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Invitation to provide information on new and emerging issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the use of genetic resources

Reference: (2015-017)
To: CBD NFPs, SBSTTA FPs, ILCs, relevant orgs (UN, NGO, IGO) Subjects: New and emerging issues, SBSTTA

Invitation to provide information on new and emerging issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the use of genetic resources

Reference: SCBD/OIC/DC/RH/84326 (2017-014)
To: CBD National Focal Points, relevant international organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities

Invitation to provide information on new and emerging issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the use of genetic resources for the next biennium 2021-2022

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/AS/VA/88061 (2019-041)
To: CBD National Focal Points, relevant organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities, cc: SBSTTA Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points and ABS Focal Points

Invitation to provide information on technical and scientific cooperation programmes and initiatives pursuant to SBI recommendation SBI-3/8

Reference: SCBD/IMS/JMF/ET/CC/90320 (2022-027)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Invitation to provide proposals on the post-2020 global biodiversity framework

Reference: SCBD/OES/CPP/JMF/88326 (2019-075)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, relevant organizations

Invitation to provide relevant information and views related to the proposals for new and emerging issues

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/RH/84326 (2017-054)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and relevant organizations

Invitation to provide views on the draft report on the exploration of possibilities of developing a "Biodiversity Technology Initiative", taking into account the Climate Technology Initiative (CTI)

Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/60231 (2007-122)
To: CBD National Focal Points

The purpose of this Notification is to invite Parties to provide their views on the draft report of the Executive Secretary on the exploration of possibilities of developing a "Biodiversity Technology Initiative", taking into account the Climate Technology Initiative (CTI), which was prepared pu ...

Invitation to provide views on the draft report on the exploration of possibilities of developing a "Biodiversity Technology Initiative", taking into account the Climate Technology Initiative (CTI)

Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/60231 (2007-131)
To: Relevant International Organizations

The purpose of this Notification is to invite relevant international organizations to provide their views on the draft report of the Executive Secretary on the exploration of possibilities of developing a "Biodiversity Technology Initiative", taking into account the Climate Technology Initiative ...

Invitation to provide views on the process, under the Convention on Biological Diversity, on how requests from the Convention would be conveyed to the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

Reference: SCBD/STTM/DC/RH/79812 (2012-067)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, relevant organizations, indigenous and local communities

Invitation to provide written comments on the draft elements of a possible decision operationalizing the post-2020 global biodiversity framework

Reference: SCBD/IMS/JMF/KM/90422 (2022-043)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Invitation to review a draft of a proposed set of complementary actions (an updated Global Strategy for Plant Conservation) related to plant conservation to support the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/SK/AC/KM/91128 (2023-071)
To: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Invitation to review the updated version of the draft global action plan to mainstream biodiversity and health linkages

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/SK/MAQ/VA/91436 (2024-002)
To: CBD focal points, SBSTTA focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations

Invitation to submit LifeWeb Expressions of Interest consistent with the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and the area-based Aichi Targets

Reference: SCBD/SAM/CB/82032 (2013-052)
To: CBD National Focal Points and CBD Focal Points for Protected Areas

Invitation to submit an Expression of Interest to receive technical support from the NBSAP Accelerator Partnership

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/ET/CP/91371 (2023-124)
To: CBD national focal points

Invitation to submit comments on the draft Action Plan for the Bio-Bridge Initiative 2017-2020

Reference: SCBD/IMS/RS/ET/lz/85883 (2016-097)
To: CBD, ABS, CPB, SBSTTA National Focal Points, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities and relevant organizations

Invitation to submit comments on the revised short-term action plan (2017-2020) to enhance and support capacity-building for the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and its Aichi Biodiversity Targets

Reference: SCBD/IMS/RS/ET/cp/85976 (2016-113)
To: CBD, CPB and ABS National Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations

Invitation to submit project expressions of interest to the LifeWeb

Reference: SCBD/ STTM/LifeWeb/JS/68505 (2009-102)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Programme of Work on Protected Areas Focal Points, other governments, and relevant international organisations and stakeholders

As a follow up to the earlier notification SCBD/STTM/LifeWeb/JS/68345 dated 11 August 2009, through this notification, Parties are invited to submit recipient expressions of interest to participate in the LifeWeb initiative.

Invitation to submit specific comments on the draft format for the fourth national report under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/SPS/AS/MPM/MW/87584 (2018-069)
To: Cartagena Protocol Focal Points

Invitation to submit views on Dehradun Recommendations

Reference: SCBD/ITS/RS/DB/nm/79883 (2012-077)
To: All CBD National Focal Points

Invitation to submit views on concrete procedures for a global review of collective progress in the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework to be conducted by the Conference of the Parties at its seventeenth meeting

Reference: SCBD/IMS/JEC/MC/91124 (2023-069)
To: CBD national focal points

Invitation to submit views on proposed procedure for avoiding or managing conflicts of interest in expert groups

Reference: SCBD/OES/WDY/moc/87536 (2018-064)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points and relevant international organizations

Invitation to submit views on the assessment of entities and organizations under consideration to host the regional and/or subregional technical and scientific cooperation support centres

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/ET/KT/CPa/91600 (2024-028)
To: CBD national focal points, ABS focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points

Invitation to the Biodiversity PreCOP, 30 August 2021

Reference: SCBD/OES/DAIN/FD/89831 (2021-061)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Invitation to the Capacity-building Workshop on Access and Benefit-sharing, 4-5 June 2011, Montreal, Canada

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/75486 (2011-066)
To: CBD Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, ICNP Focal Points and indigenous and local community organizations, cc: Mr. Shakeel Bhatti, Secretary of the ITPGRFA

In decision X/1, paragraph 13, the Conference of the Parties requested the Executive Secretary to provide technical assistance to Parties, subject to the availability of financial resources, with a view to supporting the early ratification and implementation of the Nagoya Protocol.

Invitation to the Discussion Forum and Webinar on "The Strong Economic Case for Financing Biodiversity", 22 June 2021

Reference: SCBD/OES/DAIN/FD/89655 (2021-040)
To: CBD National Focal Points, relevant organizations and indigenous peoples and local communities

Invitation to the First Series of the Knowledge Management for Biodiversity (KM4B) Webinars

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/ET/AP/FV/91253 (2023-094)
To: CBD national focal points, ABS focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, SBSTTA national focal points, CHM focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Invitation to the Global Dialogue on the Role of Food and Agriculture in the Global Biodiversity Framework, 6-7 July 2021

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/AS/CC/89700 (2021-043)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Invitation to the Global Taxonomy Initiative Forum on 16 November 2018 - Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/AS/SBG/JSH/VA/87734 (2018-090)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, GTI National Focal Points, GTI-Coordination Mechanism, Inter-Agency Liaison Group on Invasive Alien Species, indigenous peoples and local communities, other relevant organizations and partners

Invitation to the High-Level Segment of the Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention and of the concurrent meetings of the Parties to the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/CE/89822 (2021-060)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points

Invitation to the Online Discussion Forum on the Preparation of a Knowledge Management Component of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

Reference: SCBD/IMS/JMF/ET/SM/89065 (2020-060)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Invitation to the Online Discussion Forum on the Preparation of the Long-Term Strategic Framework for Capacity Development to Support Implementation of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

Reference: SCBD/IMS/JMF/KT/CP/88842 (2020-037)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Invitation to the Second extraordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, First extraordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, and the First extraordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization, 16-19 November 2020, Montreal (Virtual)

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/89067 (2020-073)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant stakeholders

Invitation to the Side Event on "Urgent Action on Biodiversity for Sustainable Development - Update on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework with a focus on how biodiversity contributes to Planetary and Human Health"

Reference: SCBD/IMS/JMF/JBM/89013 (2020-049)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Invitation to the Webinar on "Introduction to Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures for Mexico, Central and South America", on 13 April 2021

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/AS/SBG/ESE/89514 (2021-020)
To: CBD National Focal Points; PoWPA Focal Points; relevant organizations and indigenous peoples and local communities from Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, French Guiana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela

Invitation to the fifth Science Policy Forum for Biodiversity and the eighth International Conference on Sustainability Science, 11-12 December 2022

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/SS/DM/90681 (2022-075)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, other Governments, relevant IGOs, NGOs and indigenous peoples and local communities’ organizations

Invitation to the joint virtual sessions of the fifth Science Policy Forum for Biodiversity and the eighth International Conference on Sustainability Science

Reference: SCBD/IMS/JMF/CC/DM/89538 (2021-022)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, other Governments, relevant IGOs, NGOs and indigenous peoples and local communities’ organizations

Invitation to the launch of the second edition of the Local Biodiversity Outlooks: Indigenous Peoples' and Local Communities' Contributions to the Implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JS/QC/TM/89098 (2020-069)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, TK National Focal Points, International Organizations, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities and relevant Organizations

Invitation to the webinar on "Proposed headline indicators for nature’s contribution to people (Goal B and Targets 8-12 of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework)" - 19 August 2021

Reference: SCBD/IMS/JMF/JC/KM/89814 (2021-057)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Invitation to the webinar on proposed headline indicators for access and benefit-sharing: Goal C and Target 13 of the draft post-2020 global biodiversity framework - 23 November 2021

Reference: SCBD/NPU/DC/TS/JR/89990 (2021-077)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations

Invitations for Proposals for the Rio Conventions Pavilion to be held at the margins of the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 12) - Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea

Reference: SCBD/MPO/AF/NP/DA/fd/83810 (2014-104)
To: CBD National Focal Points and relevant organizations

Invited Trainees for the Hands-on Training Course on Rapid Identification of Invasive Alien Species for Achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 9 in Guelph, Canada

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/JSH/CE/84194 (2015-054)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, GTI National Focal Points

Involving young people in the development of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework

Reference: SCBD/IMS/JMF/NP/CR/88421 (2019-099)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, relevant organizations

Island summit on the margins of COP-11. Island Innovations: Celebrating Bright Spots, Leadership and Successes in Island Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, 16 October 2012, Hyderabad, India

Reference: SCBD/STTM/DC/OH/Sg/80758 (2012-123)
To: CBD National Focal Points and relevant organizations

Issues arising from the fourth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention related to Cooperation with other conventions: the biodiversity-related conventions and the Rio conventions

Reference: SCBD/ITS/RS/cr/80231 (2012-094)
To: All CBD National Focal Points

Issues arising from the fourth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention related to the Strategy for Resource Mobilization and the Financial Mechanism

Reference: SCBD/ITS/RS/DC/KNM/fb/80164 (2012-090)
To: All CBD National Focal Points

January 2009 issue of the Monthly Bulletin of Activities (MBA) of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/66303 (2009-015)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points

The Secretariat is pleased to announce that the January 2009 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/2009/mba-2009-01-en.pdf.

January 2010 issue of the Monthly Bulletin of Activities (MBA) of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/70722 (2010-031)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points Relevant organizations and partners,

The Secretariat is pleased to announce that the January 2010 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/2010/mba-2010-01-en.pdf.

January 2011 issue of the Monthly Bulletin of Activities (MBA) of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/74949 (2011-030)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points and Relevant organizations and partners

The Secretariat is pleased to announce that the January 2011 issue of the Monthly Bulletin of Activities (MBA) of the Convention on Biological Diversity is now available on the CBD website at: http://www.cbd.int/doc/mba/2011/mba-2011-01-en.pdf.

Japan offers to host COP-10 and COP-MOP-5.

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ar/57192 (2007-011)
To: CBD / CPB National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you of the decision of the Government of Japan taken at a meeting of the Cabinet on 16 January 2007, to offer to host in Nagoya, Japan in 2010, the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-10) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) as well as the fifth ...

Joint Article 8(j) and Clearing-House Mechanism Capacity-Building Workshop on Networking and Information Exchange (Latin America and the Caribbean Region), Quito, Ecuador, 14-16 December 2006

Reference: SCBD/SEL-CHM/ODM/SG/55962 (2006-103)
To: CBD National Focal Points - Latin America and the Caribbean Indigenous and local communities cc: CHM National Focal Points - Latin America and the Caribbean

A Joint Article 8(j) and Clearing-House Mechanism regional workshop will be convened for the Latin America and Caribbean region with the generous support of the Governments of Spain and the Netherlands.