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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

Decision XII/3: Resource mobilization

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/ML/GD/84696 (2015-067)
To: CBD National Focal Points and Resource Mobilisation Focal Points

Decision XII/3: Resource mobilization - Completion of financial reporting frameworks by 31 August 2016

Reference: SCBD/MOS/AF/ML/GD/85690 (2016-066)
To: CBD National Focal Points and Resource Mobilization Focal Points

Decisions IX/11 and IX/31 requesting actions/submissions from Parties, governments and relevant organizations

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/64504 (2008-122)
To: CBD National Focal Points and relevant organizations

At its ninth meeting, the Conference of the Parties (COP) concluded a comprehensive review of the implementation of Articles 20 and 21 of the Convention, and adopted decisions IX/11 and IX/31 to guide further implementation of the funding provisions of the Convention. The full text of the two d ...

Decisions IX/11 and IX/31 requesting actions/submissions from Parties, governments and relevant organizations: Extension of deadline

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/64504 (2008-166)
To: CBD National Focal Points and relevant organizations

Following the request by some Parties to extend the deadline, the new date for submission is now set at no later than 31 July 2009.

Decisions XIII/20 and XII/3 on resource mobilization Completion of financial reporting frameworks by 1 September 2018

Reference: SCBD/MCO/AF/ML/GD/87532 (2018-065)
To: CBD National Focal Points and Resource Mobilization Focal Points

Decisions XIII/20 and XII/3 on resource mobilization: Completion of financial reporting frameworks

Reference: SCBD/MCO/AF/ML/GD/86641 (2017-061)
To: CBD National Focal Points and Resource Mobilization Focal Points

Dialogue Workshop on Assessment of Collective Action of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in Biodiversity Conservation and Resource Mobilization

11 - 13 June 2015, Panajachel, Guatemala

Dialogue seminar on scaling up finance for biodiversity

6 - 9 March 2012, Quito, Ecuador

Discussion on IPBES

Discussion on IPBES

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Meeting Report

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Report of the First Meeting of the High-Level Panel (HLP) on Global Assessment of Resources for implementing the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

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Background Note for Informal Consultation - "Strategy for Resource Mobilization in Support of the Achievement of the Convention’s Objectives"

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Review of Implementation of Articles 20 and 21: Draft strategy for resource mobilization in support of the achievement of the Convention’s objectives

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Review of Implementation of Articles 20 and 21: Draft message on biological diversity and finance to the International Conference on Financing for Development

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Review of Implementation of Articles 20 and 21: Elements for the four-year (2010-2014) framework for programme priorities related to utilization of GEF resources for biodiversity, and recommendations to enhance the process of formulating and consolidating guidance to the financial mechanism

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Review of Implementation of Articles 20 and 21: Draft strategy for resource mobilization in support of the achievement of the Convention’s objectives: Submission from the Secretariat of the Global Environment Facility

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Review of Implementation of Articles 20 and 21: Guidance to the financial mechanism: Compilation of the past guidance provided by the Conference of the Parties to the Global Environment Facility

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Information for Participants: Addendum<br>(Site visit to Ciénaga de Zapata)

Donors replenish Global Environmental Facility, but large funding gap for biodiversity remains

US$ 4.43 billion has been pledged by 30 donor countries for the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to support developing countries' efforts over the next four years to prevent degradation of the global environment.

Draft document on Indicators for the Strategy for Resource Mobilization

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/77665 (2011-190)
To: All focal points under the Convention and its Protocol

I am pleased to attach the following draft document responding to decision X/3 paragraph 7 and 8. The document can be accessed at https://www.cbd.int/financial/doc/srm-indicators-guidance-en.pdf

Draft strategy for resource mobilization in support of the achievement of the Convention’s three objectives

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/60445 (2007-129)
To: all CBD National Focal Points

I am very pleased to forward to you the draft strategy on resources mobilization reflecting the preliminary comments and views made during the first informal consultation with Parties and relevant organizations, held on 13 October 2007, at the headquarters of the Secretariat in Montreal, Canada.

Dutch make 7.2 million euros available for nature protection

The Dutch government has made 7.2 million euros available for the protection of nature and the development of agriculture in the Caribbean Netherlands between 2020 and 2030. The money comes on top of 1.6 million euros already allocated to Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba.

EU renews territory funding for climate and biodiversity plans

The European Union has renewed its commitment to Pacific climate and biodiversity programmes in its overseas territories, signing an agreement for $US41 million in funding over four years.

EXTENSION OF DEADLINE – Submission of responses to the Questionnaire regarding Funding Needs for the Implementation of the Convention and its Protocols for the Seventh Replenishment Period (July 2018 - June 2022) of the Trust Fund of the Global Environment Facility

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/YX/LZ/84932 (2015-124)
To: CBD National Focal Points

EXTENSION OF DEADLINE: Fourth Review of the Effectiveness of the Financial Mechanism

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/ES/lz/81635 (2013-045)
To: CBD National Focal Points

EXTENSION OF DEADLINE: Submissions on the Strategy for Resource Mobilization (Decision X/3, A.10 and B.4) and Further Development of Programme Priorities (Decision X/24.5)

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/78200 (2011-218)
To: All Focal Points under the Convention

The Secretariat will very much appreciate receiving your submissions by the new deadline (20 December 2011), which will serve as key inputs to the WGRI-4 documentation under preparation.

Eastern Africa Workshop on Biodiversity and Finance

28 October 2011, Nairobi, Kenya

Eastern Europe Regional Workshop on Biodiversity and Finance in support of the Nagoya Outcomes

25 - 26 March 2011, Kiev, Ukraine

Eastern European Workshop on CBD Implementation and Financial Reporting

22 - 23 June 2015, Georgia

EcoFunds database – Monitoring Conservation Investments in the Andes Amazon Region

The Latin American and Caribbean Network of Environmental Funds - RedLAC - and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation present the Ecofunds Database, a georeferenced portal for monitoring conservation needs and investments in the Andes Amazon region. Ecofunds has tracked more than 600 projects and ...

Eighth Coordination Meeting for Governments and Organizations Implementing and/or Funding Biosafety Capacity-building Activities

12 - 14 March 2012, Prague, Czechia

Eighth Regional Workshop on Biodiversity and Finance in Support of the Nagoya Outcomes

22 - 23 July 2011, Monrovia, Liberia

Electronic Consultation with Parties on a Proposed Consolidated List of Guidance to the Financial Mechanism

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/fb/71883 (2010-116)
To: CBD National Focal Points and Resource Mobilization Focal Points

I am pleased to invite you to participate in the electronic consultation on a proposed consolidated list of guidance to the financial mechanism, which is available at: http://www.cbd.int/financial/draft-decision/, and will run from 10 June to 9 July 2010. The invitation code is: GEF-GUIDANCE.

Enhanced GEF and CBD efforts to explore funding options for achieving the Aichi Biodiversity Targets in West Africa

Montreal, 28 July 2011 – The Convention Secretariat, in collaboration with the Global Environment Facility (GEF) country support programme and with the financial support of European Commission, organized a West Africa regional workshop on biodiversity and finance in support of the Nagoya biodive ...

Enhanced GEF-CBD Collaboration in Support of the Nagoya Outcomes in Asia

Montreal, 12 April 2011 – Discussions about partnerships, funding, and national experiences took centre stage at the Asia Regional Workshop on Biodiversity and Finance in Support of the Nagoya Outcomes, held in Da Lat, Viet Nam, on 8 April 2011. The Workshop was organized in collaboration with t ...

European Union commits €300 million for clean, healthy and safe oceans

The European Union makes 23 new commitments at the 5th edition of Our Ocean conference, in Bali, Indonesia for better governance of the oceans. The European Commission has announced €300 million of EU-funded initiatives, which include projects to tackle plastic pollution, make blue economy more ...

Executive Secretary Hails Record Replenishment of the Global Environment Facility Trust Fund

Montreal, 21 May 2010. The new record level of replenishment for the Global Environment Facility in a time of economic and financial uncertainty represents a renewed confidence on the part of the international community in the capacity of the GEF to act as the financial mechanism for responsib ...

Expedited Access to GEF Funding for Revising National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan and Submission of Fifth National Report

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/75599 (2011-075)
To: National Focal Points of the Convention, SBSTTA, ABS, Protected Areas, Clearing-House Mechanism

I am very pleased to bring to your attention the communication addressed to the GEF Operational Focal Points from Mrs. Monique Barbut, Chief Executive Officer and Chairperson of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), with respect to the expanded and expedited access to GEF funding for enabling a ...

Expedited GEF Support for the Second National Report on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/75600 (2011-076)
To: National Focal Points of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

I am pleased to forward you the communication from Mrs. Monique Barbut, Chief Executive Officer and Chairperson of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), with respect to the access to GEF funding for preparing the second national reports on the implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafe ...

Expert Group Meeting on the Full Assessment of Funding Necessary and Available for the Implementation of the Convention for the period July 2018 to June 2022

17 - 18 February 2016, New Delhi, India

Extension of Deadline - Decision 14/23, Financial Mechanism: Assessment of Funding Needs for the Implementation of the Convention and its Protocols for the Eighth Replenishment Period (July 2022 to June 2026) of the Trust Fund of the Global Environment Facility

Reference: SCBD/IMS/JMF/NP/YX/88707 (2021-065)
To: National Focal Points of CBD, Cartagena Protocol and ABS

Extension of deadline: Nomination of experts for the Technical Expert Group on Financial Reporting

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/ML/GD/90824 (2023-035)
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

Extension of deadline: Nominations for the meeting of the Advisory Committee on Resource Mobilization

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/ML/GD/90825 (2023-036)
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

Finance and Biodiversity Working Meeting

28 April 2006, New York, United States of America

Finance for biodiversity could be scaled up from around USD 52 billion in 2010 to as high as USD 160 billion by 2020, if the public and private sectors work together to implement a range of financing approaches, according to the new Little Biodiversity Finance Book, published today by the Global Canopy Programme (GCP).

Recommendation 5/1

Financial mechanism

Financing the Stewardship of Global Biodiversity: GEF Support to Achieving the Aichi Targets

GEF Secretariat will provide an overview of: 1) the GEF-5 biodiversity strategy; 2) programming of resources during the first two years of GEF-5; and 3) how this support is contributing to the achievement of the Aichi Targets.

First Expert Team Meeting on the GEF-6 Replenishment

25 - 26 July 2011, Montreal, Canada

First Regional Response to the Nagoya Outcomes Will Be Elaborated in the Arab Region

Cairo/Manama/Montreal, 8 November 2010 – Just a month after the Nagoya biodiversity summit, government officials of Arab countries will gather in Cairo on 29-30 November 2010 to elaborate national and regional responses to the Nagoya outcomes.