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Press Release
#83558
2011-11-08

CBD Secretariat and IUCN sign supplementary agreement for the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 regarding invasive species

Montreal, 8 November 2011 –At the margins of the fifteenth meeting of Subsidiary Body on Scientific Technical and Technological Advice, the Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Global Director, Biodiversity Conservation Group, of the Inte ...

Notification
#2195
2014-05-02
Action by
2014-05-15

CMS Announces Funding Opportunity from US: USFWS Grant

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/CB/CE/83491 (2014-065)
To: All CBD National Focal Points and Partner Organizations

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Notification
#1969
2012-09-18
Action by
2012-10-12

Call for Nominations for the Subregional Capacity-building Workshop to Address Invasive Alien Species and to Achieve Aichi Biodiversity Target 9 in the Arab region

Reference: SCBD/STTM/DC/JSH/aw/80831 (2012-127)
To: CBD National Focal Points for Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Somalia, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

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Notification
#1914
2012-05-15
Action by
2012-06-10

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

Reference: SCBD/STTM/DC/JSh/aw/79830 (2012-072)
To: GTI National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal points East and South East Asian countries: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Viet Nam, China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Japan, Mongolia, Republic of Korea

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Notification
#2617
2017-05-19
Action by
2017-07-31

Call for the nomination of participants in the capacity-building workshop for the small island developing States of the Caribbean region towards achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 9, 18 - 22 September 2017, Kingston, Jamaica

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/JSH/VA/86004 (2017-042)
To: CBD National Focal Points of Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago

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News Headlines
#132378
2022-01-07

Call for tougher measures to stop invasive species posing threat to Antarctica ecosystem

That is the conclusion of a study tracking research, fishing and tourist vessels that routinely visit the protected, otherwise isolated region.

News Headlines
#123285
2019-12-05

Can We Identify Invasive Species before They Invade?

Scientists uncover patterns that predict which insects will harm North America’s conifers

Notification
#2162
2014-03-06
Action by
2014-04-30

Capacity-building workshop for Small Island Developing States to achieve Aichi Biodiversity Target 9 on Invasive Alien Species, 14-15 June 2014- Montreal, Canada

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/JSH/CE/83223 (2014-033)
To: CBD and SBSTTA Focal Points, relevant organizations and potential donors

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Notification
#2374
2015-09-09
Action by
2015-09-30

Capacity-building workshop for the Small Island Developing States of the Pacific and Indian Ocean to support implementation of Invasive Alien Species (IAS), 7-11 December 2015 - Nadi, Fiji

Reference: SCBD/MPO/AF/OH/JSH/CE/84551 (2015-102)
To: CBD National Focal Points of Comoros, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Seychelles, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu

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Notification
#2502
2016-06-08
Action by
2016-06-30

Capacity-building workshop for the small island developing States of the Pacific and the Africa, Indian, Mediterranean and South China Sea regions to support implementation to achieve Aichi, Biodiversity Target 9 on Invasive Alien Species 8-12 August 2016, Apia, Samoa

Reference: SCBD/SPS/CG/JSH/CE/85750 (2016-076)
To: CBD National Focal Points of Cabo Verde, Comoros, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe, Samoa, Seychelles, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu

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News Headlines
#133614
2022-03-01

Cape Town currently facing an invasion of alien wasp species – here’s why

Over the past few months, with the warmer summer temperatures, the City of Cape Town has been battling with an invasion of yellow and black insects, commonly known as the German wasp (Vespula germanica) and European Paper wasp (Polistes dominula).

News Headlines
#130928
2021-10-19

Cape Town fights alien trees threatening its water supply, biodiversity

In South Africa’s Franschhoek mountains a helicopter drops off abseilers to cut down invasive pine trees that are choking off water supplies to millions of Cape Town residents already facing climate change-induced shortages.

Press Release
#59720
2009-05-22

Celebrating the International Day for Biological Diversity

Montreal, 22 May 2009 – Invasive alien species (IAS) - one of the greatest threats to biodiversity, and to the ecological and economic well-being of society and the planet – is this year’s theme for the International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB). This year, the event is being marked by a r ...

Side Event
#2825
COP 11
2012-10-09

Coastal and Marine Issues

Foundation for Ecological Security (FES) in collaboration with Dakshin Foundation propose to present findings and lessons from position papers authored by experts on themes like coastal developments, coastal governance, mariculture, ecological concerns with invasive alien species, marine and coa ...

News Headlines
#126391
2020-12-21

Crab-22: how Norway's fisheries got rich – but on an invasive species

The Norwegian fishing village of Bugøynes, 310 miles north of the Arctic Circle and a frigid, dark place for much of the year, was on the edge of ruin.

Notification
#1774
2011-09-12
Action by
2011-10-14

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 ...

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News Headlines
#121874
2019-08-13

DNA tests of UK waters could help catch invasive species early

A team of scientists from the University of Southampton, Bangor University and the National Oceanography Centre have discovered several artificially introduced species in the coastal waters of southern England, using a technique that could help the early detection of non-native species if adopte ...

News Headlines
#127842
2021-04-01

Damage from invasive species 'trebling every decade'

Mosquitoes, rats and termites among species that have hitched ride on trade routes, causing at least $1.3tn of damage. The costs of damage caused by invasions of alien species across the world is trebling every decade, research has found.

News Headlines
#119692
2019-01-31

Dangerous waterweed spreading in Southern Africa

A dangerous waterweed is spreading across water bodies in Southern Africa and could soon strangle life-supporting services such as fishing if it is not controlled, a scientist says.

Notification
#2568
2016-11-24
Action by
2017-01-31

Data on Invasive Alien Species available on the Clearing-House Mechanism of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/SPS/CG/JSH/86109 (2016-142)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, and relevant organizations

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Side Event
#1884
COP 10
2010-10-19

Deadly Drivers of Change: Invasive Species and Climate Change Coming to an Ecosystem Near You

Separately, climate change and invasive species are two of the greatest threats to biodiversity and the ecosystem services upon which humanity relies. Combined their impacts will be compounded, potentially resulting in negative feedback loops with increasingly dire consequences. Fortunately, we ...

News Headlines
#121721
2019-07-29

Deadly Invaders: the Non-Native Species Threatening British Wildlife

A perfect storm of international trade, human carelessness and climate change are bringing new species to the UK that can out-compete native flora and fauna

Recommendation
SBSTTA 4
#7014

Recommendation IV/4

Development of guiding principles for the prevention of impacts of alien species and identifying priority areas of work on isolated ecosystems and giving recommendations for further development of the Global Invasive Species Programme

Meeting Document
#77567
2013-07-17

Document

Presentation: Informatics & Interoperability (Samy Gaiji, GBIF)

Meeting Document
#77568
2013-07-17

Document

Presentation: The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC)

Meeting Document
#77569
2013-07-17

Document

Presentation: AHTEG Issues in Developing Countries (Geoffrey Howard, IUCN)

Meeting Document
#77570
2013-07-17

Document

Presentation: Risk Analysis (Stanley Burgiel, USA)

Meeting Document
#77571
2013-07-17

Document

Presentation: Pathways of Introduction (Piero Genovesi, IUCN-SSC-ISSG)

Meeting Document
#1182
2002-10-30

Document

Participants on the liaison group meeting on alien invasive species

Meeting Document
#8636
2013-07-17

Document

Information for participants

Meeting Document
#1884
2002-10-30

Document

Press Release<br>Governments seek strategies for battling invasive alien species

Meeting Document
#42829
2013-07-17

Document

Code of Conduct on Horticulture and Invasive Alien Plants

Meeting Document
#42830
2013-07-17

Document

Bern Convention Action on Invasive Alien Species in Europe

Meeting Document
#42831
2013-07-17

Document

L’action de la Convention de Berne sur les espèces non indigènes invasives en Europe

Meeting Document
#94460
2013-07-02

Document

Report of the Subregional Capacity-Building Workshop to Address Invasive Alien Species and to Achieve Aichi Biodiversity Target 9 in the Arab Region

Meeting Document
#12435
2013-07-17

Document

Information for Participants

Notification
#2192
2014-04-25
Action by
2014-05-09

EXTENSION DEADLINE: Capacity-building workshop for Small Island Developing States to achieve Aichi Biodiversity Target 9 on Invasive Alien Species, 14-15 June 2014- Montreal, Canada

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/JSH/CE/83223 (2014-062)
To: CBD and SBSTTA Focal Points, relevant organizations and potential donors

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CBD
Meeting
#5754
News Headlines
#121926
2019-08-16

Enormous alien fish spotted in Kerala’s rivers after the 2018 floods

Kerala researchers have found that alien fish species, arapaima and alligator gar, were caught from four rivers after the floods of 2018.

News Headlines
#121979
2019-08-21

Environmental DNA proves the expansion of invasive crayfish habitats

Environmental DNA (eDNA) has successfully proven the presence of invasive crayfish in almost all the small streams around Lake Akan in Japan, suggesting that eDNA analysis is an efficient and highly sensitive method to assess the distribution of aquatic organisms.

News Headlines
#128072
2021-04-20

Exotic animal trade carries risks of disease outbreak and introduction of invasive species

On March 16 this year, around ten days before Assam went to polls, routine checks were on at the checkpoint in Ghiladhari in Golaghat district of the eastern state. When the police stopped a private vehicle, they didn’t expect what they saw – macaws, silvery marmosets and golden-headed tamarin, ...

News Headlines
#121318
2019-06-14

Exotic pet trade responsible for hundreds of invasive species around the globe

Last April, a male Burmese python led researchers at the Big Cypress National Preserve in the Florida Everglades straight to a 17-foot female that was carrying 73 developing eggs.

News Headlines
#123415
2019-12-12

Experiment suggests the best ways to tackle invasive Oregon grape in Belgian coastal dunes

The Belgian coastal dunes, a protected habitat of high conservation value, are getting severely impacted by one of its worst enemies amongst invasive species: the Oregon grape. To help mitigate the detrimental effect of this North American shrub invader, Belgian scientists carried out an experim ...

Meeting
#3064

Expert Meeting on Animal Welfare (FAO)

29 September - 3 October 2008, Rome, Italy

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