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On 10 June, HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco closed a historic meeting of biodiversity and Antarctic experts. The purpose of the meeting was to examine the extent to which conservation of the biodiversity of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean is realizing a set of ambitions agreed for the world as part of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020.

Online Discussion Forum - Consultative Workshop on the Achievement of the 2010 Biodiversity Target in Dry and Sub-humid Lands

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JW/cv/61490 (2008-001)
To: CBD and SBSTTA National Focal Points

The Online Discussion Forum is accessible at the Secretariat web site at the following link: <a href='http://www.cbd.int/drylands/forum.shtml'>http://www.cbd.int/drylands/forum.shtml</a>. Three background documents will be available online to facilitate the discussion. Please note that you wil ...

Online Forum in Preparation for the Capacity Development Programme on national arrangements on Traditional Knowledge for achieving Target 18 and contributing to Target 16 of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

29 - 30 November 2017, Online

Online open consultation to fill gaps in the global indicator framework for the Aichi Biodiversity Targets

Reference: (2016-067)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and relevant organizations

Open-ended intersessional meeting on the Strategic Plan, National Reports and the implementation of the Convention

19 - 21 November 2001, Montreal, Canada

Operationalizing targets for biodiversity conservation and restoration

The Nature Map Consortium has introduced new global maps that integrate available data on biodiversity and carbon to assist country policies for biodiversity and land-based greenhouse gas emissions.

Pacific Regional Training Workshop on National Arrangements on Traditional Knowledge for Achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 18 and Contributing to Aichi Biodiversity Target 16 of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

21 - 25 May 2018, Whangarei, New Zealand

Participation of the Secretariat in the eighth session of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals, 3-7 February 2014, New York, United States of America

Reference: SCBD/MPO/AF/Jhed/83126 (2014-015)
To: CBD National Focal Points and relevant organizations

Peer review - Proposals for a comprehensive and participatory process for the preparation of the post-2020 biodiversity framework

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/KNM/86953 (2017-124)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, relevant organizations

Peer review of documentation regarding the review progress in the implementation of the Convention and the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 at the first meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/LZ/85338 (2016-010)
To: : CBD National Focal Points

Preparations of the Post-2020 Strategic Plan

Reference: SCBD/OES/CPP/DC/CE/86582 (2017-052)
To: CBD National Focal Points; relevant organizations; and indigenous peoples and local communities, cc: SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Points

Press Release: Aichi biodiversity heads of agencies task force established with 27 global partners

Press Release: From words to action – key organizations team up to stop the extinction crisis.

Press Release: Maldives responds to Hyderabad Call for Biodiversity Champions: Entire country to become UNESCO Biosphere Reserve by 2017

Regional Capacity-building Workshop to Address Invasive Alien Species and to Achieve Aichi Biodiversity Target 9 in the Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia

9 - 12 December 2013, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Regional Consultation Workshop on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework for Asia and the Pacific

28 January - 1 February 2019, Nagoya, Japan

Regional Consultation Workshop on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework for Asia and the Pacific, 28-31 January 2019 - Nagoya, Japan

Reference: SCBD/OES/JBF/DC/WS/NS/GT/87709 (2018-084)
To: CBD National Focal Points of: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, Cyprus, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, New Zealand, Niue, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, State of Palestine, Syrian Arab Republic,, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Viet Nam and Yemen.

Regional Consultation for Africa on the updating and revision of the Strategic Plan of the Convention for the post-2010 period

Reference: SCBD/ITS/DC/LC/69610 (2009-155)
To: Participants in the ABS Capacity Development Workshop; Cc: CBD National Focal Points (African countries)

I am pleased to inform you that a Regional Consultation for Africa on the updating and revision of the Strategic Plan of the Convention for the post-2010 period will be held from 11 to 12 December 2009 in Cairo, Egypt.

Regional Consultation for Africa on the updating and revision of the Strategic Plan of the Convention for the post-2010 period

11 - 12 December 2009, Cairo, Egypt

Regional Training Workshop for Latin America and the Caribbean on national arrangements on traditional knowledge for achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 18 and contributing to Aichi Biodiversity Target 16 of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

2 - 6 April 2018, Tepoztlan, Mexico

Regional Workshop for Central America and the Caribbean on implementation of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation in the context of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

15 - 17 November 2012, Mexico City, Mexico

Regional Workshop for East, South and Southeast Asia on Updating the Strategic Plan of the Convention on Biological Diversity for post-2010 period

Reference: SCBD/ITS/DC/LC/68866 (2009-119)
To: CBD National Focal Points of East, South and Southeast Asian countries

As you recall, the Conference of the Parties, in decision IX/9, paragraph 1, requested the third meeting of the Ad hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention to prepare a revised and updated Strategic Plan for consideration and adoption at its tenth meeting, inclu ...

Regional Workshop for East, South and Southeast Asia on Updating the Strategic Plan of the Convention on Biological Diversity for post-2010 period

15 - 18 December 2009, Tokyo, Japan

Regional Workshop for Middle East and North Africa on the updating and revision of the Strategic Plan of the Convention for the post-2010 period

Reference: SCBD/ITS/DC/LC/69611 (2009-161)
To: CBD National Focal Points (Arab States)

I am pleased to inform you that a Regional Workshop for the Middle East and North Africa on the updating and revision of the Strategic Plan of the Convention for the post-2010 period will be held on 10-11 January 2010 in Cairo, Egypt, with the support of the Regional Office for West Asia (ROWA) ...

Regional Workshop for the Caribbean and Central American Countries on the Fourth National Report and Updating the Strategic Plan for Post-2010 Period

Reference: SCBD/ITS/DC/LC/69312 (2009-140)
To: CBD National Focal Points of the following countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Saint Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago

I am pleased to inform you that a regional Workshop for the Caribbean and Central American countries on the fourth national report and updating the Strategic Plan for the post-2010 period will be held from 7 to 10 December 2009 in the City of Panama, Panama. In this regard, I would like to in ...

Regional Workshop for the Caribbean and Central American Countries on the Fourth National Report and Updating the Strategic Plan for Post-2010 Period

7 - 10 December 2009, City of Panama, Panama

Regional Workshop for the Middle East and North Africa on the updating and revision of the Strategic Plan of the Convention for the post-2010 period

10 - 11 January 2010, Cairo, Egypt

Reminder - Updating or Revision of the Strategic Plan of the Convention

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/VA/64383 (2009-037)
To: CBD National Focal Points, relevant organizations

Considering the very small number of contributions to both the notification and the e-Forum, the Secretariat would like to reiterate the importance of providing submissions or views in response to paragraph 6 of decision IX/9. Considering the importance of the Strategic Plan for the implementati ...

Reminder - Updating or Revision of the Strategic Plan of the Convention

Reference: SCBD/ITS/DC/MC/64383 (2009-064)
To: CBD National Focal Points and relevant organizations

Pursuant to paragraph 6 of decision IX/9 of the Conference of the Parties and Notifications 2008-076, 2008-144, 2008-151 and 2009-037, a synthesis/analysis of views on the updated and revised Strategic Plan for the Convention after 2010 has been prepared on the basis of views submitted by Partie ...

Report of the "Cities and Biodiversity: Achieving the 2010 Biodiversity Target" meeting, and Curitiba Declaration.

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ab/57998 (2007-042)
To: CBD and SBSTTA National Focal Points

At the initiative of the Mayor of Curitiba, H.E. Carlos Alberto Richa, and on the occasion of the first anniversary of the High-Level Segment of the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP-8), a meeting on "Cities and Biodiversity: Achieving ...

Report of the Fifth meeting of the Liaison Group of the Biodiversity-related Conventions (Gland, Switzerland, 14 September 2006) available.

Reference: SCBD/STTM/RH/56036 (2006-099)
To: all CBD National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the report of the Fifth meeting of the Liaison Group of the Biodiversity-related Conventions, which was hosted by the Ramsar Secretariat and took place on 14 September 2006 in Gland, Switzerland, has been posted on the joint website of the Biodiversity-related Con ...

Report of the first meeting of the Heads of Agencies Task Force to support the 2010 Biodiversity Target (Gland, Switzerland, 15 September 2006)

Reference: SCBD/STTM/RH/56039 (2006-100)
To: all CBD National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the report of the first meeting of the Heads of Agencies Task Force to support the 2010 Biodiversity Target, which was hosted by IUCN – The World Conservation Union and took place on 15 September 2006 in Gland, Switzerland, has been posted on the website of the Co ...

Request to submit views on the scientific and technical aspects of the provisional framework of global headline indicators for assessing progress towards the achievement of the 2010 Biodiversity Target

Reference: SCBD/STTM/RH/lj/66780 (2009-031)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points, Other governments, relevant organizations, indigenous and local communities

To facilitate the scientific and technical evaluation of the current set of indicators and draw conclusions for biodiversity monitoring beyond 2010, the World Conservation Monitoring Centre of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP-WCMC) is carrying out an online survey, which will contr ...

Recommendation 5/11

Review of progress in providing support in implementing the objectives of the Convention and its Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

Review of the use of remotely-sensed data for monitoring biodiversity change and tracking progress towards the Aichi Biodiversity Targets

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/RH/ac/82946 (2013-109)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, relevant organizations and participants to SBSTTA-17

Revision and updating of the Strategic Plan of the Convention for the post-2010 Period: Possible Outline and Elements of the New Strategic Plan

Reference: SCBD/ITS/DC/LC/69800 (2009-169)
To: CBD National Focal Points and Relevant Organizations

I am pleased to inform you that a discussion document on the Revision and Updating of the Strategic Plan of the Convention for the Post-2010 Period: Possible Outline and Elements of the New Strategic Plan (UNEP/CBD/SP/PREP/2) is available for your review at: https://www.cbd.int/sp/sp2010+/

SCBD meeting "2010 - The Global Biodiversity Challenge" with UNEP-WCMC and UNDP

21 - 23 May 2003, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Recommendation XVII/1

Scientific and technical needs related to the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

Second meeting of the Sustainable Ocean Initiative (SOI) Global Dialogue with Regional Seas Organizations and Regional Fisheries Bodies on Accelerating Progress Towards the Aichi Biodiversity Targets and Sustainable Development Goals

10 - 13 April 2018, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Second meeting of the second phase of the High-level Panel on the Global Assessment of Resources for Implementing the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

2 - 4 December 2013, Chennai, India

Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Ad hoc Technical Expert Group Meeting and International Expert Workshop on Indicators for the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, 20 June 2011, High Wycombe, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Statement by Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, at the Opening of the Global Biodiversity Informatics Conference, 2-4 July 2012

Statement by Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, at the Opening of the Global Biodiversity Informatics Conference, 2-4 July 2012

Statement by Cristiana Paşca Palmer, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the CARICOM Workshop for the Development of a Regional Biodiversity Strategy for the Caribbean Community, Georgetown, Guyana, 14 June 2018

Statement by Cristiana Paşca Palmer, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the CARICOM Workshop for the Development of a Regional Biodiversity Strategy for the Caribbean Community, Georgetown, Guyana, 14 June 2018

Statement by Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on “Fulfilling the Pledge of the Heads of State to Reduce by 2010 the Loss of Biodiversity on Our Planet” at the Conference organized by the United Nations Association in Canada-Montreal in collaboration with the Conseil des relations internationales de Montréal (CORIM), Université du Québec à Montréal, Quebec, Canada, 24 May 2006

Biological diversity is the result of millions of years of evolution on Earth. It comprises the totality of life forms on Earth. Ecosystems provide the essential requirements for life, protection from natural disasters and diseases and the very basis for human culture. However, never since hum ...

Statement by Dr. Hamdallah Zedan, Executive Secretary, to the Opening Session

Statement by Dr. Hamdallah Zedan, Executive Secretary, to the Opening Session

Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf at the Opening of the Meeting on “Cities and Biodiversity: Achieving the 2010 Biodiversity Target”, Curitiba, Brazil, 26 March 2007.

<br>View also the statement <a href='/doc/speech/2007/sp-2007-03-26-mayors-fr.pdf'>in French</a>.

Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity at the Opening of the Meeting on “Cities and Biodiversity: Achieving the 2010 Biodiversity Target”, Curitiba, Brazil, 26 March 2007.

When a family faces crises, it gets together and celebration of anniversaries is a good opportunity to provide a collective response to meet these challenges. As evidenced by the messages that we heard this morning humanity is facing unprecedented environmental challenges. The city of Curitiba ...