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Summary report on the status of the nomination of the relevant National Focal Points, Competent National Authorities, Points of Contact for Emergency Measures and Biosafety Clearing-House Focal Points
<br>The newly established international Secretariat for the Global Invasive Species Programme seeks to introduce its role, function and potential services to - and cooperation with - CBD member states in accordance to its mandate regarding Invasive Alien Species (IAS) from the CBD to become the ...
<br>Decision II/8 of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity identified the lack of taxonomists as a significant impediment to the implementation of the Convention at the national level. The Global Taxonomy Initiative (GTI) was established by the Conference of th ...
<br>The goal of this side-event is to give participants an understanding of resilience theory, panarchy, socio-ecological systems, adaptive ecosystem management and its application to ecosystem approaches to management of natural resources as developed by the Resilience Alliance (RA). These po ...
<br>Synergy between the Rio Conventions is being addressed at various levels under the UNCCD, UNFCCC and CBD. The "Practicing Synergy Initiative" aims to reach out to the national and local level actions and activities that are being implemented especially by country parties. The sharing of prac ...
Enhancing the CHM as a mechanism for connecting people to people particularly for technology transfer and development<br>(paper submitted by the New Zealand CHM National Focal Point)
Reference: SCBD/STTM/SS/IA/43175 (2004-033)
To: CBD National Focal Points
Pursuant <a href='/decisions/default.aspx?dec=VII/10'>decision VII/10</a> the Executive Secretary requests Parties to nominate Focal Points to the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/LR/44307 (2004-073)
To: CBD National Focal Points, GTI National Focal Points
Further to <a href="/decisions/default.aspx?m=COP-06&id=7182&lg=0">decision VI/8</a>, the Executive Secretary wishes to suggest to national focal points specific actions for promoting implementation of the programme of work for the Global Taxonomy Initiative.
EnglishList of National Focal Points of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Clearing-House Mechanism
Reference: SCBD/BS/ET/ABw/48251 (2005-038)
To: All National Focal Points for Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
Relevant Organizations
I am pleased to inform you that the capacity-building databases, which are accessible through the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH) at: <a href="http://bch.biodiv.org/capacitybuilding/default.shtml">http://bch.biodiv.org/capacitybuilding/default.shtml</a>, currently contain more than 150 active rec ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/va/48323 (2005-039)
To: All CBD, SBSTTA and CHM National Focal Points
I am pleased to inform you that a restricted website has been created to facilitate the peer-review process for the documents to be submitted for consideration of the <a href="/doc/meeting.aspx?mtg=PAWG-01&tab=0"> First Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas</a> (PAs W ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/JW/va/48602 (2005-049)
To: All CBD, SBSTTA and CHM National Focal Points
I am pleased to inform you that a restricted access website has been created to facilitate the peer-review process for the documents to be submitted for consideration of the Eleventh Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (<a href="/doc/meeting.aspx?mtg= ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/DCO/va/49685 (2005-086)
To: SBSTTA National Focal Points; SBSTTA Bureau
The purpose of this notification is to seek comments from SBSTTA Focal Points and SBSTTA Bureau Members on the Scientific and Technical Review Panel’s (STRP) proposals on a more comprehensive coverage of components of biological diversity through the designation of Ramsar sites to further elabor ...
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Reference: SCBD/BS/BCH/KGM/50142 (2005-093)
To: CPB National Focal Points, where a BCH National Focal Point has not yet been nominated
CBD National Focal Points, where a CPB National Focal Point has not yet been nominated
For those governments that have not yet nominated a national focal point for the BCH, national focal points for the Cartagena Protocol nominated in accordance with Article 19 of the Protocol will also be deemed to be BCH National Focal Points in order to ensure that full access to the Biosafety ...
English21 - 24 September 2005, Athens, Greece
Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/51682 (2005-120)
To: All CBD and ABS National Focal Points
To All CBD and ABS National Focal Points<br> I have the honour to inform you that the Fourth Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Inter- sessional Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions and the Fourth Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing will be ...
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Reference: SCBD/SEL/DO/SG/51811 (2005-124)
To: CBD National Focal Points
To CBD National Focal Points<br>The Secretariat is circulating herewith a self-explanatory communication from the Government of Argentina concerning the above at the latter’s request.
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Reference: SCBD/SEL/DO/SG/51811 (2005-129)
To: All CBD National Focal Points
To CBD National Focal Points<br>The Secretariat is circulating herewith a self-explanatory communication from the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning the above at the latter’s request.
EnglishSeveral projects and initiatives in support of the GTI Program of Work will be presented by different stakeholders from the insititutional, national and international level. Presenters will include representatives of individual projects, national GTI focal points, and international organisations.
Seeing that e.g. - plants bloom at an earlier time the growing season is extended butterfly species from more southern parts of Europe show up in the Nordic nature the fishermen more frequent get tropical fishes in their nets cold-water species like cod and plaice are reduced in numbe ...
CURITIBA – 19 January 2006. Never before in human history has the rate of biodiversity loss been so great. The rate of loss of biodiversity now exceeds 100 times natural rates. For some experts we are on the eve of the greatest extinction crisis. Humans are changing environments to the poin ...
In accordance with Article 8j of the CBD, the 2010 Targets identify Focal Area 5, "Status of traditional knowledge, innovations, and practices" as one of the key areas for the development of indicators relevant to the goal to “achieve a significant reduction of the current rate of biodiversity l ...
Reference: SCBD/EDM/DC/54297 (2006-022)
To: CBD National Focal Points<br>cc: SBSTTA Focal Points and relevant organizations
Global Biodiversity Outlook 2 will be launched during the opening session of eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties and will be made publicly available at that time. Meanwhile an embargoed copy is available to National Focal Points of the Convention at the following restricted access we ...
EnglishThe intention is to present the process and preliminary outcomes of the European co-operation on biodiversity indicators – the so-called Streamlining European 2010 Biodiversity Indicators (SEBI2010), which is a joint pan-European activity with countries and other interested bodies. An overview p ...
The South America Medicinal Plants Network is made up of local groups, NGO, researchres, universities and other colaborators. It is organized in national networks of the following countries: Brazil (“Articulação Pacari” - Medicinal Plants of Cerrado), Argentina (“Rede Salud y Plantas”), Urugua ...