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Reference: SCBD/BS/WDY/ABw/58011 (2007-096)
To: National Focal Points of Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
Reference is made to my earlier Notification dated 16 April 2007 (Reference: 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, as well as relevant decisions of the ...
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Reference: SCBD/BS/WDY/jh/59394 (2007-095)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB National Focal Points have not yet been designated), Relevant Organizations
I am pleased to inform you that the fourth meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Working Group on Liability and Redress in the Context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (BSLR WG-4) will be held in Montreal, Canada, from 22 to 26 October 2007. You will find attached the provisional agenda and it ...
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Reference: SCBD/ITS/LC/59302 (2007-093)
To: All National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, Members of the Informal Advisory Committee for CEPA
The second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention (WGRI-2) on 9-13 July 2007 in Paris, France, in its Recommendation 2/4, requested the Executive Secretary to revise the proposed scope and format, work plan, communication strategy and financi ...
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Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/57985 (2007-087)
To: CBD Focal Points and National/Regional Environmental Funds
A Technical Report on National/Regional Environmental Funds is being prepared by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity to facilitate the implementation of Decision VIII/13, paragraph 7, in which the Conference of the Parties recommended to Parties, Governments and funding ins ...
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Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/59255 (2007-088)
To: All CBD Focal Points and relevant organizations
In Recommendation 2/2, the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention (WGRI-2) requested the Executive Secretary, to seek views and further suggestions from Parties, other Governments, regional economic integration groups, partner organizations, donors, and obs ...
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Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/59256 (2007-089)
To: All CBD Focal Points and relevant organizations
In Recommendation 2/3, the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention (WGRI-2) invited Parties and Governments, relevant organizations and the GEF, to submit to the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity their views on elements for the four-year ...
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Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/59282 (2007-090)
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), the Executive Secretary is inviting Parties, other Governments, regional economic integration groups, partner organizations, donors ...
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Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/ET/jh/59340 (2007-092)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points
CBD National Focal Points (where CPB NFPs have not yet been nominated)
Relevant international organizations
I am pleased to inform you that the report of the second International Meeting of Academic Institutions and Organizations Involved in Biosafety Education and Training, which was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 16 to 18 April 2007, is now available. The document (UNEP/CBD/BS/CM-ET/2/4) may ...
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Reference: SCBD/BS/ET/jh/59310 (2007-086)
To: National Focal Points of Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and other Governments
Relevant organizations
In paragraph 2 of decision BS-II/9, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol the Executive Secretary is requested to convene, prior to its fourth meeting, regional workshops on capacity-building and exchange of experiences on risk assessment and risk ma ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/RH/59184 (2007-083)
To: All CBD Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points and relevant organizations
In recommendation XII/3 the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) requested the Executive Secretary inter alia to collect from Parties, other Governments and relevant organizations information required to undertake a detailed assessment of the use and impact ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/aw/59164 (2007-085)
To: CBD and SBSTTA focal points
The seventh meeting of the Joint Liaison Group of the Rio Conventions (the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)) was convened on 7 June 2007. At this meeting the E ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/DCO/ 59174 (2007-084)
To: All CBD Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points
In recommendation XII/1, paragraph 2(b)(ii), the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) requested the Executive Secretary enhance support for updating of the Source Book through the inclusion of additional case studies that relate to all the programmes of work ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/RH/lj/59100 (2007-081)
To: All CBD Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points
In recommendation XII/8, the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) requested the Executive Secretary inter alia to seek the views of Parties on the suggested elements of the procedure for the identification of emerging issues, the conditions for their inclusi ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/lj/59120 (2007-082)
To: All CBD Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points
In recommendation XII/7, the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) requested the Executive Secretary inter alia to invite Parties and other Governments to provide relevant information on the impacts on biodiversity along the full life cycle of the production ...
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Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/59050 (2007-079)
To: Indigenous and Local Communities
The purpose of this Notification is to invite indigenous and local communities interested in the issue of the negotiation of an international regime on access and benefit-sharing within the framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to nominate experts for the International Indige ...
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Reference: SCBD/SEL/VN/GD/58995 (2007-077)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points
I am pleased to confirm that the sixth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WG ABS-6) will be held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, from 21 to 25 January 2008. <br>(View the notification also <a href='/doc/notifications/2007/ntf-2007-077- ...
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Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/ABw/59008 (2007-078)
To: National Focal Points for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
I am pleased to inform you that the second issue of the newsletter on Biosafety, entitled Biosafety Protocol News, has been posted on the CBD website at the following address: <a href='/doc/newsletters/bpn/bpn-issue02.pdf'>http://www.cbd.int/doc/newsletters/bpn/bpn-issue02.pdf</a>
English
Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/GD/58891 (2007-076)
To: CBD National Focal Points; SBSTTA National Focal Points
I am pleased to inform you that the Co-chairs of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, Mr. Fernando Casas of Colombia and Mr. Timothy Hodges of Canada, will be holding informal consultations on the preparation of the forthcoming meetings of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Work ...
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Reference: SCBD/SEL/VN/GD/58785 (2007-075)
To: 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: CBD/STTM/SBG/va/ac/58859 (2007-074)
To: All CBD Focal Points
I am pleased to inform you that the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) recently approved a global project on “Supporting Country Action on the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Programme of Work on Protected Areas”. This project will be ...
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Reference: CBD/STTM/SBG/va/58767 (2007-072)
To: CBD National Points of Botswana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Egypt ,Ghana, The Gambia, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe; relevant NGOs, and indigenous & local communities.
I have the pleasure to inform you that, with the generous financial support of the European Union and WWF, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is organizing from 13 to 15 August 2007 in Cape Town, South Africa, an Anglophone Africa sub-regional workshop on the review ...
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Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/58343 (2007-073)
To: All CBD National Focal Points
The Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Technology Transfer and Scientific and Technological Cooperation will meet in Geneva, Switzerland, on 10 to 12 September 2007. The meeting is being organized in cooperation with the United Nations Environment Programme, Division of Technology, Industry and E ...
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Reference: SCBD/RMCS/MR-H/58729 (2007-067)
To: CBD National Focal Points
Following a recommendation of the 2006 Audit Report, the Secretariat initiated in July 2006, a transparent bidding process for the selection of its official travel agent. Six international companies submitted their offer. I am pleased to inform you that the selection committee comprising represe ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/OH/AC/58712 (2007-068)
To: CBD and SBSTTA Focal Points
Pursuant to paragraph 10 of Decision VIII/1 requesting the Executive Secretary to identify linkages between the priority actions of the Island Biodiversity Programme of Work (IBPOW) and all other thematic work programmes and cross-cutting issues under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) ...
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Reference: SCBD/SEL/VN/GD/58410 (2007-069)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points
I have the honour to inform you that, pursuant to Decision VIII/4 of the Conference of the Parties, and reference to my earlier Notification dated 28 May 2007, the fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WGABS-5) will be held in Montreal, Canada, from ...
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Reference: SCBD/SEL/VN/GD/58410 (2007-070)
To: UN Organizations and Specialized Agencies, IGOs, NGOs and private sector
I have the honour to inform you that, pursuant to Decision VIII/4 of the Conference of the Parties, and reference to my earlier Notification dated 28 May 2007, the Fifth Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WGABS-5) will be held in Montreal, Canada, from ...
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Reference: SCBD/SEL/VN/GD/58410 (2007-071)
To: Indigenous and Local Community Organizations
I have the honour to inform you that, pursuant to Decision VIII/4 of the Conference of the Parties, and reference to my earlier Notification dated 28 May 2007, the Fifth Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WGABS-5) will be held in Montreal, Canada, from ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/VA/56696 (2007-066)
To: All CBD National Focal Points, other Governments and relevant organizations
Reference is made to my Notification dated 30 November 2006 (available on our website at: http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2006/ntf-2006-125-pa-en.pdf), in which Parties, other Governments, relevant organizations and other stakeholders are invited to submit information on implementation of t ...
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Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ab/55863 (2007-065)
To: CBD and SBSTTA National Focal Points
In collaboration with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, the fifth Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity will be held in Trondheim, Norway, from 29 October to 2 November 2007, and the title of this conference will be “Ecosystems and people – biodiversity for development – ...
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Reference: SCBD/RMCS/MR-H/58546 (2007-060)
To: All 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$191,117 from donors in support of the participation of developing country Parties and Parties with economies ...
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Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/58451 (2007-061)
To: All CBD National Focal Points
I have the honour to inform you that pursuant to Decision VIII/5 of the Conference of the Parties, the Fifth Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions will be held in Montreal, Canada, from 15 to 19 October 2007. The provisional agenda is attached for ...
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Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/58451 (2007-062)
To: Indigenous and Local Community Organizations
I am pleased to inform you that pursuant to Decision VIII/5 of the Conference of the Parties, the Fifth Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions will be held in Montreal, Canada, from 15 to 19 October 2007. The provisional agenda is attached for your ...
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Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/58451 (2007-063)
To: UN Organizations and Specialized Agencies, IGOs, NGOs and private sector
I am pleased to inform you that, pursuant to Decision VIII/5 of the Conference of the Parties, the Fifth Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions will be held in Montreal, Canada, from 15 to 19 October 2007. The provisional agenda is attached for your ...
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Reference: SCBD/ITS/DC/58443 (2007-064)
To: all CBD National Focal Points
I wish to inform you that documents for the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation (WGRI-2) to be held in Paris, France on 9-13 July 2007 are now being made available in final form on the Convention’s website at: < a href='/doc/meeting.aspx?mtg=WGRI-02' ...
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Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/NP/jl/58469 (2007-059)
To: CBD Focal Points
I have the pleasure of informing you that all documentation related to this year’s celebrations of the International Day for Biological Diversity (IBD), under the theme Biodiversity and Climate Change, is now available on the Secretariat’s website at: <a href='http://www.cbd.int/ibd'>www.cbd.int ...
English
Reference: SCBD/OMG/NB/58472 (2007-057)
To: CBD National Focal Points
Business and biodiversity contacts
I am pleased to inform you that the third issue of the Secretariat’s newsletter on business and biodiversity, Business.2010, has been posted on the CBD website. This issue focuses on ‘business, biodiversity and climate change’ and can be downloaded at the following addresses: <a href='/doc/newsl ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/VA/57549 (2007-058)
To:
I wish to inform you that all the pre-session documents for the SBSTTA-12 meeting are now available in final form, in all U.N. official languages, on the Secretariat website at: <a href='/doc/meeting.aspx?mtg=SBSTTA-12'>http://www.cbd.int/doc/meeting.aspx?mtg=SBSTTA-12</a>. Further background i ...
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Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/NP/jl/58469 (2007-056)
To: All CBD Focal Points
All documentation related to this year’s celebrations of the International Day for Biological Diversity (IBD), under the theme "Biodiversity and Climate Change", is now available on the Secretariat’s website at: <a href='www.cdb.int/ibd'>www.cdb.int/ibd</a>.
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Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/fdj/58264 (2007-055)
To: CBD National Focal Points and partner agencies
I have the pleasure to inform you that the video related to this year’s celebrations of the International Day for Biological Diversity (IBD), under the theme “Biodiversity and Climate Change”, is available online to view and download in MPEG format at the Secretariat’s website at: http://www.cbd ...
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Reference: SCBD/OMG/FDJ/58411 (2007-054)
To: CBD National Focal Points; partner agencies etc.
Due to the growing number of requests from Parties and other partners for biodiversity-related photographs to be used in education, publication, outreach and awareness activities, the CBD Secretariat has decided to establish an album of photos that will be available online.
English
Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ab/58264 (2007-053)
To: All CBD National Focal Points
I am pleased to inform you that thanks to the generous financial support from the Government of Norway and in collaboration with TVE and UNEP, the video on "biodiversity and climate change" is now available in English, French and Spanish on the Secretariat’s website, and can be downloaded at the ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/LJ/58248 (2007-052)
To: all CBD and SBSTTA Focal Points
I have the pleasure to forward to you the report of the Expert meeting in preparation of SBSTTA 12, convened by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, from 10 to 14 April 2007, at the International Academy for Nature Conservation, on the Isle of Vilm, in Germany. The meeting offered ...
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Reference: SCBD/ITS/DC/SM/58187 (2007-051)
To: CBD National Focal Points
I wish to inform you that draft documents for the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation (WGRI-2) are now available for review on the Secretariat website at: <a href='/wgri-2'>http://www.biodiv.org/wgri-2</a>, for your comments and review. The document ...
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Reference: SCBD/ITS/DC/CI 58146 (2007-050)
To: all CBD National Focal Points and relevant organizations
The Secretariat is pleased to announce that a poster session will be held during the second meeting of the Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention (WGRI-2) on the theme of implementation of national biodiversity strategies and action plans and their contribution (NBSAPs) to t ...
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Reference: SCBD/ITS/DC/58140 (2007-048)
To: all CBD and SBSTTA National Focal Points
The Secretariat is pleased to announce that, in cooperation with UNEP and UNDP, as well as the courtesy of the Museum d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris, a training workshop on National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) will be organized on Sunday, 8th July 2007, for the participants ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/ITS/sm/va/57839 (2007-049)
To: all CBD and SBSTTA National Focal Points
The Secretariat, in cooperation with the Muséum national d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris and its other partners of the scientific consortium, is pleased to announce the organization, on Sunday 1 July 2007, of a training course, in English or French, for the participants in the twelfth meeting of t ...
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Reference: SCBD/SEL/OH/MRe/58085 (2007-047)
To: National Focal Points, relevant international organizations and initiatives, Convention Secretariats
I am pleased to inform you that, after a comprehensive consultative process, and with the financial support of the Government of Germany, the Secretariat has finalized a users’ manual entitled "Managing Tourism and Biodiversit", which is accessible at: <a href='/doc/programmes/socio-eco/tourism ...
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Reference: SCBD/BS/WDY/ABw/58011 (2007-045)
To: National Focal Points of Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
Parties are reminded that first regular national reports are to be submitted to the Secretariat no later than 11 September 2007, in an official language of the United Nations, in both hard copy and electronic Word format, and using the reporting format annexed to decision BS-III/14. The reportin ...
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Reference: SCBD/STTM/JW/AK/58055 (2007-046)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points
Cc: Intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations, and indigenous organizations
The purpose of this web-based guidance (available at <a href='http://adaptation.biodiv.org'>http://adaptation.biodiv.org</a>) is to make relevant material, gathered for the development of the SBSTTA document, available to Parties. <br>(View also the notification <a href='/doc/notifications/2007/ ...
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Reference: SCBD/OMG/NP/ga/58067 (2007-044)
To: CBD Focal Points
SBSTTA Focal Points
ABS Focal Points
CHM Focal Points
The Secretariat is pleased to inform you that the Chair’s conclusions of the meeting of the Environment Ministers of the G8 countries and of Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa, that was held in Potsdam, Germany from 15 to 17 March 2007, is accessible on the CBD website at the followin ...
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