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Reference: BD/SEL/ML/GD/74331 (2010-207)
To: CBD National Focal Points; relevant international organizations; research institutions; and stakeholder organizations
The purpose of this Notification is to request your assistance to identify gaps in the work of existing processes and initiatives on technology transfer and cooperation, with a view to fill these gaps and/or promote synergies with a prospective Biodiversity Technology Initiative.
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Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/74432 (2010-208)
To: CBD National Focal Points, CPB National Focal Points
The thirty-ninth meeting of the Council of the Global Environment Facility was held from 16-18 November 2010 in Washington, D.C., United States of America.
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Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/JS/DM/74443 (2010-210)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Indigenous and Local Communities
The purpose of this notification is to invite Parties and stakeholders to contribute to the implementation of the programme of work on Article 8 (j) and related provisions consistent with relevant decisions of the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties.
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Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ 74452 (2010-209)
To: All CBD National Focal Points, relevant organizations and partners
The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity is pleased to share highlights of the global celebrations of the International Year of Biodiversity for October 2010. The report is accessible at the CBD website at: www.cbd.int/iyb/doc/prints/iyb-report-2010-10-en.pdf
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Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/74482 (2010-211)
To: All CBD National Focal Points, relevant organizations and partners
The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is pleased to share highlights of the global celebrations of the International Year of Biodiversity for November 2010. The report is accessible at the CBD website at: www.cbd.int/iyb/doc/prints/iyb-report-2010-11-en.pdf
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Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/jh/74436 (2010-212)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points
CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated
I have the pleasure to inform you that the final report of the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety held in Nagoya, Japan, 11 to 15 October 2010 (document UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/5/17) is currently available at th ...
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Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/74493 (2010-213)
To: All CBD National Focal Points and International Organizations
The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is pleased to announce that the United Nations International Year of Biodiversity (IYB) was awarded the 2010 Green Award in the category of Best Green International Campaign.
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/JSH/74343R (2010-214)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and relevant organizations
This is in reference to notification 2010-204 dated 12 November 2010, available at: https://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2010/ntf-2010-204-ias-en.pdf , calling for nominations for the ad hoc technical expert group (AHTEG) meeting on addressing the risks associated with the introduction of invas ...
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Reference: SCBD/BS/GF/ABw/74494 (2010-215)
To: National Focal Points of Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, cc: Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points
Reference is made to decision BS-V/14, paragraph 3, of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol (COP-MOP), which requests Parties to submit their second regular national reports on the implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosaf ...
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Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/74553 (2010-216)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points
The purpose of this notification is to invite Parties to submit views and other information in preparation for the first meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee to be held from 6 to 10 June 2011 and with a view to support the implementation of the Protocol in accordance with decision X/1 of t ...
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Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/74553 (2010-217)
To: International organizations, indigenous and local community organizations and relevant stakeholders
The purpose of this notification is to invite international organizations, indigenous and local community organizations and relevant stakeholders to submit views and other information in preparation for the first meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee to be held from 6 to 10 June 2011 and wi ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/TC/JSt/74533 (2010-218)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Asia-Pacific, cc: National Focal Points of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), National Focal Points of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF), ASEAN Secretariat; ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity; 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 Singapore City, from 15 to 18 March 2011.
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/RH/KM/74547 (2010-219)
To: CBD National Focal Points, other governments, and relevant organizations
In paragraph 5 of decision X/7, the Conference of the Parties requested the Executive Secretary, pending the availability of the necessary financial resources, to convene a meeting, at the earliest opportunity, of an Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on Indicators for the Strategic Plan on B ...
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Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/74557 (2010-220)
To: Ministers of the Environment of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the European Commissioner for the Environment
In decision X/1 of the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, held in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan from 18 to 29 October 2010, Parties to the Convention and other States and regional economic integration organizations were urged to “designate ...
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Reference: SCBD/SEL/LG/SG/74565 (2010-221)
To: CBD Focal Points and ABS Focal Points
Reference is made to the attached copies of a notification dated 14 December 2010 from the Secretary-General of the United Nations, acting in his capacity as depositary to the Convention on Biological Diversity, regarding the opening for signature of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Reso ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/TC//JSt/75568 (2010-222)
To: All CBD National Focal Points
As we are passing the baton from the International Year of Biodiversity 2010 to the International Year of Forests 2011, I have the pleasure to inform you that the theme of the International Day for Biological Diversity, 22 May 2011, will be Forest Biodiversity. I invite all Parties and relevant ...
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Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/DC/74579 (2010-223)
To: CBD National Focal Points, other governments, and relevant organizations
I am pleased to inform you that the final report of the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties is now available at: http://www.cbd.int/doc/meetings/cop/cop-10/official/cop-10-27-en.pdf.
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Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/74578 (2010-224)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS Focal Points
I am pleased to inform you that, in line with COP decision X/1, paragraph 11, the Co-Chairs of the Open-ended Ad-hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing shall be Mr. Fernando Casas from Colombia and Mr. Timothy Hodges from Canada. With reference to ...
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Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/74593 (2010-225)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points
I am very pleased to inform you that the sixty-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly, in adopting its resolution on the report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme, decided to note United Nations Environment Programme Governing Council decision SS.X ...
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Reference: SCBD/OES/NP/cr/74590 (2010-226)
To: CBD National Focal Points
I am pleased to inform you that a partnership agreement established between the CBD Secretariat and Birdlife International to support implementation of the Strategic Plan and attainment of the Aichi-Nagoya targets launched at COP 10 was formalized on 20 December by signature of a Memorandum of U ...
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Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/74597 (2010-227)
To: CBD National Focal Points
I am pleased to share with you the report of the Second Committee of the sixty-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly regarding the resolution related to the Convention on Biological Diversity adopted on 21 December 2010.
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Reference: SCBD/SEL/LG/SG/74616 (2010-228)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS Focal Points
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, acting in his capacity as depositary to the Convention on Biological Diversity, has advised that certified true copies of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization ...
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Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/74645 (2011-001)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points
I am pleased to confirm that the first meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (ICNP) will be held in Montreal, Canada, on 6-10 June 2011.
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Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/74646 (2011-002)
To: GRULAC CBD Primary Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points
I am pleased to inform you that the United Nations Development Programme released its economic report Latin America and the Caribbean: A Biodiversity Superpower. Launched in December 2010 in Argentina on occasion of the XX Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State, the report highlights the impor ...
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Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/74666 (2011-003)
To: CBD National Focal Points
I am pleased to inform you that the final minutes of the first meeting of the Bureau of COP 10, held in Kanazawa on 19 December 2010, is now available at: http://www.cbd.int/doc/meetings/cop-bureau/cop-bur-2010/cop-bur-2010-12-19-minutes-en.pdf
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Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/74645 (2011-005)
To: International organizations and relevant stakeholders
I am pleased to confirm that the first meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (ICNP) will be held in Montreal, Canada, on 6-10 June 2011.
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Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/74645 (2011-006)
To: Indigenous and local community organizations
I am pleased to confirm that the first meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (ICNP) will be held in Montreal, Canada, on 6-10 June 2011.
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Reference: SCBD/OES/OES/AD/74686 (2011-004)
To: CBD National Focal Points and International Organizations
The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the period from 2011 to 2020 as the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity in its Resolution 65/161.
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/JSH/VA/74632 (2011-007)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points
Pursuant to the request by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, in its decision X/38 A, paragraph 3(b), and with financial support from the Governments of Spain, I am convening a meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on addressing the risks associated with the introduction of ...
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Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/74730 (2011-008)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points
As indicated in the letter to Ministers of the Environment (2010-220), dated 17 December, 2010, in decision X/1, paragraph 20, the Conference of the Parties urged Parties to the Convention and other States and regional economic organizations to designate national focal points for the Intergovern ...
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Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/74725 (2011-009)
To: CBD Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, International organizations, indigenous and local community organizations and relevant stakeholders
Article 14 of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing establishes an Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-House (ABS Clearing-House) as part of the clearing-house mechanism under Article 18, paragraph 3 of the Convention. The ABS Clearing-House is a means for the sharing of information ...
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Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/74727 (2011-010)
To: all CPB Focal Points
I am pleased to inform you that the final minutes of the first meeting of the Bureau of COP-MOP 5, held in Kanazawa on 19 December 2010, is now available at: http://www.cbd.int/doc/meetings/bs/mop-bureau/mop-bur-2010-12-19-en.pdf
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Reference: SCBD/ITS/DC/SK/74704 (2011-012)
To: CBD National Focal Points of the following countries: Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
I am pleased to inform you that a regional capacity building workshop for the updating and revision of National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) for Southern African countries will be held in Kasane, Botswana from 14 to 18 March 2011.
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Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/74510 (2011-014)
To: CBD NFPs, relevant international organizations and stakeholders
The purpose of this notification is to request your assistance pursuant to decision X/44 on incentive measures as adopted by the Conference of the Parties at its tenth meeting held from 18-29 October 2010 in Nagoya, Japan.
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/JW/ac/74665 (2011-011)
To: CBD National Focal Points
The Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), through decision X/33, amongst others, stresses the need to enhance synergies between the three Rio Conventions.
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/RH/VA74761 (2011-013)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points, other Governments and relevant organizations
In section II of decision IX/29 the Conference of the Parties decided on the process for the identification of new and emerging issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the use of genetic resources. In acc ...
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Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/KG/jh/74729 (2011-016)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), Relevant Organizations
At its fifth meeting, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP) adopted decision BS-V/3 on Status of Capacity-Building Activities. Section IV of the decision concerns cooperation on identification of capacity-building nee ...
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Reference: SCBD/ITS/DC/LC/74634 (2011-015)
To: CBD Primary National Focal Points
In its decision X/2, the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, held in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, from 18 to 29 October 2010, adopted the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity (2011-2020). While adopting this strategy for the next decade, the COP urged Parties and other Governments to ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/RH/74766 (2011-017)
To: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA focal points, GSPC focal points, relevant organizations
In paragraph 10 (b) of decision X/17, the Conference of the Parties requested the Executive Secretary, in collaboration with the Global Partnership for Plant Conservation and other partners and relevant organizations, and subject to the availability of the necessary resources to develop, by 2012 ...
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Reference: SCBD/ITS/DC/LC/74743 (2011-019)
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I am pleased to inform you that a regional workshop for the updating and revision of National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) for European countries will be held on the Isle of Vilm, Germany, from 15 to 19 April 2011.
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/TC/JSt/74726 (2011-018)
To: CBD National Focal Points
With reference to Decision X/33 on biodiversity and climate change, I am pleased to invite you to send your views, experiences and expectations with regards to relevant safeguards in reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and the role of conservation, sustainable management ...
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Reference: SCBD/ITS/DC/SK/74704 (2011-020)
To: CBD National Focal Points of the following countries: Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
Further to my notification SCBD/ITS/DC/SK/74704 of 17 January 2011, I am pleased to inform you that the regional capacity building workshop for Southern African countries on Updating National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans will be supplemented with two additional days with specific foc ...
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Reference: SCBD/ITS/DC/LC/74827 (2011-021)
To: CBD National Focal Points of the following countries: 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 L’este, Vietnam
I am pleased to inform you that a regional capacity building workshop for the updating and revision of National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAP) for East, South and Southeast Asia will be held in Xi’an, China from 9 to 16 May 2011.This workshop is organized by the Secretariat of ...
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Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/JS/DM/74856 (2011-022)
To: CBD National Focal Points; Indigenous and Local Community of the LAC region
I am pleased to inform you that the selection of indigenous and local community representatives to receive financial assistance to participate in the meeting under reference has been completed in partnership with the Indigenous Women’s Biodiversity Network for the Latin American and Caribbean Re ...
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Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/74855 (2011-023)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS Focal Points
In accordance with decision X/1, paragraph 2, the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization was opened for signature by Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity at the United Nations Headquarters in New Y ...
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Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPDM/jh/74825 (2011-024)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), Relevant organizations
At the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol (COP-MOP), the Parties welcomed the “Guidance on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms” developed through collaborative efforts between the Open-ended Online Expert Forum and the Ad ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/65011R (2011-025)
To: CBD National Focal Points of Parties without a PoWPA Focal Point
With reference to paragraph A 21 of decision IX/18, Parties were requested to designate a National Focal Point for the Programme of Work on Protected Areas (PoWPA-NFP) vide original notification 2008-124 dated 23 September 2008 (also translated into Spanish https://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/ ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/JW/ac/74869 (2011-026)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points
In light of the increasing focus on the links between biodiversity and climate change, as highlighted in the third edition of the Global Biodiversity Outlook and the recent adoption of decision X/33 on biodiversity and climate change, I am pleased to share with you additional information on the ...
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Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/74877 (2011-027)
To: CBD National Focal Points and International Organizations
The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the period 2011-2020 as the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity in its Resolution 65/161. The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is in full support of this decision. The United Nations Decade on Biodiversity is a tremend ...
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Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ar/74893 (2011-028)
To: All CBD National Focal Points; International Organizations
I am pleased to inform you that the post of Principal Officer in charge of the Division of Scientific, Technical and Technological Matters at the Secretariat of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity at D-1 level is under advertisement. The advertisement for this position can be ...
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