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Reference: SCBD/STTM/ITS/RH/SM/61729 (2008-003)
To: All CBD and SBSTTA National Focal Points
The Secretariat, in cooperation with the United Nations Environment Programme and the European Commission, is pleased to announce the organization of a training workshop for the participants of the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas (WGPA-2) and/or the thirt ...
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Reference: SCBD/BS/PL/61720 (2008-005)
To: National Focal Points for the Biosafety Clearing-House
I am pleased to announce that the Secretariat, in close collaboration with the UNEP-GEF BCH Project, has developed and publicly released two new IT features, Hermes and the BCH Ajax Plug-In. These features serve to make all data submitted to the BCH Central Portal immediately available in BCH n ...
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Reference: SCBD/OMG/NB/61822 (2008-004)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Business and biodiversity contacts
I am pleased to inform you that a new issue of the Secretariat’s newsletter on business and biodiversity, Business.2010, has been posted on the CBD website. This issue focuses on Access and Benefit-sharing and is released on the occasion of the sixth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on Ac ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/CV/61368 (2008-006)
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I am pleased to send you, enclosed, the programmes for both training workshops, to be held respectively on Sunday, 10 February and Sunday, 17 February 2008 at the FAO Headquarters, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, Rome, Italy.
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Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/UN/jh/61891 (2008-007)
To: National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB National Focal Points have not yet been designated)
Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points
I am pleased to inform you that the third issue of the newsletter on Biosafety entitled Biosafety Protocol News has been posted on the CBD website at the following address: <a href='http://www.cbd.int/doc/newsletters/bpn/bpn-02-03-en.pdf'>http://www.cbd.int/doc/newsletters/bpn/bpn-02-03-en.pdf</a>.
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Reference: SCBD/BS/MPDM/ABw/61934 (2008-008)
To: Asian Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, Relevant organizations
I am pleased to inform you that the sub-regional workshop for Asia will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 27 to 29 February 2008. This workshop will bring together scientists, regulators and decision-makers who are involved in risk assessment and risk management of living modified organisms.
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Reference: SCBD/BS/WDY/ABw/58011 (2008-009)
To: National focal points of Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, -Other Governments, and relevant international organizations
The Secretariat issues this further notification in accordance with the guidance of the COP-MOP Bureau to kindly remind Parties, other Governments, relevant intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations and other stakeholders, who have not yet done so, to kindly submit, preferably before ...
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Reference: SCBD/SEL/VN/GD/62064 (2008-010)
To: CBD National Focal Points that have not yet nominated an ABS NFP (see attached list)
At its fifth meeting, the Conference of the Parties requested “Parties to designate a national focal point and one or more competent national authorities, as appropriate, to be responsible for access and benefit-sharing arrangements or to provide information on such arrangements within its juris ...
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Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/moc/61796 (2008-011)
To: CBD National Focal Points - African Regional Group
I have the honour to inform you that, thanks to the generous financial support of the Government of Spain, the African Regional Preparatory Meeting for the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity will take place on 17 18 May 2008 at Maritim Hotel ...
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Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/moc/61797 (2008-012)
To: CBD National Focal Points – Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Group
I have the honour to inform you that, thanks to the generous financial support of the Government of Spain, the Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Preparatory Meeting for the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity will take place on 17 18 Ma ...
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Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/moc/61798 (2008-013)
To: CBD National Focal Points – Asia and the Pacific Regional Group
I have the honour to inform you that, thanks to the generous financial support of the Government of Spain, the Asia and the Pacific Regional Preparatory Meeting for the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity will take place on 17 18 May 2008 at M ...
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Reference: SCBD/RMCS/MR-H/62044 (2008-014)
To: CBD National Focal Points
I am pleased to inform you that the Minutes of the Informal Consultative Meeting on the Suggested Draft Budget for the Convention on Biological Diversity for the Biennium 2009-2010, held in Geneva on 26 January 2008, are available at the Secretariat website at: <a href='http://www.cbd.int/doc/me ...
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Reference: SCBD/ITS/DC/CI/62065 (2008-015)
To: CBD National Focal Points
The Secretariat is pleased to announce that a poster session will be held during the Ninth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity on the theme of implementation of national biodiversity strategies and action plans (NBSAPs) and their contribution to the ...
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Reference: SCBD/ITS/MC/62110 (2008-016)
To: CBD National Focal Points (South America)
I am pleased to inform you that a regional workshop for countries of South America on “Capacity-building for National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans and Mainstreaming of Biodiversity” will be held in Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil, from 31 March to 4 April 2008, organized by the Secretariat ...
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Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/62119 (2008-017)
To: CBD National Focal Points and relevant organizations
I am pleased to inform you that the third meeting of the informal consultation on the development of a strategy for resource mobilization in support of the achievement of the Convention’s objectives will be held on Saturday, 16 February 2008, from 09:00 am to10:30 am, at the headquarters of the ...
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Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/OJ/lb/62171 (2008-018)
To: CBD/CPB National Focal Points
I am pleased to inform you that the Quarterly Report of the Convention covering the period from 1 October to 31 December 2007 has been prepared in accordance with Decision IV/17 of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity. The report contains a summary of key activ ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/JG/62215 (2008-019)
To: National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and organizations
I am pleased to inform you that a note by the Chair of SBSTTA entitled Improving the scientific, technical and technological debate during the thirteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/13/1/Add.2), has now been posted on the CBD ...
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Reference: SCBD/OMG/DANP/62251 (2008-020)
To: CBD National Focal Points and International Organizations
I have the honour to inform you that a fair on experiences and best practices in Communication, Education and Public Awareness (CEPA) will be held at the margins of the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP-9) to be held in Bonn, Germany, f ...
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Reference: SCBD/OMG/NP/LM/62326 (2008-021)
To: All CBD Focal Points and partner organizations
As you will recall the theme for the International Day for Biological Diversity (IBD) in 2008 is ‘Biodiversity and Agriculture’. The Secretariat is pleased to announce the launching of the webpage for IBD, which includes an introduction to the theme and electronic versions of this year’s poster ...
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Reference: SCBD/OMG/NB/62377 (2008-022)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Business and biodiversity contacts
I am pleased to inform you that a new issue of the Secretariat’s newsletter on business and biodiversity, Business.2010, has been posted on the CBD website. This issue focuses on Agribusiness and is released on the occasion of the thirteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technica ...
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Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/UN/jh/62396 (2008-023)
To: All National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
I have the honour to inform you that a fair on experiences with implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety will be held at the margins of the fourth Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol from 12 to16 May 2008 in Bonn, Germany.
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Reference: SCBD/BS/MPDM/ABw/61934 (2008-024)
To: Asian Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, Relevant organizations
Please refer to my notification of 28 January 2008, Ref.: SCBD/BS/MPDM/ABw/61934 , regarding the Asia Sub-Regional Workshop on Capacity-Building and Exchange of Experiences on Risk Assessment and Risk Management of Living Modified Organisms, which was scheduled to take place from 27 to 29 Februa ...
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Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/lb/62508 (2008-025)
To: All CBD National Focal Points, all National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
I have the honour to refer to Notifications 2007 124 and 2007-125 dated 23 October 2007 conveying the invitation to participate in the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the ninth meeting of the Confere ...
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Reference: SCBD/ITS/MC/62534 (2008-026)
To: CBD National Focal Points (Central America)
I am pleased to inform you that a regional workshop for countries of Central America on “Capacity-building for National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans and Mainstreaming of Biodiversity” will be held in Mexico City, Mexico, from 26 to 27 March 2008, organized by the Secretariat of the C ...
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Reference: SCBD/OMG/AD/MK/62608 (2008-027)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Press and Media Contacts
In the context of the implementation of the Global Initiative on Communication, Education and Public Awareness and article 13 of the Convention, a biodiversity training workshop for journalists attending the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties will be held on 25-26 May 2008 in Bonn, G ...
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Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/ac/62607 (2008-028)
To: CBD National Focal Points and Indigenous and Local Communities
Thanks to the generous financial support from the Government of Finland, an international expert meeting for the Arctic region on “responses to climate change for indigenous and local communities, and the impact on their traditional knowledge related to biological diversity”, will be held in Hel ...
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Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ab/62632 (2008-029)
To: CBD and SBSTTA National Focal Points
In the context of its ongoing efforts to enhance communication with Parties and partners, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has initiated a Monthly Bulletin of Activities (MBA) of the Convention.
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Reference: SCBD/BS/MPDM/ABw/61934 (2008-030)
To: Asian Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points and Relevant organizations
Please refer to my earlier notifications of 28 January and 19 February 2008, Ref.: SCBD/BS/MPDM/ABw/61934 , regarding the Asia Sub-Regional Workshop on Capacity-Building and Exchange of Experiences on Risk Assessment and Risk Management of Living Modified Organisms, which was to have taken place ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/CV/62913 (2008-031)
To: All CBD, CHM and SBSTTA National Focal Points
The Secretariat, in cooperation with the Consortium of the Scientific Partners on Biodiversity and the Botanical Gardens of the University of Bonn, is pleased to announce the organization of four training workshops for the participants in the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-9 ...
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Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ab/62947 (2008-032)
To: CBD National Focal Points, National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
The Secretariat would like to remind delegates attending the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 4) and the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity ( ...
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Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ab/62943 (2008-033)
To: CBD National Focal Points
The Secretariat would like to inform Parties that, on the occasion of the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 9), the Environment Committee of the German Parliament will hold its regular session on 27 May 2008 in Bonn, instead of Berlin. ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/SBG/VA/62944 (2008-034)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, GSPC Focal Points
The purpose of this notification is to request CBD National Focal points, SBSTTA and GSPC Focal Points, as well as other relevant stakeholders, to submit comments on the draft Plant Conservation Report.
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/JW/lj/62957 (2008-035)
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At the seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Parties noted, through decision VII/15 there are opportunities to implement climate change mitigation and adaptation activities in ways that are mutually beneficial and synergistic, and ...
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Reference: SCBD/OMG/DAINS/62251 (2008-036)
To: CBD National Focal Points
I have the honour to inform you that the Secretariat will extend the deadline for applications to participate in the fair on experiences and best practices in Communication, Education and Public Awareness (CEPA), to be held at the margins of the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to ...
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Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/UN/jh/62396 (2008-038)
To: All National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
I have the honour to inform you that the Secretariat has extended the deadline receiving expressions of interest to participate in the fair to 14 April 2008.
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Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ab/63048 (2008-037)
To: CBD National Focal Points, National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, SBSTTA Focal Points
The Secretariat is pleased to announce that the March issue of the Monthly Bulletin of Activities (MBA) of the Convention on Biological Diversity is now available on the Secretariat website at: http://www.cbd.int/doc/mba/2008/mba-2008-03-en.pdf.
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Reference: SCBD/OMG/DAINS/63046 (2008-039)
To: CBD National Focal Points
As the world prepares to celebrate the International Day for Biological Diversity (IBD), I have the pleasure to inform you that all documentation related to this year’s celebrations of IBD, under the theme Biodiversity and Agriculture, is now available on the Secretariat’s website at: http://www ...
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Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/AR/62973 (2008-042)
To: All CPB Focal Points
I am pleased to inform Parties and participants to the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol, which will be held in Bonn, Germany from 12 - 16 May 2008, that in accordance with the six-week rule on the distribution of docu ...
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Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/AR/62972 (2008-043)
To: All CBD National Focal Points
I am pleased to inform Parties and participants to the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, which will be held in Bonn, Germany from 19 – 30 May 2008, that in accordance with the six-week rule on the distribution of documents all pre-session d ...
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Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/63013 (2008-040)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Indigenous and Local Communities
As you know, in Section D-I of Decision VIII/5, the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, adopted the criteria for the operation of the Voluntary Funding Mechanism to facilitate the participation of indigenous and local communities in the work of the Convention.
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Reference: SCBD/OMG/NP/CG/63047 (2008-041)
To: All CBD Focal Points
The CBD is pleased to announce the launching of its first educational module for children and teachers on biodiversity and agriculture – the 2008 theme for the International Day for Biological Diversity. The module comprises of an online educational web portal for primary school students and fi ...
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Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/OH/63111 (2008-044)
To: CBD National Focal Points
I am pleased to inform you that the Government of Brazil has submitted to the Secretariat, for circulation to Parties, a draft decision on Cities and Biodiversity for the consideration of the Conference of the Parties at its ninth meeting under item 4.13 of the agenda.
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Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/jh/63071 (2008-045)
To: Biosafety National Focal Points – African Regional Group
I have the honour to inform you that, with to the generous financial support of the Government of Germany and the African Union, the African Regional Preparatory Meeting for the COP/MOP 4 will take place on 10-11 May 2008 at Maritim Hotel in Bonn, Germany. The meeting will be assisted by Mr. Wo ...
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Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/63197 (2008-047)
To: Biosafety National Focal Points
This is to kindly inform you that the report of the fifth meeting of the Open-Ended Ad Hoc Working Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Liability and Redress in the Context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (“the Working Group” hereinafter) is now made available as document UNEP/CBD/BS/W ...
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Reference: SCBD/OMG/DAINS/63143 (2008-048)
To: CBD National Focal Points
The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity is pleased to announce the first sporting event organised in the context of a meeting of the COP. The "Naturathlon 2008 -- The Course of the World" is an excellent opportunity to bring together delegates from all over the world to partic ...
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Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/AR/61327 (2008-049)
To: All CBD National Focal Points
I am pleased to inform you that a revised annotated agenda for the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (UNEP/CBD/COP/9/1/Add.1/Rev.1) is now available on the Secretariat website at http://www.cbd.int/cop9/doc.
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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 ...
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Reference: SCBD/OMG/NB/63313 (2008-051)
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I am pleased to inform you that a new issue of the Secretariat’s newsletter on business and biodiversity, Business.2010 (Vol.3, No. 3), has been posted on the CBD website. This general issue on business and biodiversity is released on the occasion of the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Pa ...
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Reference: SCBD/ITS/MC/63396 (2008-052)
To: CBD National Focal Points, National Report Contact Officers
In accordance with Decision VIII/14, Parties shall submit the fourth national report by 30 March 2009. With less than one year away from the deadline, we encourage all Parties that have not yet done so to initiate the process of preparing the report to ensure its timely submission.
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/CV/62913 (2008-053)
To: All CBD, CHM and SBSTTA National Focal Points
Please refer to my earlier notification 2008-031 (Ref.: SCBD/STTM/JM/CV/62913) , dated 27 March 2008, concerning the training workshops for participants in the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-9) to be held from 19 to 30 May 2008 in Bonn, Germany.
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