodi ...

Ecosystem restoration on cotton fields – bringing environmental and economic interests together

The side event presents the successful project “Cotton Connect”, an initiative engaged in ecosystem restoration without GMO and pesticides offering organic cotton and supporting the Better Cotton Initiative, in cooperation with the world´s leading organic cotton clothing retailer C&A and its Ger ...

Ecosystems, Economy and Employment: A labour approach to biodiversity

The event will present the findings of the report published by Sustainlabour in collaboration with Fundación Biodiversidad on the links between ecosystems and biodiversity, economy and employment. Loss of biodiversity is causing the decline of ecosystem services, whose impact is not only social ...

Eight GEF Council Meeting

8 - 10 October 1996, Washington D.C., United States of America

Eighteen Global Biodiversity Forum: Biodiversity, Trade and Sustainable Development

Statement by Mr. Markus Lehmann on behalf of Dr. Hamdallah Zedan, Executive Secretary<br>Cancun Mexico, 5 - September 2003