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Follow-up to world summit on sustainable development, multi-year programme of work of the Conference of the Parties up to 2010, the Strategic Plan and operations of the Convention
Implementation of the Strategic Plan: Evaluation of progress towards the 2010 biodiversity target: development of specific targets, indicators and a reporting framework
Draft outcome oriented targets for the implementation of the revised programme of work on inland water ecosystem biological diversity
Outcome-oriented targets for the implementation of the elaborated programme of work on marine and coastal biological diversity
Consideration of the results of the meeting on “2010 –The Global Biodiversity Challenge”
Provisional global indicators for assessing progress towards the 2010 biodiversity target
<br>This is to launch The Cloud Forest Agenda Report in support to the CBD agenda on Mountain Biodiversity which will be discussed on Monday 9th and Tuesday 10th February. This report is the very first detailed report of its type outlining statistics which have been unknown until now.
<br>In anticipation of the adoption of a strong Programme of Work on Protected Areas, seven governments are stepping forward to take a leadership role, and have entered into formal agreements with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to start implementing key actions that are likely to be inclu ...
<br>The Global Crop Diversity Trust aims to match the long term nature of conservation needs with long term secure and sustainable funding by creating an endowment that will provide a permanent source of funding for crop diversity collections around the world. The endowment will ensure the perpe ...
<br>At its sixth meeting, the Conference of the Parties adopted a Strategic Plan, including the target to achieve, by 2010, a significant reduction in the rate of biodiversity loss at the global, regional, and national level, as a contribution to poverty alleviation and to the benefit of all lif ...
<br>The CBD Secretariat, the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and UNDP will announce a joint Memorandum of Cooperation for activities to meet the 2010 targets of the CBD Strategic Plan. The signing ceremony will be attended by Executive Secretary of the CBD, the Global Manager of the UNDP/GEF Small ...
<br><i>Jointly organised by the Secretariats of these three instruments.</i> <br><br> The draft programme of work on protected areas to be examined at Cop-7 (UNEP/CBD/COP/7/15), under Goal 1.1, makes reference to "existing international systems of protected areas", including the Ramsar Conven ...
<br><b>LOCALE<br> LEGEND HOTEL<br><br></b> The programme will include the announcement of an major new Ramsar designation, and presentations of WWF's Managing Rivers Wisely, a book of integrated river basin management case studies and a new study on the economic values of wetlands. The discuss ...
<br><b>Principal Presenter</b> - Mr. S.C. Dey, Secretary General, Global Tiger Forum. <br><br> <b>Main Topic </b> - Scenario of Tiger Conservation over years – Role of Global Tiger Forum. <br><br> The presentation will cover worldwide historic distribution and shrinkage of tiger habitat an ...
<br>Financing protected areas remains a significant challenge to effective biodiversity conservation. There are, however, a number of tools and approaches now used to diversify and stabilize financial flows to protected areas. Based on the themes and outcomes of the Vth World Parks Congress Sust ...
<br>In 2001 The Netherlands government initiated a consultative and participatory process aimed at providing practical guidance on better incorporation of CBD elements in both the design and implementation phases of IMCAM projects aimed at IMCAM practitioners. IMCAM approaches are recognised as ...
<br>The Purpose of the workshop is two fold:<br> - To provide an interactive forum for parties and regional initiatives to deliberate on the ways and means for supporting national parties in the implementation of the strategy. <br> - To provide a platform for the relevant regional and internatio ...
<br>UNESCO and UNEP will be presenting the Great Apes Survival Project (GRASP) GRASP is an innovative Partnership with the mission of lifting the threat of imminent extinction from the great apes and ensuring positive interactions between these species and people in shared habitats. Presentatio ...
<br>Synergy between the Rio Conventions is being addressed at various levels under the UNCCD, UNFCCC and CBD. The "Practicing Synergy Initiative" aims to reach out to the national and local level actions and activities that are being implemented especially by country parties. The sharing of prac ...
<br>The Biodiversity Museum of Iran would present different species of taxidermy animals and fixed plants from all over the world. A broad range of beneficiaries have been targeted including scientists, students, teenagers, etc. to visit the museum and use expanded educational facilities.
<p>Presented by: Dr Nick Brickle<br> Chemical and GM policy Division<br> UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>The UK GM-crop farm-scale evaluations were a four-year programme of studies aimed at investigating the impact of the management of four types o ...
<p>The side-event will be a panel discussion where the results of the research undertaken under the CDA/FIELD project ‘Building legal and institutional capacity in Chile’, will be presented. Panelists will include CDA and FIELD project staff, a representative of the Chilean government, and a mem ...
<p>This side event marks the conclusion of the preparation of the Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, already available in English, French and Russian. The Spanish version of the Guide will be available -and launched- at the side event. </p><p>IUCN, FIELD and WRI, partners ...
Reference: SCBD/STTM/RH/va/43296 (2004-044)
To: CBD National Focal Points
Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group meeting on indicators for assessing progress on, and communicating the 2010 biodiversity target (Montreal, Canada, 19 - 22 October 2004)
English
Reference: SCBD/STTM/DCO/43901 (2004-045)
To: CBD National Focal Points
Expert meeting on outcome oriented targets for the programmes of work on the biological diversity of inland water ecosystems and marine and coastal ecosystems (Montreal, Canada, 25 - 27 October 2004)
English
Reference: SCBD/STTM/DCO/43901 (2004-046)
To: CBD National Focal Points
Expert meeting on outcome oriented targets for the programmes of work on the biological diversity of inland water ecosystems and marine and coastal ecosystems (Montreal, Canada, 25 - 27 October 2004)
English
Reference: SCBD/STTM/RH/43533 (2004-063)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points
Pursuant to <a href='/decisions/?dec=VII/30'>decision VII/30</a>, Parties are invited to review documents on indicators for assessing progress towards and communicating the 2010 biodiversity target
English
Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/SS/va/43579 (2004-070)
To: CBD National Focal Points in African
As a contribution to the implementation of the Strategy, in particular Target 15 on “Building capacity for the conservation of plant diversity”, and in the broader context of the global initiative on communication, education and public awareness, funding has been sought to bring together plant c ...
English
Reference: SCBD/STTM/RH/va/44977 (2004-075)
To: CBD National Focal Points
Ad hoc technical expert group on indicators for assessing progress towards the 2010 biodiversity target – 19 to 22 October 2004
EnglishAnnotations to the provisional agenda
Information for Participants
Indications for accessing progress towards the 2000 target: trend in extent of selected biomes, ecosystems and habitats-forests
Indicators for accessing progress towards the 2010 targets: Trends in abundance and distribution of selected species