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Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/JS/VF/71741 (2010-106)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Indigenous and Local Communities
I am pleased to inform you that the selection of indigenous and local community representatives to receive financial assistance to participate in the meeting under reference has been completed in partnership with the Indigenous Women’s Biodiversity Network for the Latin American and Caribbean Re ...
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Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/tk/71866 (2010-107)
To: CBD National Focal Points and international organizations
As you may be aware, decision VII/24 of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), requested the Executive Secretary to convene an informal advisory committee on communication, education and public awareness (CEPA) to develop the programme of work for CE ...
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Reference: SCBD/ITS/DC/LC/71144 (2010-108)
To: CBD National Focal Points of the following countries: Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iceland, Macedonia FYR, Malta, Montenegro, Portugal, San Marino, and Serbia.
The Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), in decision VIII/14, stated that Parties shall submit the fourth national report by 30 March 2009. In the same decision, the COP requested the CBD Executive Secretary to facilitate the support to Parties for th ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/65011R (2010-109)
To: CBD National Focal Points
With reference to paragraph A 21 of decision IX/18, Parties were requested to designate a National Focal Point for the Programme of Work on Protected Areas (PoWPA-NFP) vide original notification 2008-124 dated 23 September 2008 (also available in Spanish https://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/200 ...
English
Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/RH/72265 (2010-110)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points
Following the successful launch of the third edition of Global Biodiversity Outlook (GBO-3) on 10 May 2010 in the official languages of the United Nations, subsequent events involved the launch of additional language versions prepared upon the initiatives of the Governments of Brazil, Germany a ...
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Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/GD/72273 (2010-111)
To: CBD National Focal Points ABS National Focal Points, international organisations, indigenous and local community organisations, and stakeholders
I am pleased to inform you that the Co-Chairs of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WG ABS), Mr. Fernando Casas of Colombia and Mr. Timothy Hodges of Canada, will be holding informal consultations prior to the resumed ninth meeting of the Working Group.
English Spanish French
Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ar/72318 (2010-112)
To: All CBD Focal Points
I am pleased to forward to you a joint letter on the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) signed by His Excellency Mr. Norbert Rottgen, Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety of Germany and COP 9 President ...
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Reference: SCBD/ITS/DC/LC/72323 (2010-113)
To: CBD National Focal Points
I would like to invite Parties and observers to provide further comments and suggestions before 30 June 2010 on the draft guidelines for the fifth national report, which are contained in the document UNEP/CBD/WGRI/3/3/ADD.1, available at: https://www.cbd.int/doc/meetings/wgri/wgri-03/official/wg ...
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Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/72330 (2010-114)
To: All CBD National Focal Points, Relevant organizations and partners
The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity is pleased to share highlights of the global celebrations of the International Year of Biodiversity for May 2010. The report is accessible at the CBD website at: http://www.cbd.int/iyb/doc/prints/iyb-report-2010-05-en.pdf.
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/TC/MJS/71871 (2010-115)
To: CBD National Focal Points and relevant organizations
I am pleased to invite you to send your views on the enclosed draft terms of reference for an Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on Sustainable Use of Biodiversity in Agriculture and Forestry under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), to the CBD Secretariat at your earliest convenien ...
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Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/fb/71883 (2010-116)
To: CBD National Focal Points and Resource Mobilization Focal Points
I am pleased to invite you to participate in the electronic consultation on a proposed consolidated list of guidance to the financial mechanism, which is available at: http://www.cbd.int/financial/draft-decision/, and will run from 10 June to 9 July 2010. The invitation code is: GEF-GUIDANCE.
English
Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/71908 (2010-117)
To: CBD Focal Points; PoWPA Focal Points, and relevant organizations
At its fourteenth meeting, the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-14), in recommendation XIV/4, requested the Executive Secretary to prepare for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its tenth meeting, a reporting framework on national implement ...
English
Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/71903 (2010-118)
To: All CBD National Focal Points, Relevant organizations and partners
The Secretariat is pleased to announce that the May 2010 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/2010/mba-2010-05-en.pdf.
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Reference: SBCD/STTM/JW/71918 (2010-119)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points
The fourteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-14) held from 10to 21 May, 2010, requested the Executive Secretary to consult Parties in order to explore possibilities of developing a proposal on joint activities between the three Rio Conve ...
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Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/DA/fd/72360 (2010-120)
To: CBD National Focal Points and International Organizations
Since its inception in 1993 by the Second Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, the world has come together to pay homage to the rich diversity of life of on Earth by celebrating the International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB).
English
Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/JS/DM/71917 (2010-121)
To: CBD National Focal Points and Indigenous and Local Communities
In connection with the resumed ninth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, I am pleased to inform Parties and stakeholders that, after due consideration of all nominations received, the selection of representatives of indigenous and local communities to re ...
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Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/72374 (2010-122)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous and local community organizations, and stakeholders
With reference to the resumed ninth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, the Secretariat is pleased to circulate herewith a scenario note from the co-chairs of the Working Group, Mr. Timothy Hodges and Mr. Fernando Casas, the purpose of which is to provid ...
English Spanish French
Reference: SBCD/STTM/JW/71918 (2010-123)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points
In accordance with notification 2010-119 of 15 June, please be advised that the online survey on possible joint activities between the three Rio Conventions is now also available in French and Spanish.
English Spanish French
Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/fb/72402 (2010-124)
To: Africa’s National Focal Points and Resource Mobilization Focal Points of the Convention
I have the honour of transmitting to you the information note prepared by the Green Development Mechanism (GDM) 2010 Initiative with respect to its institutional characters. The information note is transmitted to Africa’s national focal points of the Convention, as received.
English
Reference: SCBD/OES/OES/AD/fd/72421 (2010-125)
To: CBD National Focal Points and International Organizations
In adopting its Resolution 61/193, the United Nations General Assembly decided to proclaim 2011 as International Year of Forests.
English
Reference: SCBD/ITS/RS/sm/72505 (2010-126)
To: CBD National Focal Points
I am pleased to announce that the final report of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention that took place from 24-28 May 2010 in Nairobi is available at: http://www.cbd.int/wgri3/meeting/Documents.shtml in all UN official languages.
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Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/72093 (2010-127)
To: CBD and SBSTTA National Focal Points
Subsequent to the notification issued on 20 May 2010, the purpose of this notification is to inform you that deadline for submission of nominations for the Midori Prize for Biodiversity has been extended to 12 July 2010.
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/TC/JSt/72485 (2010-128)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, CHM Focal Points, POWPA Focal Points, Indigenous and Local Community Organizations, Members of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests, other Relevant Organizations
I am pleased to inform you that a global expert workshop on ‘Biodiversity Benefits of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries’ will be held in Nairobi, Kenya, from 20 to 24 September 2010.
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/65011R (2010-129)
To: CBD National Focal Points of Parties without a PoWPA Focal Point
In order to facilitate communication and improve capacity for PoWPA implementation in all regions, the Secretariat aims to have a complete list of PoWPA focal points prior to the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties. Parties that have not yet nominated a PoWPA-NFP (see Annex) are there ...
English
Reference: SCBD/RMCS/AD/lp/72537 (2010-130)
To: All CPB, CBD National Focal Points, International Organizations
The purpose of this notification is to draw your attention to the registration procedures for the application for the poster sessions for COP/MOP-5 and COP-10 in Nagoya, Japan in October 2010.
English Spanish French
Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/fb/72592 (2010-131)
To: CBD National Focal Points, CPB National Focal Points, and Resource Mobilization Focal Points
The thirty-eighth meeting of the Council of the Global Environment Facility was held from 29 June - 1 July 2010 in Washington, D.C.
English
Reference: SCBD/RMCS/AD/NI/71512 (2010-132)
To: all Focal Points and organizations
As you are aware, the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties (COP-MOP 5) to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 10) to the Convention on Biological Diversity to be held from 11 – 15 October ...
English Spanish
Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ar/72619 (2010-133)
To: All CPB Focal Points
I have the honour to refer to Notification 2009-106 of 1 September 2009 announcing the Fifth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP MOP/5), and requesting the submission of credentials for representatives of Par ...
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Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ar/72618 (2010-134)
To: All CBD National Focal Points
I have the honour to refer to Notification 2009-107 of 1 September 2009 announcing the Tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 10) and requesting the submission of credentials for representatives of Parties attending this meeting.
English Spanish French
Reference: SCBD/OES/OES/AD/fd/72421 (2010-135)
To: CBD National Focal Points and International Organizations
As the International Year of Biodiversity (IYB) reaches its six months milestone, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) would like to use this important opportunity to highlight some of the many achievements. The year’s success would not have been possible without the ...
English
Reference: SCBD/OES/OMG/DA/fd/ 72603 (2010-136)
To: CBD National Focal Points and International Organizations
Communication, Education and Public Awareness (CEPA) is instrumental in helping to clarify the complexity of the issues surrounding biodiversity. Reflecting this importance, the IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (CEC), as part of its contribution to the International Year of Biodiv ...
English
Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ar/72636 (2010-137)
To: All CBD Focal Points
I am pleased to inform you that the guidelines on Business and Biodiversity prepared by Germany in its capacity as COP 9 president is now available at the following address http://www.bmu.de/english/current_press_releases/pm/46135.php.
English Spanish French
Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/VN/SG/72950 (2010-138)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous and local community organizations, and stakeholders
The need to raise awareness and to build capacity with respect to access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing has been recognized by the Conference of the Parties (COP) on numerous occasions. At the most recent COP, in decision IX/32 on Communication, Education and Public Awareness (CEPA), ...
English Spanish French
Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/72621 (2010-139)
To: All CBD National Focal Points, Relevant organizations and partners
The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity is pleased to share highlights of the global celebrations of the International Year of Biodiversity for June 2010. The report is accessible at the CBD website at: http://www.cbd.int/iyb/doc/prints/iyb-report-2010-06-en.pdf.
English Spanish French
Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/JS/DM/72524 (2010-140)
To: CBD National Focal Points and Indigenous and Local Community
I am pleased to inform Parties, international agencies, indigenous and local community representatives and other stakeholders that, thanks to the generous financial support from the Government of Spain, a regional capacity building workshop for indigenous and local community representatives on e ...
English Spanish
Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/72696 (2010-141)
To: All CBD National Focal Points, Relevant organizations and partners
The Secretariat is pleased to announce that the June 2010 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/2010/mba-2010-06-en.pdf.
English Spanish French
Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/VA/70751 (2010-142)
To: CBD and SBSTTA focal points, SBSTTA Bureau Members and relevant organizations
I wish to inform you that the final report of the SBSTTA-14 meeting (document UNEP/CBD/COP/10/3) is now available, in English language, in final form, on the Secretariat website at: http://www.cbd.int/doc/?meeting=sbstta-14. The version of this document in the U.N. official languages is being u ...
English
Reference: SCBD/RMCS/IAh/72737 (2010-143)
To: CBD National Focal Points
The United Nations Board of Auditors (UNBOA) has reviewed, in October 2009, the financial accounts, as well as the financial and administrative internal procedures of the CBD Secretariat. The UNBOA audit mission was carried out in the context of the audit of the 2008-2009 financial statements o ...
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Reference: SCBD/BCH/GF/ABw/72371 (2010-144)
To: CPB Focal Points, BCH Focal Points
I am pleased to announce that the Secretariat, in collaboration with and support of the UNEP-GEF Biosafety Project, will convene a training workshop for National Focal Points for the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH-NFPs) on 8-9 October 2010, immediately before the fifth meeting of the Conference o ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/OH/rg/72486 (2010-145)
To: CBD National Focal Points of Parties member of the Group of 77
I am pleased to invite you to attend the First South-South Cooperation Forum on Biodiversity for Development to be held on 17 October 2010, in Nagoya, just prior to the opening of the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 10).
English Spanish French
Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/72995 (2010-146)
To: CBD and ABS National Focal Points
I am pleased to inform you that the report of the resumed ninth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, held in Montreal on 10-16 July 2010 is now accessible in English on the Secretariat’s website at the following link: http://www.cbd.int/doc/?meeting=ABSWG ...
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Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/JS/VF/72955 (2010-147)
To: CBD National Focal Points and Indigenous and Local Community
I am pleased to inform you that the selection of indigenous and local community representatives to receive financial assistance to participate in the meeting under reference has been completed in partnership with the Indigenous Women’s Biodiversity Network for the Latin American and Caribbean Re ...
English
Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/JS/VF/73006 (2010-148)
To: CBD National Focal Points; Indigenous and Local Community of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
I am pleased to inform Parties, international agencies, indigenous and local community representatives and other stakeholders that, thanks to the generous financial support from the Government of Spain, a regional capacity building workshop for indigenous and local community representatives on e ...
English Spanish
Reference: SCBD/RMCS/AD/NI/71512 (2010-149)
To: all CBD, CPB Focal Points and International organizations
Reference is made to notifications 2010-072 of 15 April 2010 and 2010-132 of 6 July 2010, regarding hotel accommodation for the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 5) and the tenth meeting of the Con ...
English
Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/73029 (2010-150)
To: CBD and ABS National Focal Points
At the conclusion of the second part of its ninth meeting, held in Montreal, Canada, from 10-16 July 2010, the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WGABS) decided to reconvene the Interregional Negotiating Group (ING) in order to continue negotiations on the draft Proto ...
English Spanish French
Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/65011R (2010-151)
To: CBD National Focal Points of Parties without a PoWPA Focal Point
With reference to paragraph A 21 of decision IX/18, Parties were requested to designate a National Focal Point for the Programme of Work on Protected Areas (PoWPA-NFP) vide original notification 2008-124 dated 23 September 2008 (also translated into Spanish https://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/ ...
English
Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/73029 (2010-152)
To: Indigenous and local community organizations
At the conclusion of the second part of its ninth meeting, held in Montreal, Canada, from 10-16 July 2010, the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WGABS) decided to reconvene the Interregional Negotiating Group (ING) in order to continue negotiations on the draft Proto ...
English Spanish French
Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/73029 (2010-153)
To: International organizations, non-governmental organizations and relevant stakeholders
At the conclusion of the second part of its ninth meeting, held in Montreal, Canada, from 10-16 July 2010, the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WGABS) decided to reconvene the Interregional Negotiating Group (ING) in order to continue negotiations on the draft Proto ...
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Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/73099 (2010-154)
To: CBD National Focal Points and International Organizations
The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is pleased to share highlights of the global celebrations of the International Year of Biodiversity for July 2010. The report is accessible at the CBD website at: http://www.cbd.int/iyb/doc/prints/iyb-report-2010-07-en.pdf
English
Reference: SCBD/BS/WDY/ps/73102 (2010-155)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB NFPs have not yet been designated), Relevant Organizations
I am pleased to inform you that the report of the third meeting of the Group of Friends of the Co-Chairs on Liability and Redress that contains, among other things, the latest version of the text of the proposed supplementary protocol to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety is now available in al ...
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