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GEF Support for the Preparation of the Third National Reports on the Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/ABw/84181 (2015-059)
To: National Focal Points for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, National Focal Points for the Biosafety Clearing-House

Request to respond to surveys in preparation for Biodiversity Information for Development (BID) funding call to countries in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP)

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/CB/84690 (2015-060)
To: SBSTTA focal points and PoWPA focal points from Africa

Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Indicators for the Strategic Plan on Biodiversity 2011-2020: Selected experts, date and venue

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/RH/KM/84452 (2015-058)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Online IDB Dialogue on International Financing for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, 21-22 May 2015

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/YX/84676 (2015-055)
To: All Focal Points under the Convention and its Protocols, cc: Relevant stakeholder organizations

Membership of the informal advisory group concerning cooperation among the biodiversity-related conventions

Reference: SCBD/MPO/AF/NP/CR/84416 (2015-056)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Workshop on an Inter-sectoral Dialogue for Enhancing the Mainstreaming of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in National and Sectoral Policies, Rabat, Morocco - 29 September to 1 October 2015

Reference: SCBD/MPO/AF/ACO/fd/84597 (2015-057)
To: CBD National Focal Points of the following countries: Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Morocco and Niger

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

Submission of information and suggestions on the development of a specific workplan on biodiversity and acidification in cold-water areas

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/JL/JA/JMQ/84624 (2015-053)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and other relevant organizations

Submission of views in preparation for the Expert Meeting on the need for and modalities of a global multilateral benefit-sharing mechanism and the first meeting of the Compliance Committee of the Nagoya Protocol

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/jh/84620 (2015-049)
To: ABS National Focal Points (CBD Focal Points where ABS National Focal Points have not yet been designated) Indigenous and local communities and relevant organizations

Nominations for the Informal Advisory Committee on Capacity-building for the Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/ET/jh/84625 (2015-050)
To: ABS National Focal Points (CBD Focal Points where ABS National Focal Points have not yet been designated) Indigenous and local communities and relevant organizations

Logo for the International Day for Biological Diversity 2015

Reference: SCBD/MPO/AF/DA/fd/84165 (2015-051)
To: CBD National Focal Points, relevant organizations and stakeholders

Submission of Information on Invasive Alien Species Management

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/JSH/CE/84609 (2015-052)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, relevant organizations

Online Forum on the Contribution of Collective Action of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities to Biodiversity Conservation and Resource Mobilization, 1-15 May 2015

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/YX/LZ/84650 (2015-047)
To: All National Focal Points under the Convention and its Protocols and relevant stakeholder organizations

Submission of information related to sustainable use of biodiversity: bushmeat and sustainable wildlife management

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/CS/BT/84611 (2015-048)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, and relevant international, regional and national organizations

Lists of selected participants for the international workshops and the expert meeting related to traditional knowledge and resource mobilization, 8 to 15 June 2015 - Panajachel, Guatemala

Reference: SCBD/MPO/AF/JS/dm/84402 (2015-046)
To: CBD, TK, Resource Mobilization, SBSTTA and the Nagoya Protocol National Focal Points, International and Non-Governmental organizations, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities and relevant organizations

Submission of information related to the further consideration of the implications of the findings of GBO-4 and key scientific and technical needs related to the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/SS/AC/84591 (2015-045)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points

EXTENSION OF DEADLINE: Call for nominations for the Informal Advisory Committee on Communication, Education and Public Awareness (CEPA-IAC)

Reference: SCBD/MPO/AF/DAIN/fd/84275 (2015-044)
To: CBD National Focal Points, relevant organizations, and indigenous peoples and local communities

Request for information on the contribution of collective action to biodiversity conservation, including on experiences and lessons learned in applying pertinent methodologies

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/YX/84650 (2015-043)
To: All National Focal Points under the Convention and its Protocols, relevant stakeholder organizations

Sustainable Ocean Initiative (SOI) Training of Trainers Workshop, 13 - 17 July 2015, Yeosu, Republic of Korea

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/JL/JA/JMQ/84552 (2015-042)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points

Reminder: Nomination of Experts to the Workshop of the Network of Laboratories for the Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms, Ispra, Italy, 9-11 June 2015

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/DA/84400 (2015-041)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), BCH National Focal Points and Relevant Organizations

Survey in preparation of the Ad hoc Technical Expert Group on Indicators for the Strategic Plan on Biodiversity 2011-2020

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/RH/KM/84530 (2015-037)
To: CBD National and SBSTTA Focal Points

Deadline extension for the nominations for the Sub-regional Capacity-building Workshop on Resource Mobilization for CARICOM Member States, 18 - 21 May 2015 – St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/ML/GD/84346 (2015-039)
To: CBD National Focal Points of : Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

International technical expert workshop on identifying, accessing, compiling and aggregating domestic and international biodiversity-related investments and impacts, 5 - 7 May 2015 - Mexico City, Mexico, Selection of Participants

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/ML/GD/84322 (2015-040)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Implementation of Umoja by the CBD Secretariat

Reference: SCBD/RMCS/MR-H/FB/84534 (2015-038)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Decisions of the first 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: direct actions by Parties and other Governments and planned activities for the next biennium: Designation of national focal point on access and benefit-sharing (ABS-NFP)

Reference: SCBD/NP/VN/jh/84407 (2015-036)
To: ABS National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where ABS focal points have not yet been designated)

Composition of the Informal Advisory Committee to the Access and Benefit sharing Clearing-House

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/BG/jh/84003 (2015-035)
To: ABS National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where ABS focal points have not yet been designated)

Deadline extension for the nominations for the international technical expert workshop on identifying, accessing, compiling and aggregating domestic and international biodiversity-related investments and impacts, 5 to 7 May 2015, Mexico City, Mexico

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/ML/GD/84322 (2015-033)
To: CBD National Focal Points

REMINDER: Nomination of experts to the Open-ended Online Forum on Synthetic Biology (action required by 31 March 2015)

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/DA/mw/84355 (2015-032)
To: CBD National Focal Points; relevant organizations; and indigenous people and local communities, cc: SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Points

Nomination for the Ad hoc Technical Expert Group on Indicators for the Strategic Plan on Biodiversity 2011-2020

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/RH/KM/84452 (2015-034)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, other Governments, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities and relevant organizations

Request for submissions of views and comments on the “Elements of a Framework for Conceptual Clarity on Socio-Economic Considerations” contained in the annex to the report of the first meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on socio-economic considerations

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/ps/84239 (2015-029)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB Focal Points have not yet been designated), Relevant organizations, Indigenous and local communities

Call for nominations for the Informal Advisory Committee on Communication, Education and Public Awareness (CEPA-IAC)

Reference: SCBD/MPO/AF/DAIN/fd/84275 (2015-031)
To: CBD National Focal Points, relevant organizations, and indigenous peoples and local communities

Nominations for the Sub-regional Capacity-building Workshop on Resource Mobilization for CARICOM Member States, 18 - 21 May 2015 - St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/ML/GD/84346 (2015-028)
To: CBD National Focal Points of : Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

International Training Workshop on Community – Based Monitoring, Indicators on Traditional Knowledge and Customary Sustainable Use and Community Protocols, within the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, 8-10 June 2015; Dialogue Workshop on Assessment of Collective Action of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in Biodiversity Conservation and Resource Mobilization, 11-13 June 2015; Expert Meeting on the Repatriation of Traditional Knowledge Relevant to the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity, 14-15 June 2015, Panajachel, Guatemala

Reference: SCBD/MPO/AF/JS/vf/84402 (2015-030)
To: CBD, TK, SBSTTA and the Nagoya Protocol National Focal Points, International and Non-Governmental organizations, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities and relevant organizations

Actions towards achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 11: including areas of particular importance for biodiversity and improving ecological representation

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/SBG/LJ/84384 (2015-027)
To: National Focal Points to the CBD, PoWPA Focal Points

Nomination of Experts to the Workshop of the Network of Laboratories for the Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms, Ispra, Italy, 9-11 June 2015

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/DA/84400 (2015-026)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), BCH National Focal Points and Relevant Organizations

Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Nomination of experts and review of documents

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/SS/AC/84399 (2015-025)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and relevant organizations

Nominations for the West Africa Regional Workshop of the UN-Water Initiative "Capacity Development to Support National Drought Management Policies", 4 to 7 May 2015, Accra, Ghana

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/SS/AC/84397 (2015-024)
To: CBD NFPs from: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cote d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Senegal and Togo

Nominations for the international technical expert workshop on identifying, accessing, compiling and aggregating domestic and international biodiversity-related investments and impacts, 5 to 7 May 2015 Mexico City, Mexico

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/ML/GD/84322 (2015-022)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Decisions of the first 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: direct actions by Parties and other Governments and planned activities for the next biennium

Reference: SCBD/NP/VN/jh/84407 (2015-023)
To: ABS National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where ABS focal points have not yet been designated)

Selected Candidates for the Global Taxonomy Initiative Training Course on Rapid Identification of Invasive Alien Species for Achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 9

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/JSH/CE/84194 (2015-020)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, GTI National Focal Points

Cooperation among the biodiversity-related conventions: Request for nomination of members of an informal advisory group

Reference: SCBD/MPO/AF/NP/CR/84362 (2015-021)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Nomination of experts to the Open-ended Online Forum on Synthetic Biology (action required by 31 March 2015)

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/DA/84355 (2015-019)
To: CBD National Focal Points; relevant organizations; and indigenous people and local communities cc: SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Point

In decision XII/24 , the Conference of the Parties established an Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on Synthetic Biology with terms of reference contained in the annex to the decision, and requested the Executive Secretary to convene a moderated open-ended online forum to support the work of ...

Submission of views and experiences on biodiversity and climate change and disaster risk reduction

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/SK/AC/84328 (2015-018)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, and relevant international, regional and national organizations

Tools, guidance and information related to biodiversity and climate change in the context of the expected climate agreement

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/SK/AC/84278 (2015-015)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points

Follow-up to decisions X/33 and XI/20 in relation to climate-related geoengineering

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/SS/AC/84331 (2015-016)
To: CBD National Focal Points

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

Request for information from Parties and partners on commitments to reduce habitat loss and on ecosystem restoration (Aichi Biodiversity Targets 5 and 15)

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/CS/LJ/84301 (2015-014)
To:

Submission of Information on Synthetic Biology (action required by 30 April 2015)

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/DA/84279 (2015-013)
To: CBD National Focal Points; relevant organizations; and indigenous peoples and local communities, cc: SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Points

Programme of Work on Article 8(j) and related provisions: Request for contributions to the ninth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/MPO/AF/JS/VF/84296 (2015-012)
To: CBD and SBSTTA National Focal Points, International and Non-Governmental organizations, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities and relevant organizations.

Nominations for the Caribbean Sub-regional Capacity-Building Workshop on Mainstreaming Biosafety into National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans and Resource Mobilization, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda, 9-13 March 2015

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/ET/ps/84000 (2015-011)
To: CBD National Focal Points for: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago, cc: National Focal Points for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety