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Notification
#1434
2010-04-14

Launch of the country website on the International Year of Biodiversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/DA/fd/71508 (2010-070)
To: CBD National Focal Points

The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) would like to pay homage to all the great work being done around the world in honour of the International Year of Biodiversity (IYB). The overwhelming response to the call to action is bringing us one step closer to achieving the t ...

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Notification
#1432
2010-04-12

Third meeting of the Group of the Friends of the Co-Chairs Concerning Liability and Redress in the Context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/BS/WDY/ps/71410 (2010-068)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National focal points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), Relevant Organizations

Following consultations by the Co-Chairs through the letter they circulated on 24 March 2010, and the generous offer made, one more time, by the Government of Malaysia, to host it, the third meeting of the Group of the Friends of the Co-Chairs will be held from 15 to 19 June 2010 in Kuala Lumpur ...

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Notification
#1433
2010-04-12

March 2010 issue of the Monthly Bulletin of Activities (MBA) of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/71443 (2010-069)
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 March 2010 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/2010/mba-2010-03-en.pdf.

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Notification
#1431
2010-04-09
Action by
2010-06-15

Operations of the Convention: Retirement of Decisions

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/LG/lb/70894 (2010-067)
To: National Focal Points and relevant international organizations

In Section III paragraph 14 of Decision IX/29, the Conference of the Parties inter alia requested the Executive Secretary to make proposals to its tenth meeting regarding the retirement of decisions and elements of decisions taken at its fifth and sixth meetings and to communicate such proposals ...

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Notification
#1427
2010-04-08

List of Selected Experts for the workshop on Regional Action to Combat Invasive Species on Islands to Preserve Biodiversity and Adapt to Climate Change, Auckland, New Zealand, 11-16 April 2010

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/JSH/71433 (2010-064)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the governments of New Zealand, Spain, Italy, Australia, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, as well as the Nature Conservancy, the Global Island Partnership, the Global Invasives Species Programme, and the Pacific Invasives Initiative have made contributions ...

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Notification
#1428
2010-04-08

Report on Global Celebrations of the International Year of Biodiversity: March 2010

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/71439 (2010-065)
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 March 2010. The report is accessible at the CBD website at: http://www.cbd.int/iyb/doc/prints/iyb-report-2010-03-en.pdf.

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Notification
#1429
2010-04-08

Access and Benefit-sharing: Communication of a Proposed Protocol pursuant to Article 28, paragraph 3 of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/SEL/LG/71198 (2010-066)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, international organisations, indigenous and local community organisations and stakeholders

In decision VII/19 D (Kuala Lumpur, February 2004), the Conference of the Parties mandated the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing to elaborate and negotiate an international regime on access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing with the aim of adopting an instrumen ...

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Notification
#1424
2010-04-07

Interactive Fair for Biodiversity at the MOP 5 and COP 10

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ar/71083 (2010-061)
To: all CBD & CPB Focal Points, International and Non-Governmental Organizations, Indigenous and Local Communities, Academic Institutions, Private Organizations

The Secretariat is pleased to announce that the Aichi-Nagoya COP 10 CBD Promotion Committee will be organizing an Interactive Fair for Biodiversity from 11 – 29 October 2010, which will be held in conjunction with MOP 5 and COP 10. This fair presents an opportunity for interested Parties, Intern ...

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Notification
#1421
2010-04-06
Action by
2010-05-07

Invitation for further comments on the draft Strategic Plan of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (2011-2020)

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/jh/71409 (2010-058)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB Focal Points have not yet been designated)

The Bureau of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP), at its meeting held on 20 March 2010 in Cali, Colombia, decided that the updated version of the draft elements of the Strategic Plan, as attached, be circulated to ...

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Notification
#1422
2010-04-06

Text of a proposed supplementary protocol to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/BS/WDY/ps/71342 (2010-059)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National focal points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated)

In response to the requirement under Article 27 of the Biosafety Protocol, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol (COP-MOP) established, at its first meeting held from 23 to 27 February 2004 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, an Open-ended Ad Hoc Wo ...

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Notification
#1423
2010-04-06

Ninth meeting of the Coordination Mechanism for the Global Taxonomy Initiative, 16 May 2010, Nairobi, Kenya

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/JSH/71393 (2010-060)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, GTI Focal Points, GTI Coordination Mechanism

The purpose of this notification is to inform CBD National Focal Points, as well as SBSTTA and GTI Focal Points, about the ninth meeting of the Coordination Mechanism for the Global Taxonomy Initiative to be held on 16 May 2010 in Nairobi, Kenya, at the margins of the fourteenth meeting of the S ...

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Notification
#1425
2010-04-06

Submission of information on capacity-building activities undertaken in support of the Cartagena Protocol implementation

Reference: SCBD/BS/ET/jh/71423 (2010-062)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) and BCH National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated) Relevant Organizations

Reference is made to the earlier notification (2008-078) sent on 8 July 2008 and the reminder (2010-015) sent on 22 January 2010 regarding submission of information to the Secretariat in preparation for the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to t ...

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Notification
#1426
2010-04-06
Action by
2010-05-21

Submission of information on capacity-building on needs and priorities for the implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/BS/ET/jh/71424 (2010-063)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) and BCH National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated)

In its decision BS-I/5, paragraphs 6 and 7, and in decision BS-II/3, paragraph 15, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol (COP-MOP) invited Parties and other Governments to submit their capacity-building needs and priorities to the Biosafety Clearing- ...

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Notification
#1420
2010-04-01
Action by
2010-05-06

International Youth Conference on Biodiversity in Aichi 2010, 21-27 August 2010, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Reference: SCBD/ITS/OMG/NP/71392 (2010-057)
To: CBD National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the Ministry of Environment of Japan, together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Aichi Prefecture will, in continuing with the tradition of promoting youth involvement in the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), co-host the International Youth Conferen ...

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Notification
#1418
2010-03-23
Action by
2010-04-30

Invitation to participate in TEEB Survey to identify policy options to reduce the rate of biodiversity loss – by 30 April 2010

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/71283 (2010-055)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points

You will recall that a series of global studies on “The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity” (TEEB) is currently being prepared under the aegis of the Green Economy Initiative of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). This work was welcomed by the Conference of the Parties (COP) ...

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Notification
#1419
2010-03-23

Release of the latest CBD Business.2010 Newsletter (Jakarta Business and Biodiversity Conference)

Reference: SCBD/ITS/OMG/fb/71254 (2010-056)
To: CBD National Focal Points; and Business & Biodiversity contacts

I am pleased to inform you that a new issue of the Secretariat’s newsletter on business and biodiversity, Business.2010,(Volume 5, issue 1) has been posted on the CBD website. This issue focuses on the Third Business and Biodiversity Conference held in Jakarta last December and can be downloaded ...

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Notification
#1417
2010-03-19

First issue of the Cities and Biodiversity Newsletter of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/cr/71248 (2010-054)
To: CBD National Focal Points

The Secretariat is pleased to announce that the first issue of the Cities and Biodiversity Newsletter of the Convention on Biological Diversity is now available on the Secretariat website at: http://www.cbd.int/authorities/doc/newsletter/cities-newsletter-01-01-en.pdf.

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Notification
#1416
2010-03-18
Action by
2010-06-11

Regional Workshop for Europe on the Fourth National Report (London, UK, 28 to 30 June 2010)

Reference: SCBD/ITS/DC/LC/71144 (2010-053)
To: CBD National Focal Points of the following countries: Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, FYR Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, Portugal, San Marino, Slovenia, Serbia, Ukraine

The Conference of the Parties, in its decision VIII/14, stated that Parties shall submit the fourth national report by 30 March 2009. In the same decision, the Conference of the Parties requested the Executive Secretary to facilitate the support to Parties for the preparation of national report ...

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Notification
#1413
2010-03-15

Third Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (WGRI-3), 24 - 28 May 2010, UNEP, Nairobi

Reference: SCBD/ITS/NP/fb/70848 (2010-050)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that meeting documents for the third meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention (WGRI-3) to be held in Nairobi, Kenya, at the headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) from 24 to 28 May 2010, inclu ...

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Notification
#1414
2010-03-15
Action by
2010-07-15

Fair on National Experiences with the Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety at the margins of the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol (COP-MOP 5)

Reference: SCBD/BS/ET/CG/UN/jh/71109 (2010-051)
To: All National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, and Relevant organizations

Building on the success of the fair which was held during the fourth meeting of the Conference of Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol (COP-MOP) in Bonn, Germany, I have the honour to inform you that another fair on national experiences with the implementation of the Car ...

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Notification
#1415
2010-03-15

February 2010 issue of the Monthly Bulletin of Activities (MBA) of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/71115 (2010-052)
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 February 2010 issue of the Monthly Bulletin of Activities (MBA) of the Convention on Biological Diversity is now available on the Secretariat website at: http://www.cbd.int/doc/mba/2010/mba-2010-02-en.pdf.

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Notification
#1412
2010-03-12

Co-Chairs Informal Interregional Consultations (CIIC) and Ninth Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-Sharing: Co-Chairs' Guidance Note

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/SGa/71094 (2010-049)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous and local community organizations and stakeholders

With reference to the Co-Chairs Informal Interregional Consultations (CIIC) and to the ninth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WGABS-9), the Secretariat is pleased to circulate the attached document entitled "Co-Chairs' Guidance Note".

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Notification
#1411
2010-03-10

Global Taxonomy Initiative (GTI) Symposium: "Taking Stock of the Renaissance in Taxonomy: Post 2010 Capacity Building in taxonomy for the Convention on Biological Diversity" at the World Agroforestry Centre, Nairobi, Kenya, 15-16 May 2010

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/JSH/71019 (2010-048)
To: CBD and SBSTTA Focal Points, GTI National Focal Points and relevant organizations, cc: GTI Coordination Mechanism Members

I am pleased to inform Parties, governments, international organisations, donors, indigenous communities, and scientific the community that the CBD Secretariat will host a Global Taxonomy Initiative Symposium: “Taking Stock of the Renaissance in Taxonomy: Post 2010 Capacity Building for the Conv ...

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Notification
#1409
2010-03-09

Fact sheets for the International Year of Biodiversity – 2010

Reference: SCBD/ITS/RS/fb/71007 (2010-046)
To: CBD National Focal Points and International Organizations

I am pleased to inform you that 30 fact sheets for the celebration of the International Year of Biodiversity – 2010 are now available in English on the CBD website at the following address: http://www.cbd.int/2010/prints/?tab=5. Hard copies along with other IYB outreach materials will be sent to ...

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Notification
#1410
2010-03-09
Action by
2010-07-15

Fair on experiences and best practices in Communication, Education and Public Awareness (CEPA) at the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OMG/DA/fd/70814 (2010-047)
To: All CBD National Focal Points, and relevant organizations

Building on the success of the Communication, Education and Public Awareness (CEPA) fair held during the ninth meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP 9) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Bonn, Germany, I am pleased to inform you that a CEPA Fair will be held on the margins of ...

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Notification
#1407
2010-03-05

Access and Benefit-sharing: Co-Chairs Informal Inter-regional Consultation (CIIC), Cali, Colombia, 16-18 March 2010

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/70957 (2010-045)
To: CBD and ABS National Focal Points; international organizations; indigenous and local communities and stakeholders

During the eighth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, the Co-Chairs of the Working Group, Mr. Fernando Casas and Mr. Timothy Hodges, outlined the consultations to be held during the inter-sessional period between the eighth and ninth meetings of the Work ...

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Notification
#1405
2010-03-04

Report on Global Celebrations of the International Year of Biodiversity: February 2010

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/70940 (2010-043)
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 February 2010. The report is accessible at the CBD website at: http://www.cbd.int/iyb/doc/prints/iyb-report-2010-02-en.pdf.

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Notification
#1404
2010-03-03

Workshop for Indigenous and Local Communities in Latin America and the Caribbean on Information Technologies, Tourism and Biodiversity in Forest Ecosystems - Workshop III: Forest Ecosystems, Latin America and the Caribbean Region, Panama City, Panama, 6-8 April 2010

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OH/cr/fs/70937 (2010-042)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Indigenous and Local Community Organizations

I am pleased to inform Parties of the selection of representatives of indigenous and local communities to receive financial assistance in order to participate in the third workshop, with a focus on forests in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region. The workshop was made possible by th ...

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Notification
#1403
2010-03-02
Action by
2010-03-30

Regional Workshop for Latin American and Caribbean Countries on the Fourth National Report (Panama City, Panama, 3 to 5 May 2010)

Reference: SCBD/ITS/DC/LC/70927 (2010-041)
To: CBD National Focal Points of the following countries: Argentina, Bahamas, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Jamaica, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

I am therefore pleased to announce that, with the generous support of the Government of Japan and UNEP’s Regional Office for Latin America and Caribbean, a workshop will be held from 3 to 5 May 2010 in Panama City, Panama, for the countries listed below of Latin American and the Caribbean. I be ...

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Notification
#1406
2010-03-02

Questionnaires on the Clearing-House Mechanism

Reference: SCBD/ITS/ODM/70898 (2010-044)
To: All CHM National Focal Points

These questionnaires are available at www.cbd.int/chm/survey in three languages (English, Spanish and French) and two formats (Word document or online survey). Please feel free to select your preferred language and format and do not hesitate to contact the CBD Secretariat at chm@cbd.int for fur ...

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Notification
#1401
2010-02-26
Action by
2010-03-12

Workshop for Asia and Horn of Africa on the Fourth National Report, Manama, Bahrain, 12 to 15 April 2010

Reference: SCBD/ITS/DC/LC/70836 (2010-039)
To: CBD National Focal Points of the following countries: Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Eritrea, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Lao DPR, Libya, Maldives, Oman, Seychelles, Somalia, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan

The Conference of the Parties (COP), in its decision VIII/14, stated that Parties shall submit the fourth national report by 30 March 2009. In the same decision, the COP requested the Executive Secretary to facilitate the support to Parties for the preparation of national reports, including thr ...

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Notification
#1402
2010-02-26
Action by
2010-03-19

Regional Workshop for Asia-Pacific Countries on the Fourth National Report, Apia, Samoa, 19 to 22 April 2010

Reference: SCBD/ITS/DC/LC/70834 (2010-040)
To: CBD National Focal Points of the following countries: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, and Vanuatu

The Conference of the Parties (COP), in its decision VIII/14, stated that Parties shall submit the fourth national report by 30 March 2009. In the same decision, the COP requested the Executive Secretary to facilitate the support to Parties for the preparation of national reports, including thr ...

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Notification
#1400
2010-02-19

Second Expert Meeting for South-South Cooperation on Biodiversity for Development Nairobi, Kenya, 29 - 30 May 2010

Reference: SCBD/STTM/OH/rg/70782 (2010-038)
To: CBD National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that a consultative expert meeting on South-South Cooperation will be held in Nairobi, Kenya at the headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) from 29 to 30 May 2010 and back to back with the Third Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on ...

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Notification
#1397
2010-02-18

Side Events at the margins of the Fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties (COP-MOP 5) to the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ar/70771 (2010-035)
To: all CPB National Focal Points and Relevant Organizations

As you are aware the Fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties (COP-MOP 5) to the Convention on Biological Diversity to be held from 11 – 15 October 2010 will take place in Nagoya, Japan. The Secretariat is pleased to announce that the online registrati ...

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Notification
#1398
2010-02-18

Side Events at the margins of the Tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-10) to the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ar/70474 (2010-036)
To: all CBD National Focal Points and Relevant Organizations

As you are aware the Tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity to be held from 18 – 29 October 2010 respectively will take place in Nagoya, Japan. The Secretariat is pleased to announce that the online registration for the above mentioned meetings i ...

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Notification
#1399
2010-02-18

Documents for the fourteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SBSTTA-14), UNEP Headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya, 10 - 21 May 2010

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/VA/70751 (2010-037)
To: CBD and SBSTTA focal points, SBSTTA Bureau Members and relevant organizations

I wish to inform you that all the pre-session documents for the SBSTTA-14 meeting are now available, in English language, in final form on the Secretariat website at: http://www.cbd.int/doc/?meeting=SBSTTA-14. The documents in the U.N. official languages are being uploaded on the same website, a ...

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Notification
#1395
2010-02-17
Action by
2010-06-30

MESSE NAGOYA 2010 - International Trade Fair on Biodiversity Nagoya, 27-30 October 2010

Reference: SCBD/ITS/RS/NM/70746 (2010-033)
To: CBD National Focal Points

The purpose of this notification is to draw your attention to MESSE NAGOYA 2010, entitled “Environment and Energy: toward a sustainable society”, which will be held on 27-30 October 2010 in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The event will be jointly organized by Aichi Prefecture, City of ...

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Notification
#1396
2010-02-17

Selected indigenous and local community representatives to receive funding for the Latin American and Caribbean Indigenous and Local Community Capacity Building Workshop on the Convention on Biological Diversity including issues relevant to Article 8(j) Traditional Knowledge & Access and Benefit-sharing, Fourth Workshop: Mesoamerican Region Guatemala City, Guatemala, 4-6 March 2010

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/JS/VF/70731 (2010-034)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Indigenous and Local Community

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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Notification
#1394
2010-02-16

The International Year of Biodiversity Video

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/DA/fd/70676 (2010-032)
To: CBD National Focal Points and International Organizations

This notification supersedes that which was issued on Friday 12 February 2010 on the same subject. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. The Secretariat, in close collaboration with Dev TV and UNEP, is pleased to announce that the International Year of Biodiversity (IYB) offic ...

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Notification
#1393
2010-02-15

January 2010 issue of the Monthly Bulletin of Activities (MBA) of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/70722 (2010-031)
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 January 2010 issue of the Monthly Bulletin of Activities (MBA) of the Convention on Biological Diversity is now available on the Secretariat website at: http://www.cbd.int/doc/mba/2010/mba-2010-01-en.pdf.

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Notification
#1392
2010-02-12

Information regarding funding for the Ninth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WG ABS-9) and the Co-Chairs Informal Inter-regional Consultation (CIIC), Cali, Colombia, March 2010

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/VN/SG/70701 (2010-030)
To: CBD and ABS National Focal Points

The purpose of this notification is to inform Parties of the impact of the process for the nomination of representatives in the Co-Chairs Informal Inter-regional Consultations (CIIC) on the issuance of funding letters for sponsored participants in the ninth meeting of the Open-ended Working Grou ...

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Notification
#1388
2010-02-08
Action by
2010-03-12

Call for Posters: Fourteenth Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical, and Technological Advice, 10 – 21 May 2010, Nairobi, Kenya

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/JG/70362 (2010-026)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, POWPA Focal Points and relevant organizations

The theme of the poster session for the fourteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical, and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), to be held in Nairobi, Kenya from 10 to 21 May 2010, is: “Biodiversity and Climate Change: Achieving the ...

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Notification
#1389
2010-02-08

First interim report on the celebration of the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/70606 (2010-027)
To: CBD National Focal Points

It is with great pride that the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity highlights the remarkable achievement accomplished in its first month of global celebrations of the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity. The IYB report on global celebrations can be found at http://www.cbd ...

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Notification
#1390
2010-02-08

Fourteenth Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-14), 10 – 21 May 2010, Nairobi, Kenya

Reference: SCBD/STTM/RH/VA/68785 (2010-028)
To: UN Organizations and Specialized Agencies, Inter-Governmental Organizations, NGOs & Indigenous Organizations

I have the honour to inform you that the fourteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-14) will be held from 10 to 21 May 2010 at the Headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Notification
#1384
2010-02-04

Participation in the UNEP-GEF Project “BCH II: Continued enhancement of building capacity for effective participation in the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH)”

Reference: SCBD/BS/GF/ABw/70446 (2010-022)
To: National Focal Points for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB-NFPs), cc: National Focal Points for the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH-NFPs)

I am pleased to inform you that, in response to Decision BS-IV/2 of the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol (COP-MOP), the Global Environment Facility Council, at its meeting held in November 2009, approved the UNEP-GEF ...

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Notification
#1385
2010-02-04
Action by
2010-09-30

City Biodiversity Summit 2010, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, from 24 to 26 October 2010

Reference: SCBD/OH/cr/ch/70364 (2010-023)
To: CBD National Focal Points

I have the honour to inform you that, at the invitation of Aichi Prefecture, City of Nagoya and Aichi-Nagoya COP-10 CBD Promotion Committee, the City Biodiversity Summit 2010 will be held in conjunction with the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological ...

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Notification
#1386
2010-02-04

Meeting on Parliamentarians and Biodiversity, Nagoya, 25-26 October 2010

Reference: SCBD/OH/NM/cr/70365 (2010-024)
To: CBD National Focal Points

I have the honour to inform you that the Secretariat, in collaboration with the Global Legislators Organisation, GLOBE International, and working closely with GLOBE Japan, is convening a meeting on “Parliamentarians and Biodiversity” to be held on the margins of the tenth meeting of the Conferen ...

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Notification
#1387
2010-02-04

Ninth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing: Informal consultations with the Co-chairs and regional consultations, 20-21 March 2010, Cali, Colombia

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/70590 (2010-025)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, international organisations, indigenous and local community organisations and stakeholders

I am pleased to inform you that the Co-Chairs of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, Mr. Fernando Casas of Colombia and Mr. Timothy Hodges of Canada, will be holding informal consultations prior to the ninth meeting of the Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharin ...

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Notification
#1382
2010-02-03

Invitation for comments on the updated Draft Elements of the Strategic Plan and Proposed Framework for the Second Assessment and Review of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety under Article 35

Reference: SCBD/BS/GF/ABw/70549 (2010-020)
To: National Focal Points for the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD-NFPs); National Focal Points for the Cartagena Protocol of Biosafety (CPB-NFPs); National Focal Points for the Biosafety Clearing House (BCH-NFPs); Relevant Organizations

I am pleased to announce the launch of an online Forum on the Biosafety Clearing-House which is designed to provide the opportunity for comments.

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#1381
2010-02-02

List of selected indigenous and local community representatives to receive funding from the Voluntary Trust Fund for participation in the Ninth meeting of the Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, 22-28 March 2010, Cali, Colombia

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/JS/DM/70568 (2010-019)
To: CBD National Focal Points and Indigenous and Local Communities

In connection with the ninth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, I am pleased to inform Parties and stakeholders that, after due consideration of all nominations received, the selection of representatives of indigenous and local communities to receive fi ...

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