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Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/OH/CR/60736 (2007-142)
To: CBD National Focal Points
Pursuant to paragraphs B.II.13 and C.6.(a) of Decision VIII/5, as well as paragraphs 3.(c).(ii) and 8 of Decision VII/14, I have the honour to inform you that the Secretariat has received, to-date, a total of US$ 70,091.30 from donors in support of the participation of indigenous representative ...
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Reference: SCBD/ITS/NR/LC/59515 (2007-141)
To: CBD National Focal Points of eligible country Parties, GEF Focal Points of eligible country Parties
Further to Notification 2006-083 (Ref. ITS/NR/LC/MC/55455), dated 28 July 2006, by which Parties were requested, pursuant to paragraph 4 of Decision VIII/14, to submit their fourth national reports by 30 March 2009, I would like to advise eligible Parties that financial support has been made ava ...
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Reference: SCBD/SEL/VN/GD/60723 (2007-143)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points
As a follow-up to the fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, I am pleased to convey to you, for your information, a letter from the Co-chairs of the Working Group.
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Reference: CBD/STTM/SBG/va/60679 (2007-144)
To: des représentants nationaux de l’Angola, de l’Algérie, du Bénin, du Burkina Faso, du Burundi, du Cameroun, du Cap Vert, des Comores, de la République démocratique du Congo, de la République Centrafricaine, de la République du Congo, de la Côte d’Ivoire, de Djibouti, de la Guinée équatoriale, de la Guinée-Bissau, du Gabon, de la Guinée, de Madagascar, du Mali, du Maroc, la Mauritanie, du Niger, de Sao Tomé & Principe, du Sénégal, du Tchad, du Togo et de la Tunisie.
J’aimerais par la présente vous informer que le Secrétariat de la Convention sur la diversité biologique (CDB) organisera, du 7 au 10 janvier 2008, à Libreville au Gabon, un atelier pour la sous-région de l’Afrique francophone en vue de favoriser et faciliter la mise en œuvre du programme de tra ...
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Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/56662 (2007-139)
To: CBD National Focal Points
The purpose of this notification is to invite Parties and Governments to contribute to the preparatory process for the in-depth review of the work on incentive measures. The in-depth review will be undertaken by the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-9).
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Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/56663 (2007-140)
To: International organizations and stakeholders
The purpose of this notification is to invite international organizations and stakeholders to contribute to the preparatory process for the in-depth review of the work on incentive measures. The in-depth review will be undertaken by the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-9).
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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 ...
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Reference: SCBD/ITS/DC/60649 (2007-137)
To: National Focal Points of CBD Parties of South, Southeast and East Asia
I am pleased to inform you that a regional workshop for countries of South, Southeast and East Asia on Capacity Building for National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans will be held in Singapore, from 14 to 18 January 2008, organized by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diver ...
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Reference: SCBD/ITS/DC/60650 (2007-138)
To: National Focal Points of CBD Parties of Southern and Eastern Africa
I am pleased to inform you that a sub-regional workshop for countries of Southern and Eastern Africa on Capacity Building for National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans will be held in South Africa from 4 to 8 February 2008, organized by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Div ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/aw/56333 (2007-134)
To: CBD National Focal Points
Pursuant to Notification 2006-116 (ref. SCBD/STTM/RH/56333) dated 20 October 2006, as well as the letter from the Global Invasive Species Programme (GISP) dated 11 June 2007, I would like to remind those Parties, other Governments and relevant international organizations who have not already pro ...
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Reference: SCBD/BCH/GF/ABw/60643 (2007-136)
To: BCH National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points or CBD Focal Points where Biosafety Focal Points have not yet been nominated
I am pleased to announce the release of a new version of the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH) that will be accessible, starting 1 November 2007, at the following URL: <a href='http://bch.cbd.int/'>http://bch.cbd.int/</a>. Web browsers directed to the old website will be automatically redirected t ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/TC/LJ/60479 (2007-133)
To: All CBD and SBSTTA Focal Points
In support to Decision VIII/19 4(a) of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity on strengthening collaboration with members of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests, I would like to call your attention to an independent consultative process on a possible Global ...
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Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/60445 (2007-129)
To: all CBD National Focal Points
I am very pleased to forward to you the draft strategy on resources mobilization reflecting the preliminary comments and views made during the first informal consultation with Parties and relevant organizations, held on 13 October 2007, at the headquarters of the Secretariat in Montreal, Canada.
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/JL/JG/60476 (2007-130)
To: all CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and SBSTTA Bureau Members and relevant organizations
I am pleased to inform you that a page has been created on the CBD website (<a href='/sbstta-13/review.shtml'>http://www.cbd.int/sbstta-13/review.shtml</a>) to facilitate the peer review of the drafts of information documents for marine and coastal biodiversity prepared by the Secretariat for co ...
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Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/60231 (2007-131)
To: Relevant International Organizations
The purpose of this Notification is to invite relevant international organizations to provide their views on the draft report of the Executive Secretary on the exploration of possibilities of developing a "Biodiversity Technology Initiative", taking into account the Climate Technology Initiative ...
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Reference: SCBD/SEL/VN/GD/60541 (2007-132)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points, Governments, indigenous and local communities and stakeholders
As agreed by the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing at its fifth meeting held in Montreal, from 8 to 12 October 2007, Parties, Governments, indigenous and local communities and stakeholders are kindly invited to submit to the Secretariat, by 30 November 2007, concrete ...
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Reference: SCBD/OMG/NB/60355 (2007-123)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Business and biodiversity contacts
I am pleased to inform you that a new issue of the Secretariat’s newsletter on business and biodiversity, Business.2010, has been posted on the CBD website.
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Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/OJ/LB/60437 (2007-124)
To: All National Focal Points to the Convention on Biological Diversity
I have the honour to inform you that, at the invitation of the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany, the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 9) will be held at the Maritim Hotel Bonn, in Bonn, Germany, from 19 to 30 May 2008. Th ...
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Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/CG/JH/60409 (2007-125)
To: All National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, CBD National Focal Points where Biosafety Focal Points have not yet been nominated
I have the honour to inform you that, at the invitation of the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany, the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP/4) will be held at the Maritim Hotel in Bonn, Ge ...
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Reference: SCBD/RMCS/MR-H/57059 (2007-126)
To: CBD National Focal Points
As a follow up of the Notification dated 9 January 2007, referenced SCBD/SEL/OJ/57059 (2007-002), forwarding the interim arrangements for the allocation of funding for facilitating participation of Parties in the Convention and its Biosafety Protocol, adopted by the Bureau at its meeting held on ...
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Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/moc/60475 (2007-127)
To: All National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, CBD National Focal Points where Biosafety Focal Points have not yet been nominated
I am pleased to inform you that the Minutes of the first meeting of the Bureau of COP-MOP3, held in Montreal at the headquarters of the Secretariat, are available at the Convention’s website: <a href='http://www.cbd.int/doc/meetings/cop-mop-bureau/cop-mop-bur-2007-10-14-en.pdf'>http://www.cbd.in ...
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Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/moc/60474 (2007-128)
To: all CBD National Focal Points
I am pleased to inform you that Minutes of the third and fourth meetings of the COP8 Bureau, which were held in Montreal at the headquarters of the Secretariat on 7 and 14 October 2007, respectively, are available at the Convention website: <br> <a href='/doc/meetings/cop-bureau/cop-bur-2007/co ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/VA/60368 (2007-120)
To: all SBSTTA Focal Points and CBD National Focal Points
I am pleased to inform you that the thirteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-13) will be held from 18 to 22 February 2008 at the Headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), located at Viale delle Te ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/VA/60369 (2007-121)
To: all SBSTTA Focal Points and CBD National Focal Points
I am pleased to inform you that the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on Protected Areas (WG-PA/2) will be held from 11 to 15 February 2008 at the Headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), located at Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, in ...
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Reference: SCBD/BS/ET/jh/60313 (2007-119)
To: Central and Eastern Europe National Focal Points of Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosatety and other Governments of relevant organizations
Central and Eastern Europe Regional Workshop on Capacity-Buliding and Exchange of Experiences on Risk Assessment and Risk Management of Living Modified Organism, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, 26-28 November 2007
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Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/60231 (2007-122)
To: CBD National Focal Points
The purpose of this Notification is to invite Parties to provide their views on the draft report of the Executive Secretary on the exploration of possibilities of developing a "Biodiversity Technology Initiative", taking into account the Climate Technology Initiative (CTI), which was prepared pu ...
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Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/59282 (2007-117)
To: All CBD Focal Points and relevant organizations
Pursuant to Recommendation 2/2, paragraph 2(b), of the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention (WGRI-2), and further to my earlier Notification (2007-090) dated 18 July 2007, I hereby forward to you a background note prepared to facilit ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/VA/60107 (2007-118)
To: all CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and relevant organizations
I am pleased to inform you that a page has been created on the CBD website (<a href='/wgpa2/review.shtml'>http://www.cbd.int/wgpa2/review.shtml</a>) to facilitate the peer-review of the drafts of documents prepared by the Secretariat for consideration by the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-End ...
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Reference: SCBD/BCH/CG/WDY/jh/60095 (2007-116)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points (or CBD Focal Points where Biosafety Focal Points have not yet been nominated)
I would like to draw your attention to the following decisions of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Biosafety Protocol (COP-MOP) where the COP MOP has invited or requested the submission of views and information not later than six months prior to the date ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/60055 (2007-115)
To: all CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and relevant organizations
The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is currently accepting applications for posters to be displayed at the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas (WGPA 2) to be held 11-15 February 2008, at the Food and Agriculture Organization Headqu ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/LJ/59826 (2007-114)
To: all CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and relevant organizations
The theme of the poster session for the thirteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical, and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to be held in Rome, Italy from 18 to 22 February 2008, is "Mainstreaming Biodiversity Issues into Forestry ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/VA/59871 (2007-113)
To: all CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and SBSTTA Bureau Members and relevant organizations
I am pleased to inform you that a page has been created on the CBD website (<a href='/sbstta-13/review.shtml'>http://www.cbd.int/sbstta-13/review.shtml</a>) to facilitate the peer-review of the drafts of documents prepared by the Secretariat for consideration by the thirteenth meeting of the Sub ...
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Reference: SCBD/OMG/NP/DA/fd/59978 (2007-112)
To: CBD Focal Points
The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity is pleased to announce that the theme of the International Day for Biological Diversity (IBD) on 22 May 2008 will be Biodiversity and Agriculture.
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/JL/ac/57414 (2007-080)
To: CBD National Focal Points and relevant organizations
Pursuant to Decision VIII/24, paragraph 46, of the Conference of the Parties, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is convening an expert workshop on ecological criteria and biogeographic classification systems for marine areas in need of protection, from 2 to 4 Octobe ...
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Reference: SCBD/RMCS/MR-H/59875 (2007-111)
To: CBD National Focal Points
Pursuant to Decision VIII/31 paragraph 22 of the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, I have the honour to inform you that the Secretariat has received, to date, a total of US$402,843 from donors in support of the participation of developing country Parties and Parties with economies ...
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Reference: SCBD/BCH/WD/ABw/58011 (2007-110)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points (or CBD Focal Points where Biosafety Focal Points have not yet been nominated)
Reference is made to my earlier Notifications of 16 April and 25 July 2007 (both referenced as SCBD/BS/WDY/ABw/58011), concerning the Submission of First Regular National Reports, as called for under Article 33 (Monitoring and Reporting) of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.
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Reference: SCBD/ITS/LC/59714 (2007-109)
To: CBD National Focal Points,
The Global Environment Facility (GEF),
Donor Agencies
I am pleased to bring to your kind attention that the report of the Second Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention (WGRI-2) held at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France, from 9 to 13 July 2007, has been cleared by the Rapporteur and is now ava ...
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Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/59641 (2007-108)
To: CBD National Focal Points
Indigenous and Local Communitie
As you may 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.
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/SS/va/59606 (2007-107)
To: GSPC Focal Points and relevant stakeholders
The twelfth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-12), in Recommendation XII/2, requested the Executive Secretary to develop, by the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-9), in collaboration with the Global Partnership for Plant C ...
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Reference: SCBD/BS/ET/ABw/59593 (2007-106)
To: National Focal Points of Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety,
CBD National Focal Points (where CPB National Focal Points have not yet been designated),
Relevant Organizations
In its Decision BS-I/5, paragraph 28, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 1) invites Parties, other Governments, and relevant organizations to submit to the Executive Secretary, and to share through the Biosafety Cle ...
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Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/58785 (2007-105)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Indigenous and Local Communities
As you may 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.
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Reference: SCBD/ITS/LC/59513 (2007-103)
To: CBD National Focal Points, The Global Environment Facility, Donor Agencies
As you recall, the Conference of the Parties, in its Decision VIII/14, paragraph 11, decided that the third edition of the Global Biodiversity Outlook shall be prepared for publication at its tenth meeting in 2010.
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Reference: SCBD/ITS/LC/59514 (2007-104)
To: All CBD National Focal Points
As you recall, the Conference of the Parties, in its Decision VIII/15, decided to consider at its ninth meeting the process for revising and updating the Strategic Plan with a view to adopting a revised Strategic Plan at its tenth meeting. The Working Group on Review of Implementation, having u ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/JW/jm/59493 (2007-101)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points
Recommendation XII/5 of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice requests the Executive Secretary, when preparing the in-depth review on the programme of work on agricultural biodiversity, to conduct an analysis of (i) the extent to which climate change impacts and r ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/JW/tc/59490 (2007-102)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points
Recommendation XII/5 of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice requests the Executive Secretary, when preparing the in-depth review on the programme of work on forest biodiversity, to conduct an analysis of (i) the extent to which climate change impacts and respons ...
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Reference: SCBD/SEL/OH/JS/CR/59168 (2007-100)
To: CBD National Focal Points
In paragraph 8 of Decision VII/14, the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) "invites Parties, Governments and relevant organizations to provide indigenous and local communities with capacity-building and financial resources to support their active parti ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/JW/ac/59463 (2007-099)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points
In Decision VIII/30, Paragraph 9, the Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) requested the Executive Secretary, through the Joint Liaison Group (JLG) of the Rio Conventions, to consider the options for enhanced cooperation among the three Rio Conventions prepared f ...
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Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/59448 (2007-098)
To: CBD National Focal Points
The purpose of this notification is to convey the message from the Evaluation Office of the Global Environment Facility.
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Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/CR/59413 (2007-097)
To: CBD National Focal Points
The above documents can be accessed on the Secretariat website at <a href='/meetings/abswg-05/review.shtml'>http://www.cbd.int/meetings/abswg-05/review.shtml</a>. Please note that the posted documents are unedited drafts for comments only, and not for citation or other use. Your comments would ...
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Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ 59380 (2007-094)
To: CBD/CPB National Focal Points
I am pleased to inform you that the Quarterly Report of the Convention covering the period from 1 April to 30 June 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 activities ...
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