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High-Level Segment for Part Two of the United Nations Biodiversity Conference

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/CE/90565 (2022-057)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points

Nomination of Experts to the South, Southeast and Pacific Asian Training Course on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms, 7-11 November 2022 – Manila, Philippines

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MAQ/MW/90526 (2022-055)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points of: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Cook Islands, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kiribati, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Myanmar, Nauru, Niue, Nepal, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Viet Nam, Vanuatu, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated) and relevant organizations cc: Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points of the South, Southeast and Pacific Asian sub-regions

Invitation to prepare for nomination and election of members of the Compliance Committees under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and under the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing

Reference: SCBD/CPU/NPU/DC/TS/WM/KG/PS/90539 (2022-054)
To: National Focal Points to the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB and ABS NFPs have not yet been designated), indigenous peoples and local communities and members of the Compliance Committees under the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols

Meeting of the Informal Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, 26-30 September 2022 - Montreal, Canada

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/LS/VA/90501 (2022-051)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Media Registration Opens for Historic Biodiversity COP 15 in Montreal: Final Negotiation / Adoption of New Global Agreement to Safeguard Nature (Final Working Group Negotiations: Dec. 3 - 5; COP 15: Dec. 7 - 19 )

Nomination of Experts to the Western, Central and Eastern Asian Training Course on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms, 17-21 October 2022 - Antalya, Türkiye

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MAQ/MW/90492 (2022-050)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points of: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, China, Cyprus, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Georgia, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Mongolia, Oman, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, State of Palestine, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Yemen, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated) and relevant organizations cc: Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points of the Western, Central and Eastern Asian sub-regions

"Information Note for Participants" and Side-Events Registration for Part Two of the Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties and concurrent meetings of the Parties to the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/IS/90500 (2022-049)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Revised deadline to solicit funding for participation in the fifth meeting of the Working Group on the post-2020 global biodiversity framework and Part Two of the Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention and the concurrent meetings of the Parties to the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/IS/90463 (2022-048)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Registration for Part Two of the Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention and the concurrent meetings of the Parties to the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols, and for the fifth meeting of the Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, 3 - 19 December 2022 - Montreal, Canada

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/IS/90463 (2022-045)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Nomination of Experts to the Training Course on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms for Francophone Africa, 19-22 September 2022 - Dakar, Senegal

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MAQ/MW/90404 (2022-046)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points of: Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cabo Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Senegal, Togo, Tunisia, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated) and relevant organizations, cc: Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points of the Francophone Africa region

Negotiation of Global Biodiversity Agreement will resume at Special Three Day Meeting in Montreal, Dec. 3 - 5, Immediately Prior to COP15, Dec. 7 - 19

Fifth meeting of the Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and adjustment of the dates for Part Two of the Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention and the concurrent meetings of the Parties to the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/IS/90400 (2022-044)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

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

Expert workshop on the monitoring framework for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework

29 June - 1 July 2022, Bonn, Germany

Governments advance text of landmark global agreement on biodiversity, prepare final steps in negotiation to be concluded in Montreal in December

Nairobi – 26 June 2022 – With six days of negotiations behind them, Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity advanced a global plan to bend the curve on biodiversity loss, expected to be adopted in Montreal, Canada in December 2022.

Issue 3 of the Action Agenda Newsletter on Biodiversity Commitments for non-state actors is now available.

Biodiversity COP15, chaired by China, will conclude in Montreal Dec. 5 to 17 with expected approval of Landmark Global Agreement: Date, venue confirmed as nations convene in Nairobi to continue work on final text of Global Biodiversity Framework to safeguard nature.

Venue and Date for Part Two of the Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, the Tenth meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol and the Fourth meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/90400 (2022-041)
To: CBD Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, CPB Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Biodiversity COP15, chaired by China, will conclude in Montreal Dec. 5 to 17 with expected approval of Landmark Global Agreement: Date, venue confirmed as nations convene in Nairobi to continue work on final text of Global Biodiversity Framework to safeguard nature

With China in the Chair as President, the 15th Conference of Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity will reconvene Dec. 5 to 17 in Montreal, Canada, where a new world agreement to safeguard nature is expected to be adopted.

Fourth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

21 - 26 June 2022, Nairobi, Kenya

Launch of Technical Series No. 100: Synthetic Biology

27 April 2022, Online

Launch of Biosafety Technical Series No. 5: Training Manual on the Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms in the Context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

25 April 2022, Online

Fourth meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, 21-26 June 2022 - Nairobi, Kenya

Reference: SCBD/EM/DC/90280 (2022-024)
To: CBD Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Webinar on the launch of Biosafety Technical Series 05: Training Manual on the Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms (LMOs) in the Context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MAQ/AMc/MW/90268 (2022-021)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where Cartagena Protocol Focal Points have not yet been designated), indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations

Webinar on the launch of CBD Technical Series No. 100 on Synthetic Biology

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MAQ/MW/90269 (2022-022)
To: CBD National Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations cc: SBSTTA Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points

Social Media Kit for Biosafety and Biosafety Clearing-House, developed together with the Global Biosafety Clearing-House Capacity-Building Project

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/ZJ/AB/90264 (2022-023)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where Cartagena Protocol Focal Points have not yet been designated), BCH Focal Points, relevant organizations

SBI-3 agenda item 9: Extension of peer review of proposed annexes A, B, C and D

Reference: SCBD/IMS/JMF/JC/MC/90056 (2022-018)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Nomination of experts for a technical meeting on indicators for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework

Reference: SCBD/IMS/JMF/JC/KM/90243 (2022-019)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

International Day for Biological Diversity 2022

Reference: SCBD/OES/DAIN/MB/FD/90234 (2022-017)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, relevant organizations, and indigenous peoples and local communities

Governments advance negotiations on ambitious global biodiversity framework but require more time

29 March 2022 – Following 15 days of negotiation in Geneva, world governments have produced a strong basis for a post 2020 global biodiversity framework to safeguard the health of the planet, scheduled for final agreement at UN Biodiversity Conference in Kunming, China this year.

Governments advance negotiations on ambitious global biodiversity framework but require more time

Third meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

14 - 29 March 2022, Geneva, Switzerland

Third meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation

14 - 29 March 2022, Geneva, Switzerland

Twenty-fourth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice

14 - 29 March 2022, Geneva, Switzerland

Nations Convene in Geneva to Set Stage for UN Biodiversity Conference (COP-15), Advance Text of Proposed Framework to Safeguard Nature

13 March 2022 – Three meetings critical to developing an ambitious and transformative post-2020 global biodiversity framework to safeguard nature resume in-person sessions on Monday, 14 March in Geneva, Switzerland.

Code of Conduct to Prevent Harassment at CBD Events

Reference: SCBD/OES/WY/90182 (2022-016)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, international organizations, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, and relevant organizations

Updated information: Resumed sessions of SBSTTA 24, SBI 3 and WG2020-3, Geneva, Switzerland

Reference: SCBD/EM/DC/90155 (2022-014)
To: CBD Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

2022 United Nations High-Level Political Forum

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/ML/OH/GD/90088 (2022-009)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points and ABS Focal Points

Further information: Resumed sessions of SBSTTA 24, SBI 3 and WG2020-3, Geneva, Switzerland

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/89916 (2022-006)
To: CBD Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Selected representatives of indigenous peoples and local communities to receive funding for their participation in the resumed sessions of the Twenty-fourth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, the Third meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation and the Third meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/ML/TMc/QC/TM/90008 (2022-007)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, TK Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities organizations, and other relevant organizations

Core Programme Budget of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety: Scale of assessment for the apportionment of expenses for 2022

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/GF/87910 (2022-004)
To: Cartagena Protocol Focal Points

Fourth Call for Proposals under the Bio-Bridge Initiative

Reference: SCBD/IMS/JMF/ET/CC/CPa/89988 (2022-002)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Upcoming webinars to support discussions at the resumed sessions of SBSTTA-24, SBI-3 and WG2020-3

Reference: SCBD/IMS/JMF/JC/MC/90056 (2022-001)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Contact information of competent authority to perform the functions set out in Article 5 of the Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/KG/PD/PS/90031 (2021-083)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where Cartagena Protocol Focal Points have not yet been designated), BCH Focal Points

New and improved Biosafety Clearing-House platform now available online to assist Parties in implementing the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

8 December 2021 – To ensure consistency among the platforms and strengthen coherence and integration between the three main clearing-houses of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), an improved Biosafety-Clearing House (BCH) platform is now available online to help alig ...

New and improved Biosafety Clearing-House platform now available online to assist Parties in implementing the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Webinar on the new platform for the Biosafety-Clearing House (BCH)

7 December 2021, Online

Launch of the new platform of the Biosafety Clearing-House

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/ZJ/AB/89970 (2021-075)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where Cartagena Protocol Focal Points have not yet been designated), BCH Focal Points, relevant organizations

Webinar on Synthetic Biology Governance and Cooperation Opportunities

2 November 2021, Online

Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress celebrates eleventh anniversary

21 October 2021 – The month of October marks the eleventh anniversary of the adoption of the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.