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UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/13/INF/16

Biological Diversity of Inland Water Ecosystems - Technical requirements under the programme of work on the biological diversity of inland water ecosystems and the ongoing and planned activities of the Scientific and Technical Review Panel (STRP) of the Ramsar Convention

UNEP/CBD/COP/8/26

Thematic Programmes of Work Progress Reports and Consideration of Proposals for Future Action: Forest Biological Diversity; Biological Diversity of Inland Water Ecosystems; Marine and Coastal Biodiversity and Agricultural Biodiversity

UNEP/CBD/COP/8/26/ADD3

Biological Diversity of Inland Water Ecosystems: Proposals on matters identified in paragraphs 2, 3 and 16 of decision VII/4 relating to targets, indicators, national reporting, other information requirements, the identification of priority threats and processes for improving the review of imple ...

UNEP/CBD/COP/8/INF/13

Biological Diversity of Inland Water Ecosystems - tools to assess the function and health of inland water ecosystems and the socio-economic and cultural values of biological diversity of inland waters

UNEP/CBD/COP/8/INF/15

Biological Diversity of Inland Water Ecosystems: Linkages between the conservation and sustainable use of the biological diversity of inland water ecosystems and poverty alleviation/sustainable livelihoods, including human health considerations

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/11/12

Biological Diversity Of Inland Water Ecosystems: Proposals on matters identified in paragraphs 3 and 16 of decision VII/4 relating to national reporting, other information requirements and the identification of priority activities under the programme of work

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/11/12/ADD1

Biological Diversity of Inland Water Ecosystems: Status of matters identified in paragraph 14 (c) of decision VII/4 relating to cost-effective means to report on implementation of the programme of work as measured against the global targets defined in the Strategic Plan

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/11/13

Biological Diversity of Inland Water Ecosystems: Consideration of matters relating to paragraphs 29 and 30 of decision VII/4 on criteria for the designation of Ramsar sites, and guidelines for their application, in the context of Annex I to the Convention on Biological Diversity

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/11/INF/24

Global Outcome Oriented Targets for the Implementation of the Programmes of Work on the Biological Diversity of Inland Water Ecosystems and Marine and Coastal Biodiversity

UNEP/CBD/EG-OOTs/1

Provisional Agenda

UNEP/CBD/EG-OOTs/2

Draft outcome-oriented targets for the implementation of the programme of work on inland water ecosystem biological diversity

UNEP/CBD/EG-OOTs/3

Outcome-oriented targets for the implementation of the elaborated programme of work on marine and coastal biological diversity

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/10/8

Draft global outcome-oriented targets for the implementation of the programmes of work on the biological diversity of inland water ecosystems and marine and coastal biodiversity

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/10/8/ADD2

Draft global outcome-oriented targets for the programmes of work on inland water ecosystems biological diversity

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/10/INF/4

The Ecological and Socio-Economic Impacts of Invasive Alien Species on Inland Water Ecosystems

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/10/INF/6

Report of the expert group meeting on outcome-oriented targets for the programmes of work on the biological diversity of inland water ecosystems and marine and coastal ecosystem

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/4/3

Item 3.2 of the Provisional Agenda <br> Progress Report on the Implementation of Programmes of Work on Thematic Areas: Inland Water, Marine and Coastal, Agricultural, and Forest Biological Diversity

Message of the CBD Executive Secretary, Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, on the occasion of World Water Day, “Water Cooperation”, 22 March 2013

Message of the CBD Executive Secretary, Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, on the occasion of World Water Day, “Water Cooperation”, 22 March 2013

Theme of the International Day for Biological Diversity 2013

Reference: SCBD/OMG/DA/fd/80749 (2012-138)
To: CBD National Focal Points and relevant organizations

SPACE OBSERVATIONS FOR INLAND WATER BIODIVERSITY

Inland water ecosystems encompass one of the most threatened world’s habitats. In some areas, depletion and pollution of important water resources have gone beyond the point of no return. Demands placed by people on natural resources in and around inland waters, particularly the unsustainable us ...

Lagoons, Lives & Livelihoods

The prime focus of this side event is on the significant interrelationships between lagoon ecosystem biodiversity and the socio-economic development of the local communities. The intrinsic management issues existing between a network of communities surrounding a lagoon system and their ecosystem ...

A Policy Brief Launch: Securing the Future of Mangroves

Mangroves are extraordinary ecosystems that offer countless goods and services to the human population. Their importance and value both economically and ecologically are largely known; despite this nearly all mangrove nations have experienced net losses in mangrove cover in recent decades as a r ...

Water Harvesting and its importance to Dry Lands and relevance to biodiversity sustenance.

The A.P. State Biodiversity Board and the A.P. State Ministry for Minor Irrigation wishes to impress the need for the conservation and use of the Rain Water which should be harvested for sustaining agriculture and in maintaining biological diversity in Dry Land areas.

Water, Wetlands and Aichi targets

Wetlands, inland as well as coastal, provide a range of ecosystem services to support human well-being , yet are one of the most rapidly degrading ecosystems. Fragmentation of hydrological regimes and ineffective integration in water management planning and decision making are one of the major d ...

UNEP/CBD/COP/11/INF/22

Report of the Study on the Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity: Water and Wetlands

UNEP/CBD/COP/11/INF/2

Report of the Work of the Expert Group on Maintaining the Ability of Biodiversity to Continue to Support the Water Cycle

11th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties of the Ramsar Convention (COP-11)

6 - 13 July 2012, Bucharest, Romania

Message of the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, on the occasion of World Water Day 2012 “Water and Food Security”, 22 March 2012

Message of the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, on the occasion of World Water Day 2012 “Water and Food Security”, 22 March 2012

International Symposium on Water and Wetlands

6 - 8 February 2012, Agadir, Morocco

Message by Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary on the occasion of World Wetlands Day “Wetlands and Tourism”, 2 February 2012

Recommendation XV/5

Biological diversity of inland water ecosystems

Ninth Meeting of Contracting Parties to the Convention for Co-operation in the Protection and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the West and Central African Region (COP9)

28 March - 1 April 2011, Accra, Ghana

Message from Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of World Water Day 2011.

Message from Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of World Water Day 2011

CONTRIBUTION OF ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES TO BIODIVERSITY SURVEY AND CLIMATE CHANGE MONITORING-2 (FEAT. JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY).

Contribution of artificial satellites to biodiversity survey and climate change monitoring (the second part). Current plan on the topic is as followed: Lecture on highlighting the contribution of artificial satellites to climate change and water circulation monitoring and global, regional and Lo ...

The Current Situation and Biodiversity of Korea's Wetland

Biodiversity of Korea's Important Wetlands including the Four Major Rivers Restoration Project and the Reality of the Korean Government's Biodiversity Conservation Policies

Investing in Biodiversity and Economic Prosperity: An Integrated Approach to an economically and environmentally prosperous Greater Mekong Subregion

In 1992, the governments of the six countries that host the Mekong River formed the Greater Mekong Subregion Economic Cooperation Program, a platform for promoting investments in key priority sectors through stronger economic integration. As with economic development challenges, threats to biod ...

Space agencies support to Ramsar/CBD for inland and coastal wetland observation and reporting

The overall objective of the Ramsar convention is the conservation and wise use of wetlands by national actions and international cooperation as a means to achieving sustainable development. According to the UN-CBD, inland water ecosystems are amongst the most threatened ecosystem types. Physica ...

Biodiversity of inland waters

In this session, nature-oriented river works, which started 20 years ago in Japan, will be reviewed first with various examples for the purpose of sharing knowledge among international participants. Then the discussion will cover how the works can contribute to the post 2010 Strategic Goal B, “r ...

Long-term sustainable development and management of the Iraqi Marshlands

The session will address UNEP-DTIE-IETC's efforts on the Iraqi Marshlands since 2004 to present. UNEP-DTIE-IETC has been working on the restoration of the Iraqi Marshlands since 2004, taking the ecosystem management approaches and community-based approach during the post-conflict period. UNEP-U ...

Wetlands and Urbanisation

This side event will illustrate the linkages between the issues of urbanization, inland waters, biodiversity, public health and resilience to climate change. This side event will be organised by Wetlands International with the involvement of the secretariats of the Ramsar Convention, CBD and the ...

Wet Carbon: Using carbon finance to restore wetlands, conserve biodiversity and secure livelihoods

Several recent initiatives are exploring the benefits for biodiversity, climate and livelihoods of conserving and restoring wetlands. This event includes presentations from experts involved in the science, practice and financing of wet carbon projects, including on-going work by IUCN and its par ...

"Wetlands, Water, Livelihoods and Biodiversity linkages in a global water crisis"

Ecosystems and the global water crisis- diminishing ecosystem services. This side event by Wetlands International and some of our partners from the development sector will illustrate the critical role of wetlands ecosystems for water – food, attenuating some of the impacts of climate change, th ...

UK Peatlands; Habitat Restoration Delivering Ecosystem Benefits’

This talk will cover water, carbon and biodiversity benefits, and ties in with the focus of the EU biodiversity policy.

Invitation for Proposals - The Rio Conventions’ Ecosystems snd Climate Change Pavilion: Promoting synergies between biodiversity, land management and climate change, to be held at the CBD COP 10 and the UNFCCC COP 16

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/AW/71840 (2010-101)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and International Organizations

The secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), in consultation with the secretariats of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), will convene the Rio Conventions’ Ecosystems and Clima ...

Recommendation XIV/2

In-depth review of the programme of work on the biological diversity of inland water ecosystems

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/14/INF/1

Observations of the Ramsar Convention Secretariat on Inland Waters, Wetlands and Water and the Strategic Plan of the CBD Post 2010; Including Outcome-Oriented Goals and Targets, and Associated Indicators

Press Release: On World Water Day, United Nations Report Demonstrates Role of Forests and Wetlands for Clean Water and A Healthy World.