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Statement by Dr Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity at the 62nd session of the United Nations General Assembly, New York, 29th October 2007

Statement by Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Fifth Trondheim Conference on “Ecosystems and people - biodiversity for development – the road to 2010 and beyond”, Trondheim, Norway, 29 October 2007

Presentation by Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at Norwegian Parliament, Trondheim, Norway, 30 October 2007.

Presentation by Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at Norwegian Parliament, Trondheim, Norway, 30 October 2007

Quarterly Report of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/LB/60593 (2007-135)
To: CBD/CPB National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the Quarterly Report of the Convention covering the period from 1st July to 30 September 2007 has been prepared in accordance with Decision IV/17 of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity. The report contains a summary of key acti ...

Biennium Accounts – BE, BY, BZ, BG, BH, BI Trust Funds

Reference: SCBD/RMCS/MR-H/61415 (2007-165)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Please find the audited financial statements (related to the following Trust Funds) for the biennium 2006-2007 ended 31 December 2006.

Brunei Darussalam Initiates the Procedure to Become 191st Party to the CBD

Brunei Darussalam Initiates the Procedure to Become 191st Party to the CBD

Montreal – 14 January 2008. At the invitation of the Government of Brunei, the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, paid an official visit on 12 January 2008 to Bandar Seri Begwin in Brunei Darussalam. During his visit, the Executive Secretary ...

Keynote Statement by Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the Occasion of the Singapore Environment Lecture 2008, Hosted by the Singapore Environment Council, Singapore, 16 January 2008

Keynote Statement by Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the Occasion of the Singapore Environment Lecture 2008, Hosted by the Singapore Environment Council, Singapore, 16 January 2008

Workshop on the Elaboration of a Gender Plan of Action for the Convention on Biological Diversity and its Secretariat

16 - 18 January 2008, Chavannes-de-Bogis, Switzerland

Towards a CBD Gender Plan of Action

Towards a CBD Gender Plan of Action

Geneva – 23 January 2008. With funding support from HIVOS (Dutch Humanist Institute for Cooperation with Developing Countries), a workshop was organized by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Senior Gender Advisor of IUCN from 16 to 18 January 2008 in Geneva. Parti ...

Minutes of the Informal Consultative Meeting on the Suggested Draft Budget for the Convention on Biological Diversity for the Biennium 2009-2010, 26 January 2008 – Geneva, Switzerland

Reference: SCBD/RMCS/MR-H/62044 (2008-014)
To: CBD National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the Minutes of the Informal Consultative Meeting on the Suggested Draft Budget for the Convention on Biological Diversity for the Biennium 2009-2010, held in Geneva on 26 January 2008, are available at the Secretariat website at: <a href='http://www.cbd.int/doc/me ...

Quarterly Report of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/OJ/lb/62171 (2008-018)
To: CBD/CPB National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the Quarterly Report of the Convention covering the period from 1 October to 31 December 2007 has been prepared in accordance with Decision IV/17 of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity. The report contains a summary of key activ ...

Third meeting of the Informal Consultations on the Development of the Strategy for Resource Mobilization

16 - 17 February 2008, Rome, Italy

Message from Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of African Environment Day - 3 March 2008.

Message from Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the Occasion of African Environment Day - 3 March 2008

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

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ab/62632 (2008-029)
To: CBD and SBSTTA National Focal Points

In the context of its ongoing efforts to enhance communication with Parties and partners, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has initiated a Monthly Bulletin of Activities (MBA) of the Convention.

Dialogue with the Chairman of the Group of 77 and China in New York on the Preparations for Ninth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

Montreal - 25 March 2008. In the context of continued dialogue between Parties to the Convention and heads of regional groups and the Secretariat, a delegation from Antigua and Barbuda, which holds the chairmanship of the Group of 77 and China at United Nations Headquarters in New York for 2008 ...

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

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ab/63048 (2008-037)
To: CBD National Focal Points, National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, SBSTTA Focal Points

The Secretariat is pleased to announce that the March 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/2008/mba-2008-03-en.pdf.

Monthly Bulletin of Activites (MBA) of the CBD -March 2008.

GEO Press Release: Ambitious New Monitoring Network Will Advance International Efforts to Rescue the World’s Vanishing Biological Diversity.

Voluntary Trust Fund- List of selected participants to receive funding for participation in the Ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP-9), 19-30 May 2008- Bonn, Germany

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/63013 (2008-040)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Indigenous and Local Communities

As you know, in Section D-I of Decision VIII/5, the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, adopted the criteria for the operation of the Voluntary Funding Mechanism to facilitate the participation of indigenous and local communities in the work of the Convention.

Ninth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties: draft decision on Cities and Biodiversity submitted by the Government of Brazil

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/OH/63111 (2008-044)
To: CBD National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the Government of Brazil has submitted to the Secretariat, for circulation to Parties, a draft decision on Cities and Biodiversity for the consideration of the Conference of the Parties at its ninth meeting under item 4.13 of the agenda.

Biennium Accounts – BE, BY, BZ, VB, BV, BG, BH, BI Trust Funds

Reference: SCBD/RMCS/MR-H/63560 (2008-054)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Please find the audited financial statements (related to the following Trust Funds) for the biennium 2006-2007 ended 31 December 2007

European Parliament resolution of 24 April 2008 on preparations for the COP-MOP meetings on biological diversity and biosafety in Bonn, Germany.

Biodiversity Integral Component of the Development Platform for the South, Recommends G77 Expert Panel (as corrected on 8 May 2008).

Biodiversity Integral Component of the Development Platform for the South, Recommends G77 Expert Panel (as corrected on 8 May 2008)

Montreal, 30 April 2008. The inaugural meeting of the High-level Panel of Eminent Personalities on the Development Platform for the South, held in St John’s, Antigua and Barbuda on 29-30 April 2008, has recommended in the draft Development Platform for the South a multi-year plan of action to i ...

Brunei Darussalam Becomes the 191st Party to the Convention.

Brunei Darussalam Becomes the 191st Party to the Convention

Montreal 1 May –2008. Brunei Darussalam, one of the richest countries in term of biological diversity and a partner to the Heart of Borneo Initiative has decided to join the Convention on Biological Diversity. Brunei Darussalam deposited its instrument of accession on 28 April 2008 and will bec ...

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

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ab/63838 (2008-065)
To: CBD National Focal Points, National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, SBSTTA Focal Points

The Secretariat is pleased to announce that the April 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/2008/mba-2008-04-en.pdf.

The Secretariat of the CBD Released the April Issue of the Monthly Bulletin of Activities (MBA) of the Convention on Biological Diversity

“Planting seeds of peace with nature in the mind of people”, Statement by the Executive Secretary Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf on the Occasion of theUnited Nations Unlearning Intolerance Seminar: Art Changing Attitudes toward the Environment, 8 May 2008

“Planting seeds of peace with nature in the mind of people”, Statement by the Executive Secretary Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf on the Occasion of theUnited Nations Unlearning Intolerance Seminar: Art Changing Attitudes toward the Environment, 8 May 2008

Addendum to the Proposed Budget for the Programme of Work of the Convention on Biological Diversity for the Biennium 2009-2010

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ab/63973 (2008-067)
To: CBD National Focal Points

The purpose of this Notification is to inform you that an Addendum to the document “Proposed Budget for the Programme of Work of the Convention on Biological Diversity for the Biennium 2009-2010” (reference: UNEP/CBD/COP/9/27/ADD2) is available on the Secretariat website at: http://www.cbd.int/d ...

Release of the CBD Biodiversity for Development Newsletter

Reference: SCBD/ITS/EB/63821 (2008-069)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Business and biodiversity contacts

I am pleased to inform you that the first issue of the Secretariat’s newsletter on Biodiversity for Development and Poverty Alleviation has been posted on the CBD website. It can be downloaded at the following address: http://www.cbd.int/doc/newsletters/news-bd-01-en.pdf

"Migratory Birds - Ambassadors for Biodiversity", Message by the Executive Secretary, Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, on the occasion of the World Migratory Bird Day 2008, 10 - 11 May 2008.

"Migratory Birds - Ambassadors for Biodiversity", Message by the Executive Secretary, Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, on the occasion of the World Migratory Bird Day 2008, 10 - 11 May 2008

World Migratory Bird Day, 10-11 May 2008: "Migratory Birds - Ambassadors for Biodiversity". Celebrated worldwide in over 56 countries in 2007, this annual event, initiated by UNEP/AEWA and UNEP/CMS, raises awareness for the need to protect all migratory birds and their habitats throughout the world.

Biological Diversity and Sports - Opportunities for Sustainable Development: Opinion of the Advisory Council for Environment and Sports of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety.

Release of CBD Biodiversity for Development Newsletter (Issue n°2) and Launching of the Biodiversity for Development Initiative

Reference: SCBD/ITS/EB/63947 (2008-070)
To: CBD National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the second issue of the Secretariat’s newsletter on Biodiversity for Development and Poverty Alleviation has been posted on the CBD website. It can be downloaded at the following address: http://www.cbd.int/doc/newsletters/news-bd-02-en.pdf

Message from the Executive Secretary Ahmed Djoghlaf to the participants of the Conference of the Competence Network Urban Ecology “Urban Biodiversity & Design – Implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity in towns and Cities” Erfurt, Germany 21-24 May 2008.

Message from the Executive Secretary Ahmed Djoghlaf to the participants of the Conference of the Competence Network Urban Ecology “Urban Biodiversity & Design – Implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity in towns and Cities” Erfurt, Germany 21-24 May 2008

The “Green Wave” launched at the UN Bonn Biodiversity Summit.

Germany and the United Nations Biodiversity Secretariat announce a “Green COP”

Bonn, 22 May— On the occasion of the celebration of the International Day for Biological Diversity, Mr. Sigmar Gabriel, Minister of Environment of Germany and President of the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, announced the measures taken t ...

The “Green Wave” launched at the UN Bonn Biodiversity Summit

Bonn - 22 May 2008— A global initiative under the motto “One school, one tree, one gift for Nature “ aimed at empowering youth to take charge of their future was launched today in Bonn at the 9th United Nations Conference on Biodiversity, on the occasion of the International Day on Biological D ...

Message from Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary, to the G8 Environment Ministers Meeting, Kobe, Japan, 24-26 May 2008.

Biodiversity added to the agenda of Hokkaido Toyako G8 Summit. G8 Environmental Ministers issue the "Kobe Call for Action for Biodiversity".

3 Heads of State, 87 Ministers to Open Biodiversity High Level Conference.