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Statement by Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the 75th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, Second Committee, agenda item 19(f), Sustainable development: Convention on Biological Diversity, report of the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, New York, United States of America, 12 October 2020

Statement by Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the 75th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, Second Committee, agenda item 19(f), Sustainable development: Convention on Biological Diversity, report of the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, New York, United States of America, 12 October 2020

Informal group on budget to support preparation of an interim budget for 2021

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/89067 (2020-079)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Points

53rd session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

6 - 10 October 2020

World Habitat Day 2020

5 October 2020, Nairobi, Kenya

World Tourism Day 2020

27 September 2020, New York, United States of America

World Maritime Day 2020

24 September 2020, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

The 6th International Marine Conservation Congress (IMCC6)

24 - 27 August 2020, Kiel, Germany

Asia-Pacific Climate Week (APCW) - UNFCCC

24 - 28 August 2020, Yokohama, Japan

International Youth Day 2020

12 August 2020, New York, United States of America

International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples 2020

9 August 2020, New York, United States of America

Revised date of the Summit on Biodiversity - 30 September 2020

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/IS/88838 (2020-054)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Points, UN Organizations and Specialized Agencies, IGOs, NGOs, and indigenous people and local communities, and other stakeholders

North American Congress for Conservation Biology - Crossing boundaries: Inoovative Approaches to Conservation

26 - 31 July 2020, Denver, United States of America

Latin America and Caribbean Climate Week (LACCW) - UNFCCC

6 - 10 July 2020, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

25th session of the Committee on Forestry (COFO) at FAO

22 - 26 June 2020, Rome, Italy

Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITWG-PGRFA)

17 - 19 June 2020, Rome, Italy

Elizabeth Maruma Mrema appointed head of UN Biodiversity Convention.

Elizabeth Maruma Mrema appointed head of UN Biodiversity Convention

8 June 2020 – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today appointed Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, a national of the United Republic of Tanzania, as the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

World Oceans Day 2020

8 June 2020, New York, United States of America

164th Session of the FAO Council

8 - 12 June 2020, Rome, Italy

World Environment Day 2020

5 June 2020, Nairobi, Kenya

8th session of the Global Soil Partnership Plenary Assembly (FAO)

4 - 5 June 2020, Rome, Italy

58th GEF Council Meeting (Global Environment Facility)

2 - 4 June 2020, Wahington, United States of America

Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity (FAO)

1 - 3 June 2020, Rome, Italy

Bonn Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC)

1 - 11 June 2020, Bonn, Germany

FAO-Biodiversity Mainstreaming Platform’s contribution to the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework meeting

26 - 28 May 2020, Rome, Italy

International Day for Biological Diversity 2020

22 May 2020, Montreal, Canada

World Migratory Bird Day 2020

9 May 2020, Bonn, Germany

15th session of the UN Forum on Forests

4 - 8 May 2020, New York, United States of America

World Intellectual Property Day 2020

26 April 2020, Geneva, Switzerland

Summit on Biodiversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/IS/88838 (2020-034)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

World Health Day 2020

7 April 2020, Geneva, Switzerland

UN gets new dates for biodiversity convention talks

Two meetings of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity’s permanent subsidiary bodies, previously scheduled for May 2020, have tentatively been rescheduled for August and September 2020, respectively.

The ‘super year for biodiversity’: Undermined by a wildlife market?

This year’s meeting of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is being curtailed by the COVID-19 outbreak. Ironically, the pandemic most likely first emerged from wildlife being traded in a live animal market in Wuhan, China, writes Janice Weatherley Singh.

International Day of Forests 2020

21 March 2020, New York, United States of America

Due to the evolving nature of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has moved to hold many meetings virtually and has postponed others.

Arrangements for meetings of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity

17 March 2020 – Due to the evolving nature of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has moved to hold many meetings virtually and has postponed others.

Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources

17 - 20 March 2020, Online

Update regarding COVID-19 and upcoming CBD meetings

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/88792 (2020-029)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Revised Text for Global Biodiversity Framework Requested by June

Governments and others deliberated on the structure of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework and planned for further developing the draft text at their second of three negotiating meetings.

Rich countries could be asked to pay billions to protect biodiversity

Wealthy nations could be asked to make significant financial contributions to biodiverse countries such as Brazil under proposals put forward during talks on a global agreement to halt and reverse biodiversity decline.

How the Kunming conference can turn biodiversity failures around

If we want real biodiversity targets then we need to address problems with the existing negotiation draft, says Peng Kui.Coronavirus has forced many to look again at how humanity relates to animals and nature. In Kunming this October, a meeting of importance to all life on the planet will take p ...

Governments agree to 'bend the curve for global biodiversity loss'

Lack of resources to prevent global biodiversity loss and funds for megadiverse countries emerged as some of the major challenges during the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) meeting in Rome. More than 600 delegates from 126 countries negotiated a "zero-draft" to prepare a framework to protect ...

ASEAN joins second round of negotiations for new global biodiversity framework

The ASEAN Member States and the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) took part in the second round of negotiations over the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, which pushed through despite reports of an outbreak of COVID-19 in northern Italy.

We’re coming up with a new set of targets to protect the natural world. Here’s how

Science and scientists are converging around the knowledge that our planet, with us in the driver’s seat, is moving into the Anthropocene. This is a new geological epoch in which humanity’s actions are changing the face of the earth and how planetary systems – such as global nitrogen and phospho ...

Preserving World’s Biodiversity: Negotiations Convene at FAO Headquarters

The world out there is watching and waiting for results,” Elizabeth Maruma Mrema warns while talking to IPS regarding the preservation of biodiversity of our planet.

We need system change'

A draft global plan to halt the collapse of nature will not protect vulnerable communities or stop the Earth’s sixth mass extinction, claims Friends of the Earth International. The call comes as governments meet in Rome for the first time today to work on a “Paris-style” United Nations agreement ...

Negotiations start on global 'Paris-style' deal to avert Earth's sixth mass extinction

Government ministers from across the globe will this week discuss a draft plan aimed at halting the collapse of nature by 2030, a deal likened as the Paris Agreement for biodiversity.

UN biodiversity meeting needs to deliver transformative change, not just targets

There are just eight months left to make progress on a framework to protect biodiversity for the next ten years. It is of global importance that the October meeting of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in the Chinese city of Kunming helps the world to stop biodiversity loss.

Nations seek biodiversity accord to stave off mass extinction

Nature experts and government delegates gather this week in Rome to thrash out an international deal for endangered species, trying to avoid a mass extinction event caused by human activity. Having been hastily relocated from Kunming in China following the coronavirus outbreak, negotiators from ...