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High Level Segment of COP-9

28 - 30 May 2008, Bonn, Germany

Biodiversity Convention Secretariat Signs Historic Agreement with Brazilian State of Paraná to Offset Emissions.

3 Heads of State, 87 Ministers to Open Biodiversity High Level Conference.

Biodiversity Convention Secretariat Signs Historic Agreement with Brazilian State of Paraná to Offset Emissions

Bonn, 27 May — To meet its pledge to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and work toward carbon neutrality, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity entered into a partnership today with the Brazilian State of Paraná to replant native trees and contribute to the regeneration of ...

Urban Biodiversity and the Role of Cities in Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use discussed at Bonn Biodiversity Conference.

Urban Biodiversity and the Role of Cities in Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use discussed at Bonn Biodiversity Conference

Bonn, 26 May—With more than half of the world’s people now living in cities, 191 countries are, for the first time, discussing ways to promote biodiversity in an urban setting at the Biodiversity Conference taking place in Bonn, Germany. The countries are joined by the mayors of the world, who w ...

Biodiversity Training Workshop for Journalists attending COP 9

25 - 26 May 2008, Bonn, Germany

Press release: Germany and the United Nations Biodiversity Secretariat announce a “Green COP”.

The “Green Wave” launched at the UN Bonn Biodiversity Summit.

The “Green Wave” launched at the UN Bonn Biodiversity Summit

Bonn - 22 May 2008— A global initiative under the motto “One school, one tree, one gift for Nature “ aimed at empowering youth to take charge of their future was launched today in Bonn at the 9th United Nations Conference on Biodiversity, on the occasion of the International Day on Biological D ...

The Executive Secretary of the Convention, Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, is pleased to invite you to the second CBD Linnaeus Lectures series highlighting major issues related to biological diversity – and our collective efforts to protect it worldwide. Speakers: Klaus Töpfer (Former Executive Director of UNEP) & Jeffrey Sachs (Director of the Earth Institute). Date: 23 May 2008

Statement of Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary, at the Opening Session of the Ninth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Bonn, 19 May 2008.<br><br><table width=120> <tr><td>English </td><td><a href="http://www.cbd.int/doc/speech/2008/sp-2008-05-19-cop-es-en.pdf"><img src='/images/pdf_button.png' border='0'></a></td></tr> <tr><td>German </td><td><a href="http://www.cbd.int/doc/speech/2008/sp-2008-05-19-cop-es-de.pdf"><img src='/images/pdf_button.png' border='0'></a></td></tr> </table>

Press release; Governments open meeting in Bonn to take action on declining biodiversity resources.

Governments open meeting in Bonn to take action on declining biodiversity resources

Bonn, 19 May 2008 –Nearly 7,000 participants from 191 countries opened the United Nations Conference on Biodiversity in Bonn, Germany, today to take takes steps to conserve and sustainably manage the world’s biodiversity in light of the alarming rate of loss of species, compounded by the pressur ...

Ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

19 - 30 May 2008, Bonn, Germany

Meeting of the COP Bureau

18 May 2008, Bonn, Germany

African Regional Preparatory Meeting for the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

17 - 18 May 2008, Bonn, Germany

Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Preparatory Meeting for the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

17 - 18 May 2008, Bonn, Germany

Asia and the Pacific Regional Preparatory Meeting for the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

17 - 18 May 2008, Bonn, Germany

Capacity building Workshop for Women on CBD processes in preparation for the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

17 - 18 May 2008, Bonn, Germany

Live Webcast of the Ninth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties, Bonn, Germany, 19 - 30 May 2008

Reference: SCBD/OMG/NP/ABw/63850 (2008-071)
To: All CBD Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that, for the first time, the proceedings of the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity will be webcast live and available for viewing through the CBD website at http://www.cbd.int/cop9/webcast/

A Guide for Working Group Chairs at COP and SBSTTA Meetings, May 2008. This guide provides COP and SBSTTA working group chairs with a general overview of Convention processes at the working group level and background on such things as the conduct of work, smaller informal groups and documentation.

The Bonn Biodiversity Summit: Birthplace of a “Globale Naturallianz” for life on Earth by Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity<br><br>The article is also available in German <a href='/doc/speech/2008/sp-2008-05-naturallianz-de.pdf'><img src='/images/pdf_button.png'></a>

Addendum to the Proposed Budget for the Programme of Work of the Convention on Biological Diversity for the Biennium 2009-2010

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ab/63973 (2008-067)
To: CBD National Focal Points

The purpose of this Notification is to inform you that an Addendum to the document “Proposed Budget for the Programme of Work of the Convention on Biological Diversity for the Biennium 2009-2010” (reference: UNEP/CBD/COP/9/27/ADD2) is available on the Secretariat website at: http://www.cbd.int/d ...

High Level Segment of COP 9, 28 to 30 May 2008, Bonn, Germany

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ab/63979 (2008-068)
To: CBD National Focal Points

On behalf of the Government of Germany, the Secretariat is pleased to forward to you, for your kind attention, additional information about the High Level Segment of the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 9) to the Convention on Biological Diversity, to be held from 28 to 30 May ...

Press Release: Germany Hosts Global Conference on Biological Diversity - Promoting a Global Response for Addressing the Unprecedented Loss of Biodiversity.

Germany Hosts Global Conference on Biological Diversity - Promoting a Global Response for Addressing the Unprecedented Loss of Biodiversity

Montreal – 8 May 2008. “Renewing agricultural diversity of crops and livestock backed by a functional natural support system is the international community’s best long-term solution to meet the global food challenge,” said Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Div ...

Banjul Declaration adopted by CBD National Focal Points from seven West African countries at the end of a meeting hosted by the Gambian Government in preparation of COP-9 and organised on 15 & 16 April 2008 in Banjul, The Gambia, by the Regional Programme for Coastal and Marine Zone Conservation in West Africa (PRCM ) and partners.

Draft programme of the High Level Dialogue with Parliamentarians during the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP-9)

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/cv/62943 (2008-063)
To: CBD National Focal Points

At the initiative of the Environment Committee of the German Parliament, and in collaboration with the Secretariat, a high-level dialogue on Biodiversity and Parliamentarians will be organized on Tuesday 27 May, from 3.00 to 6.00 p.m. Please find enclosed the draft programme of the event.

Registration for delegates attending COP 9, Bonn, Germany, May 2008

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/COP9/dk/63804 (2008-062)
To: CBD National Focal Points

The Secretariat would like to inform delegates attending the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 9) being held in Bonn, Germany, from 19-30 May 2008, that pre-registration of delegates will be transferred from our offices in Montreal to t ...

Reminder - Ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and Fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/LG/cr/62508 (2008-060)
To: All CBD National Focal Points, All National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

I wish to remind Parties that, in accordance with rule 18, credentials of representatives and the names of alternate representatives and advisers shall be submitted to the Executive Secretary, if possible not later than twenty-four hours after the opening of the meeting. Parties are further rem ...

Hotel reservations for delegates attending COP-MOP 4 and COP 9 meetings, Bonn, Germany, May 2008

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ab/62947 (2008-055)
To: CBD National Focal Points, National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

The Secretariat would, once again, kindly 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 Bi ...

Ninth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and Fourth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/GD/63646 (2008-058)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the Co-chairs of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WGABS), Mr. Fernando Casas of Colombia and Mr. Timothy Hodges of Canada, will be holding informal consultations in Bonn, Germany, on 17-18 May 2008, on the margins of the ninth me ...

Revised Annotated Agenda for the Ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Bonn, Germany 19 – 30 May 2008

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.

NATURATHLON 2008 - Sporting event during COP 9 - Call for participation

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 ...

Ninth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties: draft decision on Cities and Biodiversity submitted by the Government of Brazil

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.

Statement by Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf at the Meeting of African Leaders on Access and Benefit-Sharing in preparation for the High-level Segment of the 9th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, 10-12 April 2008, Mahé, Seychelles.

Statement by Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf at the Meeting of African Leaders on Access and Benefit-Sharing in preparation for the High-level Segment of the 9th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, 10-12 April 2008, Mahé, Seychelles

Statement by the Executive Secretary Ahmed Djoghlaf on the occasion of the KfW and BioFrankfurt Evening “Achievements of the CBD and Challenges of COP 9 and Beyond”, 8 April 2008, Frankfurt, Germany

Statement by the Executive Secretary Ahmed Djoghlaf on the occasion of the KfW and BioFrankfurt Evening “Achievements of the CBD and Challenges of COP 9 and Beyond”, 8 April 2008, Frankfurt, Germany

Voluntary Trust Fund- List of selected participants to receive funding for participation in the Ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP-9), 19-30 May 2008- Bonn, Germany

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.

Ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Bonn, Germany 19 – 30 May 2008

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 ...

Hotel reservations for delegates attending COP-MOP 4 and COP 9 meetings Bonn, Germany, May 2008

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 ( ...

Participation of Parliamentarians in the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 9)

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. ...

Naturathlon 2008 - The Course of the World. Start for your nation and crack the world record. Run 10 km for the biological diversity, 18 May 2008, Bonn.

Ninth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and Fourth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety - Credentials

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 ...

Meeting of the COP Bureau

10 February 2008, Rome, Italy

Statement of Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the closure of the International Civil Society Forum “100 Days to the UN Biodiversity Conference”, Berlin, 8 February 2008.

Statement of Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Closure of the International Civil Society Forum “100 Days to the UN Biodiversity Conference”, Berlin, 8 February 2008.

Call for Posters -National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans and the 2010 Biodiversity Target, Ninth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP-9), 19-30 May 2008 - Bonn, Germany

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 ...