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REMINDER: Deadline for Nomination of Experts to the Western South Pacific Regional Workshop to Facilitate the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs), 22-25 November 2011, Fiji

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/JLe/rg/77026 (2011-160)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points in Western South Pacific Region; other Governments; competent organizations and regional initiatives

Reference is made to the earlier notification (2011-136) sent on 22 July 2011 regarding the nomination of experts to the Western South Pacific regional workshop to facilitate the description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs), which will take place from 22 to 25 Nov ...

Regional Workshop for Group of Latin American Countries of the CBD Programme of Invasive Alien Species and Taxonomy

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/JSH/CRm/77335 (2011-159)
To: CBD and GTI focal points for Latin America

In paragraph 7 of decision X/39, the Conference of the Parties (COP) requested the Executive Secretary, with the assistance of the Coordination Mechanism for the Global Taxonomy Initiative and in collaboration with relevant international organizations, to hold training workshops. I am pleased t ...

Taller Regional para Mesoamérica sobre la actualización de la estrategia y plan de acción nacionales en materia de diversidad biológica

Reference: SCBD/ITS/DC/GT/ 76452 (2011-155)
To: Los Puntos Focales Nacionales de los siguientes países: Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, México, Nicaragua, Panamá, República Dominicana.

Taller Regional para Mesoamérica sobre la actualización de la estrategia y plan de acción nacionales en materia de diversidad biológica

Second Regional Workshop for South, East, and South-East Asia on Updating National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans

Reference: SCBD/ITS/DC/LC/gt/77328 (2011-156)
To: CBD Focal Points of countries of South, East, and South East Asia: (South - Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka,) (South-East - Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Viet Nam) (East - China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Mongolia, Japan, Republic of Korea)

In adopting the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity (2011-2020), the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties in its decision X/2 requested countries to revise/update their national biodiversity strategies and action plans in line with the framework of the Strategic Plan. To facilitate this, t ...

Regional Workshop for Central Asia on, Updating National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans, Istanbul, Turkey, 17 - 20 October, 2011

Reference: SCBD/ITS/DD/nc/77271 (2011-157)
To: CBD Primary National Focal Points of the following countries: Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Relevant organizations.

I am pleased to inform you that, thanks to the financial support provided by Japan and other donors, a regional capacity-building workshop for the updating and revision of National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) for Central Asia countries will be held in Istanbul, Turkey from ...

Sub-Regional Workshop for South, East, and South East Asia on Capacity Building for Implementation of the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/76888 (2011-158)
To: CBD Focal Points with copy to PoWPA Focal Points in: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, India, Indonesia, Japan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Viet Nam.

In paragraph 7a of decision X/31 on protected areas, the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) requested the Executive Secretary to continue to hold regional and sub-regional capacity-building workshops, with special attention to element 2 on governance, ...

Reminder and Extension of Deadline: Nomination of GTI Focal Points and Terms of Reference for such Focal Point

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/JSH/CRm/76541R (2011-154)
To: CBD and SBSTTA focal points

This Notification serves to inform Parties and Governments that notification 2011-126, sent on 21 June 2011, invited Parties to nominate their national focal points for the Global Taxonomy Initiative (GTI), as called for under the paragraph 3a of decision VIII/3. In order to allow for, and encou ...

Signing Ceremony for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ar/77259 (2011-151)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that a signing ceremony for the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization which opened for signature on 2 February 2011 will take place on 20 September 2011 at the margins of the sixty-s ...

Signing Ceremony for the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ar/77260 (2011-152)
To: CPB Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that a signing ceremony for the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety which opened for signature on 7 March 2011 will take place on 20 September 2011 at the margins of the sixty-sixth session of th ...

Ministerial Breakfast Briefing on the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ar/77261 (2011-153)
To: CBD National Focal Points; ABS Focal Points

In partnership with Japan as the President of the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, I am pleased to inform you that the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in collaboration with the Secretariat of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food ...

Selected Experts for the Africa Regional Consultation and Capacity Building Workshop on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (REDD-plus ), Including on Relevant Biodiversity Safeguards, 20 – 23 September 2011, Cape Town, South Africa

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/TC/JSt/CP/77247 (2011-150)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Africa, cc: National Focal Points of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); Indigenous and Local Community Organizations; Members of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests; other Relevant Organizations; SBSTTA Focal Points; CHM Focal Points; POWPA Focal Points

I am pleased to share with you the list of sponsored experts for the Africa Regional Consultation and Capacity Building Workshop on REDD-plus, including on relevant biodiversity safeguards, which will be held in Cape Town, South Africa, from 20 to 23 September 2011.

First session of the plenary of an Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ar/77219 (2011-149)
To: CBD National Focal Points / SBSTTA / ABS Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the first session of the plenary of an Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), will be held from 3-7 October 2011 in Nairobi, Kenya.

UNEP/WCMC Survey on Adopted Indicators for the Strategy for Resource Mobilization Contained in Decision X/3

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/77205 (2011-147)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, Resource Mobilization Focal Points

Through decision X/3 the Conference of the Parties adopted a set of fifteen indicators for monitoring the implementation of the strategy for resource mobilization, based on its mission and eight goals. The Decision further invited Parties and other Governments to implement the adopted indicators ...

REMINDER: Nomination of Experts to the Caribbean Training Course on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms, Belize City, Belize, 26-30 September 2011

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/jh/76914 (2011-148)
To: Caribbean Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points

Reference is made to the earlier notification (2011-129) sent on 8 July 2011 regarding the nomination of experts to the Caribbean Training Course on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms (LMOs), Belize City, Belize, 26-30 September 2011.

Eleventh Meeting of the Joint Liaison Group of the Rio Conventions, Bonn, Germany (11 April 2011)

Reference: SCBD/STTM/vlo/77161 (2011-145)
To: All CBD National Focal Points STBSTTA Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the Eleventh Meeting of the Joint Liaison Group of the Rio Conventions was held on 11 April 2011 in Bonn, Germany. The Joint Liaison Group (JLG) between the three Rio Conventions was established as an informal forum for exchanging information, exploring opportunit ...

Request for submissions in preparation for the Second Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/77099 (2011-142)
To: CBD Focal Points, ICNP Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous and local communities and relevant stakeholders

The purpose of this notification is to invite Parties, other Governments, international organizations, indigenous and local communities and relevant stakeholders to submit views and information in preparation for the Second Meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nag ...

Request for comments on the draft questionnaires on capacity-building and development for the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/77098 (2011-143)
To: CBD Focal Points and ICNP Focal Points

At the first meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol (Intergovernmental Committee), in recommendation 1/2, paragraph 2, Parties called for “the development of a strategic framework for capacity-building and development under the Nagoya Protocol on the ...

Regional Workshop for Caribbean countries on Updating National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans, St George’s, Grenada (17-21 October, 2011)

Reference: SCBD/ITS/SK/GT/77100 (2011-144)
To:

I am pleased to inform you that, thanks to the financial support provided by Japan and other donors, a regional capacity-building workshop for the updating and revision of National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) for Caribbean countries will be held in St George’s, Grenada from ...

Electronic Network of Laboratories and Online Discussion Groups on the Identification of Living Modified Organisms

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/KG/jh/77120 (2011-146)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), BCH National Focal Points

Paragraph 5 of decision BS-V/9 invites Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to nominate national and international reference laboratories with the view to establishing, through the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH), an electronic network of laboratories to facilitate the identification of ...

Regional Workshop for Pacific region on Updating National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans: Incorporating work on valuation and incentive measures and in collaboration with PoWPA, Nadi, Fiji (3 to 7 October 2011)

Reference: SCBD/ITS/SK/MAC/77097 (2011-141)
To: CBD National Focal Points of the following countries: Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.

I am pleased to inform you that, thanks to the financial support provided by Japan and other donors, a regional capacity-building workshop for the updating and revision of National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) for Pacific countries will be held in Nadi, Fiji, from 3 to 7 Oct ...

Call for posters for the Fifteenth Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical, and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-15)

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBSTTA15/JM/jg/77096 (2011-140)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, POWPA Focal Points and relevant organizations

I have the pleasure to announce that the theme of the poster session for the fifteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical, and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), to be held in Montréal, Canada, from 7 to 11 November 2011, is: "Cont ...

Sub-Regional Workshop for the Pacific on Capacity Building for Implementation of the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/76889 (2011-138)
To: CBD Focal Points with copy to PoWPA focal points in the Pacific: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Nauru, Samoa, Tuvalu, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu.

In paragraph 7(a) of decision X/31 on protected areas, the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) requested the Executive Secretary to continue to hold regional and sub-regional capacity-building workshops, with special attention to element 2 on governance, par ...

Reminder: Deadline for Submission of the Second National Report on the Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (30 September 2011)

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/ET/jh/74494 (2011-139)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated)

I have the honour to refer to Notification 2010-215 (Ref: SCBD/BS/GF/ABw/74494) dated 13 December 2010 inviting Parties to submit their second regular national reports on the implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, as called for under Article 33 of the Protocol.

Online Registration system and Side-Events registration system for the Seventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions (WG8J 7), 31 October - 4 November 2011 and the Fifteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 15), 7-11 November 2011

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/lp/77037 (2011-137)
To: CBD and SBSTTA Focal Points, indigenous and local community organizations, international organizations and relevant stakeholders

As you are aware the seventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions and the fifteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice will be held at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Headquarters ...

Submission of views on cooperative procedures and institutional mechanisms to promote compliance with the Protocol and to address cases of non-compliance

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/76984 (2011-135)
To: CBD Focal Points, ICNP Focal Points, International organizations, indigenous and local communities and relevant stakeholders

The first meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (ICNP-1), in recommendation 1/3, invited Parties, other Governments, international organizations, indigenous and local communities and relevant stakeholders to communicate ...

Western South Pacific Regional Workshop to Facilitate the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs), 22-25 November 2011, Fiji.

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JL/JG/77026 (2011-136)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points in Western South Pacific Region; other Governments; competent organizations and regional initiatives

In decision X/29, the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity requested the Executive Secretary to organize a series of regional workshops, with a primary objective to facilitate the description of ecologically or biologically significant marine areas through ap ...

Invitation to CBD Expert Meeting to Develop a Series of Joint Expert Review Processes to Monitor and Assess the Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Marine and Coastal Biodiversity, 19 - 20 October 2011, Montreal, Canada.

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JL/JG/76992 (2011-134)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points; Other Governments; IOC/UNESCO, FAO, UNFCCC Secretariat, UNEP-WCMC, ICRI, Ramsar Convention, Antarctic Treaty, the Arctic Council, and Other Relevant Organizations and Scientific Group

Invitation to CBD Expert Meeting to Develop a Series of Joint Expert Review Processes to Monitor and Assess the Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Marine and Coastal Biodiversity, 19 - 20 October 2011, Montreal, Canada.

Sub-Regional Workshop for Central Africa on Capacity Building for Implementation of the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/76954 (2011-133)
To: CBD Focal Points with copy to CBD PoWPA focal points in Central Africa: Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Sao Tome and Principe

In paragraph 7a of decision X/31 on protected areas, the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) requested the Executive Secretary to continue to hold regional and sub-regional capacity-building workshops, with special attention to element 2 on governance, ...

Sub-Regional Workshop for South and East Africa on Capacity Building for Implementation of the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/76953 (2011-132)
To: CBD Focal Points with copy to CBD PoWPA focal points in South and East Africa: Botswana, Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

In paragraph 7a of decision X/31 on protected areas, the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) requested the Executive Secretary to continue to hold regional and sub-regional capacity-building workshops, with special attention to element 2 on governance, ...

Decision VIII/5 on Article 8 (j) and related provisions: Advisory Selection Committee of the Voluntary Trust Fund – List of selected members

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/JS/dm/76945 (2011-130)
To: CBD Focal Points, indigenous and local community organizations and relevant stakeholders

In decision VIII/5 D, on Mechanisms to promote the effective participation of indigenous and local communities in matters related to the objectives of Article 8(j) and related provisions, the Conference of the Parties adopted the criteria for the operation of the Voluntary Funding Mechanism for ...

Nomination of Experts to the Caribbean Training Course on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms, Belize City, Belize, 26-30 September 2011

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/jh/76914 (2011-129)
To: Caribbean Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, Relevant organizations

In decisions BS-IV/11 and BS-V/12, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol (COP-MOP) requested the Executive Secretary to convene regional or sub-regional training courses to enable countries to gain hands-on experience in preparing and evaluating risk ...

Corrections du texte original de la version française du Protocole de Nagoya sur l’accès aux ressources génétiques et le partage des avantages

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/76812 (2011-128)
To: points focaux nationaux CDB et points focaux ABS des pays francophones

Il me fait plaisir de faire circuler les notifications ci-jointes en date du 17 juin 2011 provenant du Secrétaire général des Nations Unies, agissant en sa qualité de dépositaire de la Convention sur la diversité biologique, en ce qui concerne la version française du texte du Protocole de Nagoya ...

May 2011 issue of the Monthly Bulletin of Activities (MBA) of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/76550 (2011-127)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points, Relevant organizations and partners

The Secretariat is pleased to announce that the May 2011 issue of the Monthly Bulletin of Activities (MBA) of the Convention on Biological Diversity is now available on the CBD website at: http://www.cbd.int/doc/mba/2011/mba-2011-05-en.pdf. For previous issues of the monthly bulletin, please go ...

Nomination of GTI Focal Points and terms of reference for such focal points

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/JSH/cr/76541 (2011-126)
To: CBD and SBSTTA focal points

In paragraph 9 of decision VIII/3, the Conference of the Parties urged Parties and other Governments that have not done so to establish national focal points for the GTI so that they can contribute to the implementation of the programme of work at the national level (decision VIII/3, paragraph 9a).

Eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity 8 - 19 October 2012, Hyderabad, India

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ar/76518 (2011-124)
To: All CBD Focal Points

Sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Hyderabad, India, 1 - 5 October 2012

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/CG/76517 (2011-125)
To: CBD and CPB Focal Points

Implementation of the Plan of Action on Subnational Governments, Cities and Other Local Authorities for Biodiversity

Reference: SCBD/STTM/OH/cr/76469 (2011-122)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Pursuant to Decision X/22 on the Plan of Action on Subnational Governments, Cities and Other Local Authorities for Biodiversity, requesting the Executive Secretary to report on the implementation of the Plan of Action at future meetings of the Conference of the Parties and encouraging Parties an ...

Peer review of SBSTTA-15 draft documents

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/VA/76477 (2011-123)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and SBSTTA Bureau Members and relevant organizations

I am pleased to inform you that a page has been created on the CBD website (http://www.cbd.int/sbstta15/review/) to facilitate the peer-review of the drafts of documents prepared by the Secretariat for consideration by the fifteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Tec ...

Request for submission to report on progress to address gaps and inconsistencies in the international regulatory framework in relation to invasive alien species

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/JSH/cr/76478 (2011-120)
To: CBD and SBSTTA focal points

The Conference of the Parties (COP), at its ninth meeting, invited Organizations to expand their coverage and address gaps and inconsistencies in the international regulatory framework with regard to international standards covering invasive alien species, including animals that are not pests of ...

Agricultural biodiversity: biofuels and biodiversity. Experiences and results from assessments of the impacts of biofuel production and use on biodiversity and impacts on biodiversity that affect related socioeconomic conditions

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/DCO/76500 (2011-121)
To: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA focal points and relevant Organisations

I invite Parties, other Governments and relevant organisations to submit any relevant information, in any appropriate form, to the Secretariat at secretariat@cbd.int or by mail, with the subject title "Notification – Biofuels and Biodiversity"). Submissions will be accepted at any time but not l ...

Africa Regional Consultation and Capacity Building Workshop on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (REDD-plus ), Including on Relevant Biodiversity Safeguards, 20 – 23 September 2011, Cape Town, South Africa

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/TC/JSt/76474 (2011-119)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Africa, cc: National Focal Points of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); Indigenous and Local Community Organizations; Members of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests; other Relevant Organizations; SBSTTA Focal Points; CHM Focal Points; POWPA Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that a regional consultation and capacity building workshop on biodiversity and indigenous and local community aspects of REDD-plus, including on relevant safeguards, will be held in Cape Town, South Africa, from 20 to 23 September 2011.

Review of the impact of third edition of the Global Biodiversity Outlook

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/RH/76402 (2011-115)
To: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA focal points, relevant organizations, participants to COP-10

In decision X/4 the Conference of the Parties requested the Executive Secretary, subject to the availability of the necessary resources, to commission a review of the process of preparation and production of the third edition of the Global Biodiversity Outlook in order to further improve the pro ...

Taller Regional para América del Sur sobre la actualización de las Estrategias y Planes de Acción Nacionales en Materia de diversidad Biológica

Reference: SCBD/ITS/DC/GT/76445 (2011-117)
To: Los Puntos Focales Nacionales de los siguientes países Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay y Chile

Nos complace informarles que un taller regional de creación de capacidades para la actualización y la revisión de las Estrategias y Planes de Acción (EPANB) para América del Sur, se llevará a cabo en Quito, Ecuador del 13 al 15 de julio de 2011.

Video on the occasion of the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity (2011-2020)

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/fd/76230 (2011-118)
To: All CBD National Focal Points and International Organizations

I am pleased to inform you that a promotional video outlining the goals of the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity (UNDB) is now available in English on the UNDB website at: www.cbd.int/2011-2020.

Joint Summary of the Chairs and Highlights of the 40th GEF Council Meeting, 24-26 May 2011

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/76393 (2011-114)
To: All Focal Points under the Convention

The fortieth meeting of the Council of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) was held from 24-26 May 2011 in Washington, D.C., United States of America. The GEF Council approved the work program comprising 14 project concepts and one programmatic approach, including 4 biodiversity projects, wit ...

Workshop for South America on Updating National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans

Reference: SCBD/ITS/DC/GT/76445 (2011-116)
To: CBD Primary National Focal Points of the following countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela, Relevant organizations.

We are pleased to inform you that a regional capacity building workshop for the updating and revision of National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAP) for South America will be held in Quito, Ecuador from 13 to 15 July 2011, back-to-back with a Workshop on the Amazon Regional Biodive ...

In-depth Review of Implementation of the Programme of Work on Island Biological Diversity: Second Reminder and Announcements

Reference: SCBD/STTM/OH/JG/74898 (2011-107)
To: CBD and SBSTTA National Focal Points and relevant organizations

Parties, other Governments and relevant organizations were invited to provide information for this review via notifications issued on 15 February 2011 and 28 April 2011 (http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-032-island-en.doc and http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-08 ...

Selected Experts for the Latin American and Caribbean Regional Consultation and Capacity Building Workshop on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (REDD-plus ), Including on Relevant Biodiversity Safeguards, 5 to 8 July 2011, Quito, Ecuador

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/TC/JSt/MS/76389 (2011-108)
To: CBD National Focal Points for Latin America - Caribbean Region, cc: National Focal Points of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); Indigenous and Local Community Organizations; Members of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests; other Relevant Organizations; SBSTTA Focal Points; CHM Focal Points; POWPA Focal Points

I am pleased to share with you the list of sponsored experts for the Latin American and Caribbean Regional Consultation and Capacity Building Workshop on REDD-plus, Including on Relevant Biodiversity Safeguards. The selection of experts was conducted in accordance with established procedures and ...

Seventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions (WG8J-7), Montreal, Canada, 31 October to 4 November 2011

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/dm/76300 (2011-109)
To: International organizations and relevant organizations

I am pleased to confirm that the seventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Inter-sessional Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions will be held at the International Civil Aviation Organization Headquarters in Montreal, from 31 October to 4 November 2011, back-to-back with the fifteen ...

Seventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions (WG8J-7), Montreal, Canada, 31 October to 4 November 2011

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/dm/76300 (2011-110)
To: Indigenous and local communities and relevant stakeholders

I am pleased to confirm that the seventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Inter-sessional Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions will be held at the International Civil Aviation Organization Headquarters in Montreal, from 31 October to 4 November 2011, back-to-back with the fifteen ...