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A team of researchers from Universität Freiburg, the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Université d'Antananarivo and Stony Brook University has discovered a new species of pelomedusoid turtle in Madagascar.
One more species of reptile has been newly discovered in Nepal. Common Leopard Gecko (Eublepharis macularius), a ground-dwelling lizard, which was first found along the Kamdi biodiversity route in Banke district in course of the study about biodiversity has been named ‘Baghe Mausuli’ in Nepali. ...
Genetic analyses have revealed remarkably higher species diversity in common red seaweed than previously assumed. It was thought that there were only five related species of the Gloiopeltis genus (known as 'funori' in Japanese) worldwide. However, genetic analyses of historic and modern specimen ...
Researchers have finally described a new species of skink from Angola, specimens of which have lurked on museum shelves for more than 70 years.
Following a series of recent surveys in north-western Liberia and south-eastern Guinea, an international team of researchers found three stiletto snakes which were later identified as a species previously unknown to science.
A team of biologists surveying remote parts of the Cordillera del Cóndor (Condor mountain range) in Ecuador’s eastern Andes have described a species of tree frog that’s new to science.
In 2017, a group of researchers working in Indonesia announced they had identified a new genus of tree-dwelling toads living in forests and caves on the mountaintops of Indonesia’s Sumatra Island.
In a serendipitous discovery, researchers have described a tiny, cryptic species of tree-spider crab found climbing the mangrove trees of Kasargod district in the southern state of Kerala.
In 2012 and 2014, researchers from the Pacific Shark Research Center in the US conducted surveys along the Southwest Indian Ridge or the underwater mountain system that bisects the ocean between Africa and Antarctica. While studying the seamounts situated to the south of Madagascar, the team col ...
Genetic data has revealed several distinct electric eel species living throughout South America, including the most shocking eel (and animal) discovered yet.
A tropical, evergreen tree from Cameroon, the first plant species to be named as new to science in 2022, has officially been labelled Uvariopsis dicaprio today in honour of the actor Leonardo DiCaprio. It adds to the list of the strange and spectacular plants that scientists have named in the pa ...
16 - 17 May 2010, UNEP, Nairobi, Kenya
Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/JSH/71393R (2010-094)
To: GTI Coordination Mechanism, SBSTTA focal points, GTI National Focal Points
The ninth meeting of the Coordination Mechanism for Global Taxonomy Initiative (GTI) will now be held at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on Sunday 16 May 2010. The members of the Coordination Mechanism for GTI are advised to arrive at UNEP no later than 1:00 p.m. on Sunday 16 May 201 ...
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 ...
Reference: SCBD/STTM/RH/GTI/VA/54650 (2006-026)
To: CBD National Focal Points
With copy to the Heads of Delegations at COP-8
I would like to encourage Parties and other Governments to submit their nominations for GTI National Focal Points to the Secretariat no later than 30 September 2006. The current list of GTI National Focal Points is available at <a href=http://www.biodiv.org/doc/lists/nfp-gti.pdf>http://www.biod ...
Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/JSH/cr/76541 (2011-126)
To: CBD and SBSTTA focal points
In paragraph 9 of decision VIII/3, the Conference of the Parties urged Parties and other Governments that have not done so to establish national focal points for the GTI so that they can contribute to the implementation of the programme of work at the national level (decision VIII/3, paragraph 9a).
Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/JSH/JMQ/84194 (2014-141)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, GTI National Focal Points
In decision XII/17 the Executive Secretary was requested to facilitate, in line with paragraph 19 of decision XI/28, capacity building on identification of invasive and potentially invasive species, including rapid approaches, in support of the Capacity-building Strategy for the Global Taxonomy ...
Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/JSH/CE/85444 (2016-025)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, GTI National Focal Points
Serendipity underlies some of the greatest scientific discoveries. And it was certainly at play in 2015 when a team of biologists stopped off to relax at a popular waterfall on the Philippine island of Palawan after spending a long day surveying nearby streams to document the island’s freshwater ...
Six years of recording and analyzing the sounds made by bats in P.E.I. National Park has revealed more biodiversity in the park than was previously suspected. The park first set up acoustic detectors, which record the echolocation calls bats use to hunt for food, in 2015 and has continued every ...
The Western Ghats have revealed two new genera of dragon lizards from the family Agamidae – Monilesauras and Microauris. Using a combination of extensive field surveys, detailed taxonomic analyses and genetic tools, researchers have rearranged British-era taxonomy to expand extant knowledge of t ...
The Noongar Boodjar plant and animal encyclopaedia will link Indigenous species names with western scientific (both Latin and Common) names, as well as ancestral ecological and cultural knowledge chosen to be shared by local communities across more than 90 plant and animal species.
Reference: SCBD/SSSF/AS/SBG/JSH/AER/88592 (2020-026)
To: CBD National Focal Points; SBSTTA Focal Points; GTI Focal Points; Consortium of Scientific
Partners on Biodiversity; relevant organizations; indigenous peoples and local communities
Reference: SCBD/SSSF/AS/SBG/JSH/VA/JM/AER/88592 (2020-031)
To: CBD National Focal Points; SBSTTA Focal Points; GTI Focal Points; Consortium of Scientific Partners on Biodiversity; relevant organizations; indigenous peoples and local communities
Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/CV/62913 (2008-053)
To: All CBD, CHM and SBSTTA National Focal Points
Please refer to my earlier notification 2008-031 (Ref.: SCBD/STTM/JM/CV/62913) , dated 27 March 2008, concerning the training workshops for participants in the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-9) to be held from 19 to 30 May 2008 in Bonn, Germany.
Reference: SCBD/STTM/RH/VA/55956 (2006-107)
To: all CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA and GTI Focal Points
specific organizations and donors institutions
Parties who wish to participate in this seminar are encouraged to provide to the Secretariat as soon as possible, copies of any assessments of taxonomic needs and any proposals that have been submitted as pilot projects under the GTI.
16 - 18 November 2009, Nairobi, Kenya
ESABII (East and Southeast Asia Biodiversity Information Initiative) was established by 14 countries in East and Southeast Asia with the objective of contributing to CBD, especially GTI. The side event will present the activities of ESABII towards the enhancement of taxonomic capacity in the region.
Reference: SCBD/STTM/DC/JSH/CRm/78446 (2012-005)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal points, GTI National Focal Points, GTI Coordination Mechanism members, relevant international organizations and Indigenous and Local Communities
Reference: SCBD/STTM/DC/JSh/aw/79830 (2012-084)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal points and GTI Focal Points in East and South East Asian countries: Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Viet Nam, China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Japan, Mongolia, Republic of Korea
Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/JSH/CRm/76541R (2011-154)
To: CBD and SBSTTA focal points
This Notification serves to inform Parties and Governments that notification 2011-126, sent on 21 June 2011, invited Parties to nominate their national focal points for the Global Taxonomy Initiative (GTI), as called for under the paragraph 3a of decision VIII/3. In order to allow for, and encou ...
Reference: SCBD/STTM/DC/JSH/CRm/78446 (2011-237)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal points, GTI National Focal Points, GTI Coordination Mechanism members, relevant international organizations and Indigenous and Local Communities.
A draft Capacity-building Strategy for the Global Taxonomy Initiative (GTI), at global and regional levels that addresses the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity, was developed in line with decision X/39 (paragraph 16) and presented to the fifteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Tech ...
The Bayou City is home to some impressive bat colonies, but University of Houston-Downtown (UHD) researcher Dr. Amy Baird's latest discovery spreads its wings more than 2,000 miles away.
There are many thousands of species of fish inhabiting the world's waters. Recently, researchers have uncovered around 40 new species in a lake in Africa. The number is impressive, but the investigators explain how these new varieties came to be.
Review of the Global Taxonomy Initiative
Reference: SCBD/SSSF/AS/JSH/VA/KM/89336 (2021-002)
To: CBD National Focal Points; Cartagena Protocol Focal Points; ABS Focal Points; SBSTTA Focal Points; GTI Focal Points; Consortium of Scientific Partners on Biodiversity; indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations
Revised Draft Capacity-Building Strategy for the Global Taxonomy Initiative
Reference: SCBD/SSSF/AS/JSH/VA/KM/88592 (2020-089)
To: CBD National Focal Points; SBSTTA Focal Points; GTI Focal Points; Consortium of Scientific Partners on Biodiversity; Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities and relevant organizations
Reference: SCBD/STTM/RH/VA/55016 (2006-059)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points, GTI National Focal Points
Pursant to decision V/9 and after consultation with the Bureau of the SBSTTA, I would like to inform you of the updated composition of the GTI Coordination Mechanism.
The stiletto snakes, also known as burrowing asps, are members of Atractaspis, a genus with over 20 validly described species.These burrowing and venomous snakes are famous for their unique skull anatomy and venom delivery system, allowing them to attack and stab sideways with a fang sticking ou ...
Genetic analysis and a close examination of the skulls from a group of baleen whales in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico have revealed that they are a new species.
A group of botanists from the Bhopal-based Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) have recently discovered a new species of plant belonging to the African Violets family from Mizoram and adjacent areas in Myanmar.
Scientists have named a newly discovered species of worm that kills tarantulas after American actor, musician and producer Jeff Daniels, a distinction no other entertainer can claim.
A new species of bent-toed gecko has been discovered by biologists on an isolated mountain in northern Cambodia. Describing the find as “extremely unexpected”, scientists have warned the species could be lost as suddenly as it was detected because of the gold mining which threatens the small liz ...
You'd think all animals would need oxygen to live, right? Wrong. Researchers just discovered a unique organism that doesn't need to breathe. Instead, the tiny parasite lives in salmon tissue and evolved so that it doesn't need oxygen to produce energy.
The species are all part of the genus Jacquemontia, which are twining or trailing plants with pretty blue flowers. With rapid biodiversity loss taking place across South America and worldwide, identifying plant species is a vital step towards protecting them.
July 11 (UPI) -- Scientists have discovered a new species of reef fish swimming 200 feet beneath the ocean surface, just off the coast Tanzania.
9 - 10 October 2004, Wellington, New Zealand
10 November 2003, Montreal, Canada
1 - 4 May 2023, Entebbe, Uganda