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Meeting
#4810

2012 international Planet Under Pressure conference: New knowledge towards solutions

26 - 29 March 2012, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Notification
#2724
2018-01-12

2018 high-level political forum on sustainable development

Reference: SCBD/MCO/AF/ML/CR/87028 (2018-005)
To: CBD National Focal Points

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News Headlines
#119506
2019-01-18

2018's Award-Winning Ocean Art Photos Will Transport You To Another Planet

In the sapphire-to-stygian waters that cover 70 per cent of Earth’s surface, fish school in iridescent sheets, whales sing mournful tunes, and jellyfish bloom like wildflowers. The ocean is a teeming mystery that most of us rarely dip our toes in.

Notification
#2830
2019-01-21
Action by
2019-02-10

2019 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/AS/ML/GD/87836 (2019-002)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, and ABS Focal Points

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News Headlines
#123596
2020-01-07

2019: The year Sri Lanka’s stunning new species came to light

For the Indian Ocean island of Sri Lanka, it is not a huge surprise to have introduced more than 50 new species just in the past year. For this biodiversity-rich nation with high endemism, 2019 was a successful year, not just with many new species discoveries, but also with more engagement of a ...

Notification
#2996
2020-07-03

2020 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/CS/88984 (2020-047)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, and ABS Focal Points

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News Headlines
#123069
2019-11-19

2020 Ocean Pathways Week

On 13 November 2019, during the 2020 Ocean Pathways Week, participants convened for a joint session coordinated by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and supported by the Ministry of Environment and Energy of the Government of Sweden and the Ministry of Oceans and Fi ...

News Headlines
#120151
2019-02-28

2020 will be an ocean year: Reasons for hope

In the last decade, the level of buzz around the idea of a "blue economy" has been growing, so much so that, in just a few days, it will take centre stage at the World Ocean Summit in Abu Dhabi - and for good reason. A blue economy is underpinned by the idea that a sustainably managed, healthy o ...

News Headlines
#124467
2020-03-03

2020: The Year to Super Charge Our Work on Nature

This year’s World Wildlife Day, with the theme of Sustaining All Life on Earth, heralds a year where we must commit to transformative change to stop what will otherwise be a devastating crash in our natural systems

News Headlines
#123670
2020-01-13

2020: This is the year to protect plant health!

The United Nations (U.N.) had many compelling reasons to declare 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH). Consider just a few of them: Healthy plants are the foundation of all life on Earth. They make the oxygen we breathe and give us 80% of the food we eat. Plants sustain our live ...

News Headlines
#127826
2021-03-29

2021 May Be Our Last Year to Fix Both Climate and Nature, Suggests WWF

Earth Hour comes ahead of key events when world leaders will take critical decisions on nature, climate change and sustainable development, setting the course of our future.

Meeting
#2055

20th Session of the Governing Council

4 - 8 April 2005, Nairobi, Kenya

News Headlines
#124542
2020-03-05

215-Million-Year-Old, Sharp-Nosed Sea Creature Was Among the Last of Its Kind

Researchers gave the marine reptile the genus name Gunakadeit in honor of a sea monster from Tlingit oral history. As the frigid Alaskan waters lapped at his heels, Patrick Druckenmiller repositioned his saw against the algae-dappled rock.

Meeting
#2925
Meeting
#326

21st Session of the UNEP Governing Council

5 - 9 February 2001, Nairobi, Kenya

Meeting
#647

22nd Session of the UNEP Governing Council

3 - 7 February 2003, Nairobi, Kenya

Meeting
#2884

23rd Meeting of the BioNET Supervisory Fund Board

13 December 2007, Egham, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Meeting
#1463
Meeting
#2157
News Headlines
#128123
2021-04-21

26 ways to live lighter on the planet, starting now

Human impact on our world is something we can all reduce. To mark Earth Day – and the launch of National Geographic's new initiative Planet Possible – a look at sustainability ideas that begin with the most important changemakers of all: us.

Meeting
#3294

26th Meeting of the BioNET Fund Supervisory Board

25 August 2009, Egham, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Meeting
#2090
Meeting
#4584
News Headlines
#124471
2020-03-03

3 billion-year-old Earth had water everywhere, but not one continent, study suggests

What did Earth look like 3.2 billion years ago? New evidence suggests the planet was covered by a vast ocean and had no continents at all. Continents appeared later, as plate tectonics thrust enormous, rocky land masses upward to breach the sea surfaces, scientists recently reported.

News Headlines
#120760
2019-04-12

30 per cent by 2030? Study maps out how to protect the world’s oceans

As governments work towards an international pledge to protect at least 10 per cent of the world’s oceans by 2020, scientists are proposing an even wider movement to save more than one-third of the marine ecosystem.

Meeting
#391

32nd Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Multilateral Fund

4 - 8 December 2000, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Meeting
#2085
Meeting
#2321

3rd Global Botanic Gardens Congress

15 - 20 April 2007, Wuhan, China

Meeting
#659
Meeting
#1908
Meeting
#390
News Headlines
#132022
2021-12-02

4 Million Pounds of Microplastics Found in Corals, Causing Tissue Necrosis in Fishes

Harmful to ocean and aquatic life, microplastics make up the nearly three percent toxic pollutants in shallow, tropical waters where corals flourish. These toxic chemicals bring huge detrimental impact on reef health, and a new study reveals 4 million pounds of them may be stored in coral skelet ...

News Headlines
#121086
2019-05-16

414 million pieces of plastic found on remote island group in Indian Ocean

Debris on Cocos (Keeling) Islands was mostly bottles, cutlery, bags and straws, but also included 977,000 shoes, study says

Meeting
#2039

49th Session of the Commission on Status of Women

28 February - 11 March 2005, New York, United States of America

News Headlines
#132381
2022-01-11

5 biodiversity guidelines to watch in 2022

Biodiversity bubbled up as an important — if still overlooked — issue for businesses during 2021. And sustainability professionals can anticipate the emergence of important new resources for that agenda to emerge during the months ahead.

News Headlines
#133033
2022-02-09

5 reasons why eating insects could reduce climate change

We've been conditioned to think of animals and plants as our primary sources of proteins, namely meat, dairy and eggs or tofu, beans and nuts, but there's an unsung category of sustainable and nutritious protein that has yet to widely catch on: insects.

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