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Implementation of Decision VIII/17 on Private sector engagement.

Reference: SCBD/OMG/NB/57846 (2007-037)
To: CBD National Focal Points

In view of the preparations for the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP-9), the Secretariat is compiling information regarding the implementation of Decision VIII/17. The Secretariat welcomes general information on steps taken towards the ...

Compilation of good biodiversity practice.

Reference: SCBD/OMG/NB/57847 (2007-038)
To: Business and biodiversity contacts CBD National Focal Points

The purpose of this Notification is to invite companies, business organizations and other interested organizations, to submit information on good biodiversity practice.

Continued Enhanced Dialogue between the Government of Japan and the Convention.

Montreal – 23 March 2007. In the context of the enhanced dialogue initiated between the Secretariat and its partners, a high-level delegation from Japan paid a visit to the offices of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity on 21–22 March.

Engaging the Cities of the World in the Battle for Life on Earth.

<br>View also the press release <a href='/doc/press/2007/pr-2007-03-28-mayors-fr.pdf'>in French</a> and <a href='/doc/press/2007/pr-2007-03-28-mayors-es.pdf'>in Spanish</a>.

Engaging the Cities of the World in the Battle for Life on Earth.

Montreal, 28 March 2007. In 1950, only three of the world's most populous cities were in developing countries. Currently, only three of the world's most populous cities are in rich countries. Cities occupy two per cent of the planet’s surface but their residents use 75 per cent of the Earth’s ...

Message from Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary, to the Equator Prize finalists.

Director, Centre for Biodiversity and Restoration Ecology School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington Visits CBD Secretariat.

Director, Centre for Biodiversity and Restoration Ecology School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington Visits CBD Secretariat

Professor Ben Bell, Director, Centre for Biodiversity and Restoration Ecology School of Biological Sciences at Victoria University of Wellington paid a two-day visit to the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity on 3-4 May to present the work of the Centre and to meet with the Sec ...

CBD and CEDRIE Partner for a 2-day Symposium on the Enhanced Phase of Implementation of the CBD.

Toyota has begun accepting applications to its Environmental Activities Grant Program for financial year 2007 on 27 April 2007

Release of CBD Business Newsletter (climate change)

Reference: SCBD/OMG/NB/58472 (2007-057)
To: CBD National Focal Points Business and biodiversity contacts

I am pleased to inform you that the third issue of the Secretariat’s newsletter on business and biodiversity, Business.2010, has been posted on the CBD website. This issue focuses on ‘business, biodiversity and climate change’ and can be downloaded at the following addresses: <a href='/doc/newsl ...

Executive Secretary Meets with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UNDP Administrator.

Executive Secretary Meets with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UNDP Administrator.

Following the successful celebrations across the world of the International Day on Biological Diversity, the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, met with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in New York on 25 May 2007.

Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Fourteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, the Hague, 3-15 June 2007

Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Fourteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, the Hague, 3-15 June 2007

It is a great pleasure and honour to address the fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). As you know, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) attaches great importance to the need to ...

“Global Alliance for Life on Earth” - Statement by Dr Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at a Meeting organized at the United States Library of Congress by the Institute for Policy Innovation, Washington DC, 26 June 2007.

CBD’s Ahmed Djoghlaf Welcomes Zoellick Appointment at the World Bank.

CBD’s Ahmed Djoghlaf Welcomes Zoellick Appointment at the World Bank.

CBD Executive Secretary Ahmed Djoghlaf welcomed the appointment of Mr. Robert B. Zoellick as President of the World Bank. The decision to appoint Mr. Zoellick was made yesterday by the unanimous vote of the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors.

“Global Alliance for Life on Earth” - Statement by Dr Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at a Meeting organized at the United States Library of Congress by the Institute for Policy Innovation, Washington DC, 26 June 2007.

During this weekend, the temperature reached 100 degrees Fahrenheit in Romania; as a result at least four people died. This was a stark reminder of the exceptional heat wave that engulfed Europe in August 2003, which led in a matter of days to the death of more than 22,000 people. According to ...

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/12/INF/17

Proposal from the Convention on Biological Diversity on Options for Mutually Supportive Activities for the Secretariats of the Rio Conventions, Parties and Relevant Organizations

Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity Signs Memorandum of Cooperation with the International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP).

Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity Signs Memorandum of Cooperation with the International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP).

Paris, 2 July 2007: Today, at the margins of the twelfth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) the Secretariat signed an agreement with the International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP) on future cooperation between the two organiza ...

Recommendation XII/5

Proposals for the integration of climate-change activities within the programmes of work of the Convention, options for mutually supportive actions addressing climate change within the Rio conventions and a summary of the findings of the global Assessment on Peatlands, Biodiversity and Climate Change

CBD Secretariat and IUCN—The World Conservation Union Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Enhance Cooperation.

CBD Secretariat and IUCN—The World Conservation Union Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Enhance Cooperation.

Paris – 11 July 2007. A Memorandum of Understanding geared towards enhancing the cooperation and collaboration between the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity and IUCN–The World Conservation Union was signed today by the two organizations on the margins of the second meeting o ...

Report of the Seventh Meeting of the Joint Liaison Group of the Rio Conventions.

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JW/ac/59463 (2007-099)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points

In Decision VIII/30, Paragraph 9, the Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) requested the Executive Secretary, through the Joint Liaison Group (JLG) of the Rio Conventions, to consider the options for enhanced cooperation among the three Rio Conventions prepared f ...

Strengthening of Partnerships through Synergies between the UNCCD and the Convention on Biological Diversity

Second Meeting of the Steering Committee of the Consortium of Scientific Partners and Institutions

17 October 2007, Paris, France

CBD Secretariat and the United Nations Regional Economic and Social Commissions Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Mainstream the Objectives of the Convention and Enhance Cooperation.

CBD Secretariat and the United Nations Regional Economic and Social Commissions Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Mainstream the Objectives of the Convention and Enhance Cooperation

New York – 25 October 2007. A memorandum of understanding geared towards enhancing the cooperation and collaboration between the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the United Nations regional economic and social commissions for Africa (ECA), Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), ...

Memorandum of Understanding Signed between the CBD Secretariat and UNEP GRID-Arendal Centre.

Memorandum of Understanding Signed between the CBD Secretariat and UNEP GRID-Arendal Centre

Montreal – 30 October 2007. A Memorandum of Understanding between the CBD Secretariat and the GRID-Arendal Centre of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) was signed today in Trondheim, at the margins of the 2007 Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity.

Report of the Eighth Meeting of the Joint Liaison Group of the Rio Conventions

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ar/60876 (2007-149)
To: CBD National Focal points and SBSTTA Focal Points

The eighth meeting of the JLG was held on 12 September 2007 in Madrid, Spain. The report of the meeting is available on the Secretariat website at the following link: <a href='/doc/reports/jlg-08-report-en.pdf'>http://www.cbd.int/doc/reports/jlg-08-report-en.pdf</a>

Statement by the Executive Secretary, Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, on the Occasion of the 27th Meeting of the Bern Convention Standing Committee.

Statement by the Executive Secretary, Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, on the Occasion of the 27th Meeting of the Bern Convention Standing Committee

Letter of Intent Signed between the Government of the Netherlands and the CBD Secretariat

Letter of Intent Signed between the Government of the Netherlands and the CBD Secretariat

Montreal – 7 December 2007 With the aim of assisting developing countries in their efforts to reduce poverty through the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, a four-year framework of cooperation between the Government of the Netherlands and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biol ...

Secretariat publishes new issue of Gincana magazine devoted to partnerships.

CBD Secretariat and the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany Sign Memorandum of Understanding on “Biodiversity and Poverty Alleviation”

CBD Secretariat and the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany Sign Memorandum of Understanding on “Biodiversity and Poverty Alleviation”

Montreal – 2 January 2008. An Agreement in the amount of € 1.000.000,00 EURO to support the project “Linking implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity and Poverty Alleviation” was signed between the Executive Secretary of the Convention and on HEM Thomas Matussek, the Ambassado ...

There will be an international NGO forum inform the public about important COP 9 matters, major obstacles and progress that needs to be achieved at COP 9. The 100-days-to-COP-9 Forum will be held in Berlin from 8 to 9 February 2008.

Recommendation XIII/6

Biodiversity and climate change: options for mutually supportive actions addressing climate change within the three Rio conventions

“South South Cooperation for Promoting Life on Earth” - Statement by the Executive Secretary, Ahmed Djoghlaf, on the Occasion of the Inaugural Session of the High-Level Panel of Eminent Personalities on the Development Platform for the South , St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda, 29 April 2008.

“South South Cooperation for Promoting Life on Earth” - Statement by the Executive Secretary, Ahmed Djoghlaf, on the Occasion of the Inaugural Session of the High-Level Panel of Eminent Personalities on the Development Platform for the South , St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda, 29 April 2008

Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Sixteenth Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development, United Nations Headquarters, New York, 5-16 May 2008.

Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Sixteenth Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development, United Nations Headquarters, New York, 5-16 May 2008

UN Biodiversity Convention Secretariat teams up with Europe’s Bern Convention to stop the lost of biodiversity in Europe.

UN Biodiversity Convention Secretariat teams up with Europe’s Bern Convention to stop the lost of biodiversity in Europe

Bonn - 22 May 2008—To support efforts to meet the 2010 global goal to reverse and stop the loss of biodiversity, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity today signed a strategic partnership with the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, known as the Bern Con ...

Biodiversity added to the agenda of Hokkaido Toyako G8 Summit

Bonn - 26 May 2008 — G8 environment ministers at the Kobe meeting adopted, for the first time a call for action for biodiversity elevating biodiversity to a key item on the agenda of the upcoming Hokkaido Toyako Summit. Since the establishment of the G8 summit in 1975 in Rambouillet, France bi ...

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