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Yokohama/Montreal, 25 January 2012 –The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) and the Government of Japan today signed a letter of understanding for funding of 278 million Japanese yen (US$ 3.6 million) to implement a large capacity-building project to support five Congo Basin countr ...
Reference: SCBD/STTM/DC/TC/JSt/78516 (2012-009)
To: Relevant organizations
16 - 20 January 2012, Cotonou, Benin
New York, 16 December 2011 - As preparations for Rio+20 continue at the 2nd Inter-sessional Meeting of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) in UN Headquarters and the International Year of Forests draws to a close, members of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF), are call ...
Montreal, 25 October 2011 – A new United Nations report says resolving the crisis in the harvesting of bushmeat is possible if governments combine new management models, including community-based management, game-ranching and hunting tourism, with new mechanisms for monitoring and law enforcement.
New York, 21 September 2011. Rwanda’s National Forest Policy was proclaimed the winner of the 2011 Future Policy Award. The Gambia’s Community Forest Policy and the US Lacey Act with its amendment of 2008 received the Silver Awards. The three winning policies which most effectively contribute to ...
Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/TC/JSt/CP/77247 (2011-150)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Africa, cc: National Focal Points of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); Indigenous and Local Community Organizations; Members of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests; other Relevant Organizations; SBSTTA Focal Points; CHM Focal Points; POWPA Focal Points
I am pleased to share with you the list of sponsored experts for the Africa Regional Consultation and Capacity Building Workshop on REDD-plus, including on relevant biodiversity safeguards, which will be held in Cape Town, South Africa, from 20 to 23 September 2011.
English FrenchNew York / Montreal / Hamburg / Rome, 5 July 2011 – Policies from six countries are now shortlisted for the 2011 Future Policy Award. Bhutan, The Gambia, Nepal, Rwanda, Switzerland and the USA are still in the running for the most inspiring, innovative and influential forest policies worldwide.
Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/TC/JSt/76474 (2011-119)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Africa, cc: National Focal Points of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); Indigenous and Local Community Organizations; Members of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests; other Relevant Organizations; SBSTTA Focal Points; CHM Focal Points; POWPA Focal Points
I am pleased to inform you that a regional consultation and capacity building workshop on biodiversity and indigenous and local community aspects of REDD-plus, including on relevant safeguards, will be held in Cape Town, South Africa, from 20 to 23 September 2011.
English Spanish French14 - 16 June 2011, Oslo, Norway
Nairobi, Montreal, Geneva, 10 June 2011 – A growing and lucrative illegal international commercial trade in the meat and other parts of wild mammals, birds and reptiles (“bushmeat”) is causing widespread loss of biodiversity, imperilling the livelihoods of communities around the world, and desta ...
7 - 10 June 2011, Nairobi, Kenya
Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/TC/JSt/MS/76389 (2011-108)
To: CBD National Focal Points for Latin America - Caribbean Region, cc: National Focal Points of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); Indigenous and Local Community Organizations; Members of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests; other Relevant Organizations; SBSTTA Focal Points; CHM Focal Points; POWPA Focal Points
I am pleased to share with you the list of sponsored experts for the Latin American and Caribbean Regional Consultation and Capacity Building Workshop on REDD-plus, Including on Relevant Biodiversity Safeguards. The selection of experts was conducted in accordance with established procedures and ...
EnglishMontreal, 1 June 2011 – A new report from the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), REDD-plus and Biodiversity (CBD Technical Series No. 59), provides technical and scientific information on the ways to ensure that the design and implementation of REDD-plus policies suppor ...
Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/TC/JSt/76317 (2011-106)
To: CBD National Focal Points, cc: Indigenous and Local Community Organizations; Members of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests; other Relevant Organizations; SBSTTA Focal Points; POWPA Focal Points
The Secretariats of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) are pleased to inform their respective constituencies on the advances in the implementation of CBD COP Decision X/36 and International Tropical Timber Council (ITTC) Decisio ...
EnglishMontreal, 20 May 2011 – In celebration of the International Day for Biological Diversity on 22 May, the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF), a voluntary mechanism comprising 14 organizations and institutions with forest-related mandates, have called for improved coordination of biodiversi ...
Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/TC/CP/76027 (2011-095)
To: CBD National Focal Points, cc: Indigenous and Local Community Organizations; Members of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests; other Relevant Organizations; SBSTTA Focal Points; CHM Focal Points; PoWPA Focal Points
I am pleased to share with you the list of sponsored experts for the joint meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD) Bushmeat Liaison Group and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora’s (CITES) Central Africa Bushmeat Working Group. The ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/TC/JSt/75541 (2011-078)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Latin America – Caribbean, cc: National Focal Points of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); Indigenous and Local Community Organizations; Members of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests; other Relevant Organizations; SBSTTA Focal Points; CHM Focal Points; POWPA Focal Points
I am pleased to inform you that a regional consultation and capacity building workshop on biodiversity and indigenous and local community aspects of REDD-plus, including on relevant safeguards, will be held in Quito, Ecuador, from 5 to 8 July 2011. This workshop is being convened by the Secretar ...
English Spanish French4 - 6 April 2011, Rome, Italy
New York / Montreal / Hamburg, 21 March 2011 – The list of nominees for this year’s Future Policy Award has been published. 19 forest policies from 16 countries have been nominated for this international award. 2011 has been declared the International Year of Forests by the United Nations, with ...
Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/TC/JSt/75287 (2011-058)
To: CBD National Focal Points, cc: Indigenous and Local Community Organizations; Members of the Collaborative
Partnership on Forests; other Relevant Organizations; SBSTTA Focal Points; CHM Focal Points; POWPA Focal Points
I am pleased to inform you that a joint meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD) Bushmeat Liaison Group and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora’s (CITES) Central Africa Bushmeat Working Group will be held in Nairobi, Kenya, from 6 ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/TC/JSt/74989 (2011-037)
To: CBD NFPs for Asia-Pacific Region,
cc: National Focal Points of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), National Focal Points of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF), ASEAN Secretariat; ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity; Indigenous and Local Community Organizations; Members of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests; other Relevant Organizations; SBSTTA Focal Points; CHM Focal Points; POWPA Focal Points
I am pleased to share with you the list of sponsored experts for the Asia-Pacific Regional Consultation and Capacity Building Workshop on REDD-plus, Including on Relevant Biodiversity Safeguards. The selection of experts was conducted in accordance with established procedures and with particular ...
EnglishNew York/Montreal/Hamburg, 3 February 2011 – During the International Year of Forests, decision makers will be asking the question: what are the policies that most successfully protect forests? The World Future Council, an international forum that provides decision-makers with effective policy s ...
Montreal, 2 February 2011 – In our rapidly urbanizing world water security is a key issue. Today, as we celebrate World Wetlands Day and inaugurate the International Year of Forests, it is important to recognize the critical links between water, forests, wetlands and people. More than one in si ...