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DATE CHANGE AND REMINDER for the Regional Workshop for Group of Latin American Countries of the CBD Programme of Invasive Alien Species and Taxonomy

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/JSH/CRm/77335 (2011-172)
To: CBD and GTI focal points for Latin America

Please refer to my earlier notification of 23 August 2011, Ref.: SCBD/STTM/JM/JSH/CRm/77335, regarding the regional training workshop for Parties from Latin America, with special focus on invasive alien species and taxonomy which was to have taken place from 3-4 November 2011 in Montreal, Canada ...

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 ...

Discovery of a metallic-blue tarantula bolsters case for trade protection

Researchers in Sri Lanka have described an eye-catching new species of tarantula, in a discovery they hope will underscore ongoing efforts to better regulate the global trade of rare and exotic spiders.

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Harmonization of Species Nomenclature and Taxonomy with Other Multilateral Environmental Agreements - Issues from the Perspective of the Ramsar Convention

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Mechanism for Management of the Global Taxonomy Initiative

Recommendation XV/3

Draft Capacity-building Strategy for the Global Taxonomy Initiative

EXTENSION OF DEADLINE: Nominations for the Global Taxonomy Initiative Training Course on Rapid Identification of Invasive Alien Species for Achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 9

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/JSH/CE/84194 (2015-006)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, GTI National Focal Points

EXTENSION OF DEADLINE: Nominations for the Global Taxonomy Initiative Training Course on Rapid Identification of Invasive Alien Species for Achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 9

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/JSH/CE/85444 (2016-034)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, GTI National Focal Points

East and Southeast Asia Biodiversity Information Initiative (ESABII)

Introduction of the goal and progress of ESABII, activities for the development of biodiversity information and taxonomic capacity building in accordance with 2010-2011 ESABII Work Plan.

Eighth meeting of the Coordination Mechanism for the Global Taxonomy Initiative, 31 May 2008, Bonn, Germany

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JS/lj/63260 (2008-050)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, GTI Focal Points

The purpose of this notification is to inform CBD National Focal points, as well as SBSTTA and GTI Focal Points, about the eighth meeting of the Coordination Mechanism for the Global Taxonomy Initiative to be held on 31 May 2008 in Bonn, Germany, at the margins of the ninth meeting of the Confer ...

Endangered, new to science orchid discovered in Ecuador with the help of a commercial nursery

An astounding new species of orchid has been discovered in the cloud rainforest of Northern Ecuador. Scientifically named Maxillaria anacatalina-portillae, the plant -- unique with its showy, intense yellow flowers -- was described by Polish orchidologists in collaboration with an Ecuadorian com ...

Entomologist names recently discovered beetles after ‘Game of Thrones’ dragons

Brett Ratcliffe has discovered and named more than 200 species of scarab beetles, but with his last three discoveries, he surprised everyone by naming them after “Game of Thrones” dragons.

European Global Taxonomy Initiative (GTI) Workshop

20 - 24 June 2004, Isle of Vilm, Germany

FAO Council (172nd Session)

24 - 28 April 2023, Rome, Italy

FAO Ministerial Meeting on Fisheries

12 March 2005, Rome, Italy

Field Sleuths: The Amateur Naturalists Who Are Discovering New Species

When mushroom hunter Terri Clements found a unique specimen near her home in Arizona, she couldn’t be certain by its appearance that she’d stumbled across a new species. She tracked down a commercial lab that would process DNA from samples she collected and studied the resulting sequences.

Flycatchers and fantails: new songbirds discovered on tiny islands

Ten new songbird species and subspecies have been identified on a trio of previously under-explored Indonesian islands in the largest discovery of its kind in more than a century, according to a new study.

Fossil of ancient four-legged whale found in Peru

The fossil of a 43-million-year-old whale with four legs, webbed feet and hooves has been discovered in Peru. Palaeontologists believe the marine mammal's four-metre-long (13 ft) body was adapted to swim and walk on land.

Fossilized wing gives clues about Labrador’s biodiversity during Cretaceous

A fossilised insect wing discovered in an abandoned mine in Labrador has led palaeontologists from McGill University and the University of Gdańsk to identify a new hairy cicada species that lived around 100 million years ago.

Fourteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS COP14)

12 - 17 February 2024, Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Fourth meeting of the Global Taxonomy Initiative (GTI) Coordination Mechanism

1 May 2004, Oaxaca, Mexico

Recommendation IV/2

Further advancement of a Global Taxonomy Initiative

GBIF Capacity Enhancement Support Programme – 2016 Call for Proposals

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/RH/JSH/CE/85447 (2016-023)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, GTI National Focal Points

GTI Subregional Capacity-building Workshop to Address Invasive Alien Species and to Achieve Aichi Biodiversity Targets in East and South East Asia

30 July - 1 August 2012, Bangkok, Thailand

GTI Symposium: "Taking Stock of the Renaissance in Taxonomy: Post 2010 Capacity-building in Taxonomy for the Convention on Biological Diversity"

15 - 16 May 2010, UNEP, Nairobi, Kenya

Ghostly monkey and crocodile newts among new Mekong area species

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) conservation group has published a list of 224 newly discovered species from the greater Mekong region.

Giant tortoise believed extinct for 100 years found in Galápagos

Adult female discovered 113 years after only other living Chelonoidis phantasticus was found

Recommendation IX/3

Global Taxonomy Initiative

Global Taxonomy Initiative (GTI) Symposium: "Taking Stock of the Renaissance in Taxonomy: Post 2010 Capacity Building in taxonomy for the Convention on Biological Diversity" United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya, 15-16 May 2010 - CHANGE IN VENUE

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/JSH/71019R (2010-093)
To: CBD and SBSTTA Focal Points, GTI National Focal Points and relevant organizations, Cc: GTI Coordination Mechanism Members

The symposium will now take place at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Nairobi, Kenya on 15-16 May 2010 and will start at 9:00 a.m.The address of the venue is as follows: <br> United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) <br> United Nations Avenue, Gigiri <br> Nairobi, Kenya <br> Te ...

Global Taxonomy Initiative (GTI) Symposium: "Taking Stock of the Renaissance in Taxonomy: Post 2010 Capacity Building in taxonomy for the Convention on Biological Diversity" at the World Agroforestry Centre, Nairobi, Kenya, 15-16 May 2010

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/JSH/71019 (2010-048)
To: CBD and SBSTTA Focal Points, GTI National Focal Points and relevant organizations, cc: GTI Coordination Mechanism Members

I am pleased to inform Parties, governments, international organisations, donors, indigenous communities, and scientific the community that the CBD Secretariat will host a Global Taxonomy Initiative Symposium: “Taking Stock of the Renaissance in Taxonomy: Post 2010 Capacity Building for the Conv ...

Global Taxonomy Initiative Capacity-building Workshop towards Achieving Aichi Biodiversity Targets 9 and 19 in Western and Central Africa, Dakar, Senegal, 4 to 7 March 2013

Reference: SCBD/STTM/DC/JSH/VA/81092 (2012-154)
To: CBD National Focal Points for Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sao Tome and Principe, Togo

Global Taxonomy Initiative Capacity-building Workshop towards Achieving the Aichi Biodiversity Targets 9 and 19 for Western and Central Africa

4 - 7 March 2013, Dakar, Senegal

Global Taxonomy Initiative Coordination Mechanism

23 November 2000, Montreal, Canada

Global Taxonomy Initiative Forum

16 November 2018, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt

Global Taxonomy Initiative Forum 2020

2 - 4 December 2020, Online

Global Taxonomy Initiative Post Graduate Course: Botanical Nomenclature

16 - 24 May 2005, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Global Taxonomy Initiative Post Graduate Course: Toxic Cyanobacteria

4 - 8 July 2005, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Global Taxonomy Initiative Post-Graduate Course: Geometric Morphometry: Theory, methods and applications to evolution and systematics

9 - 13 May 2005, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Global Taxonomy Initiative Regional Meeting in Africa

27 February - 1 March 2001, Cape Town, South Africa

Recommendation X/12

Global Taxonomy Initiative: development of the process and the guidelines for the in-depth review of the programme of work and outline of the Global Taxonomy Initiative guide

Recommendation XIV/14

Global Taxonomy Initiative: results and lessons learned from regional taxonomic needs assessments and identification of priorities

Hands-on Training Course on Rapid Identification of Invasive Alien Species for Achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 9, Guelph, Canada, for four-week sessions during the period from July to October 2016

Reference: SCBD/SPS/CG/JSH/VA/85444 (2016-079)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, GTI National Focal Points

Hidden biodiversity in microarthropods (Acari, Oribatida, Eremaeoidea, Caleremaeus)

A challenge for taxonomists all over the world and across all taxonomic groups is recognizing and delimiting species, and cryptic species are even more challenging. However, an accurate identification is fundamental for all biological studies from ecology to conversation biology.

Himalayan Wolf Needs Recognition as Distinct Species, Study Finds

The Himalayan wolf is a distinct species of wolf, which shows unique genetic adaptation to the difficult conditions in the Asian high altitude ecosystems, a study found, reiterating that it needs to be identified as a species of special conservation concern. "Conservation action for the Himalaya ...

Implementing the CBD GTI Programme of Work: invitation to a Follow-up Workshop to 3GTW

12 - 14 February 2003, Paris, France

In 2020, scientists documented hundreds of new species. Here are a few.

t’s the year 2020, and scientists are still discovering new species of life on Earth. No one knows exactly how many types of life are yet undescribed in the scientific literature; estimates range from around 86 percent to as high as 99.99 percent. And even though we’re living through an age of g ...

In untangling a taxonomic web, Sri Lankan researchers describe seven new jumping spiders

With two large eyes on a flat rectangular face, and six more eyes around the head, jumping spiders from the Salticidae family can look a bit alien, even by arachnid standards.

Recommendation XI/2

In-depth review of the implementation of the programme of work for the Global Taxonomy Initiative

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 ...