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Regional Workshop for Central and Eastern Europe on the Review of Implementation of the Programme of Work on Protected Areas

27 November - 1 December 2009, Isle of Vilm, Germany

Reminder: Designation of a National Focal Point for the Programme of Work on Protected Areas

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/65011R (2009-170)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Vide notification 2008-124 dated 23 September 2008, and reminder notifications (2009-053 of 13 May 2009 and 2009-079 of 9 July 2009), Parties were requested to designate a National Focal Point for the Programme of Work on Protected Areas (PoWPA-NFP) as per paragraph A 21 of decision IX/18. As o ...

Report Published by the Canadian Boreal Initiative, the David Suzuki Foundation, and the Boreal Songbird Initiative: Conservation Value of the North American from an Ethnobotanical Perspective: Boreal Forest.

Press Release - New Report: Traditional Aboriginal Knowledge Key to Boreal Forest Conservation United Nations Initiative Recognizes Boreal’s Global Importance.

Press Release: Secretariat Launches a Practical Guide on How to Integrate Protected Areas into Wider Landscapes, Seascapes and Sectors.

Secretariat Launches a Practical Guide on How to Integrate Protected Areas into Wider Landscapes, Seascapes and Sectors

Montreal, 1 February 2010 – The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity released a practical guide developed with the generous support of the Government of the Netherlands titled, “Making Protected Areas Relevant: A Guide to Integrating Protected Areas into Wider Landscapes, Seasca ...

The CBD, through the generous support of the Government of the Netherlands, is pleased to announce the release of the brochure: “Case Studies Illustrating the Socio-economic Benefits of Ecological Networks”. Ecological networks provide an operational model for conserving biological diversity while allowing for sustainable use of natural resources.

CBD Secretariat Welcomes Canada’s Decision to Establish North America's Newest National Park.

CBD Secretariat Welcomes Canada’s Decision to Establish North America's Newest National Park

8 February 2010 – Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity today applauded the Government of Canada’s initiative to create the sprawling 11,000-square-kilometre Mealy Mountains National Park, situated in Newfoundland and Labrador, the largest protected area i ...

Press Release: The Government of Finland Announces International Support for Sustaining Biodiversity in Association with the Life Web Initiative.

The Government of Finland Announces International Support for Sustaining Biodiversity in Association with the Life Web Initiative

Montreal, 16 March 2010 - The Prime Minister of Finland, Matti Vanhanen, announced today in Dar es Salaam that Finland will support Tanzania under the LifeWeb Initiative. This is the result of cooperation between Finland’s Ministries of Environment and of Foreign Trade and Development.

Fourteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice

10 - 21 May 2010, Nairobi, Kenya

Recommendation XIV/4

In-depth review of the implementation of the programme of work on protected areas

Press Release: Launch of an Important Web Tool to Implement a Global Programme of Work for Protected Areas.

Launch of an Important Web Tool to Implement a Global Programme of Work for Protected Areas

Montreal, 11 May 2010. A new website for the programme of work on protected areas (PoWPA) under the Convention on Biological Diversity was launched today at the fourteenth meeting of the Convention’s Scientific Body, currently under way in Nairobi. The website provides important information, e ...

Invitation for Proposals - The Rio Conventions’ Ecosystems snd Climate Change Pavilion: Promoting synergies between biodiversity, land management and climate change, to be held at the CBD COP 10 and the UNFCCC COP 16

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/AW/71840 (2010-101)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and International Organizations

The secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), in consultation with the secretariats of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), will convene the Rio Conventions’ Ecosystems and Clima ...

Press Release: Government of Finland Announces International Support for Sustaining Biodiversity in Association with the LifeWeb Initiative.

Government of Finland Announces International Support for Sustaining Biodiversity in Association with the LifeWeb Initiative

Montreal, 25 May 2010. The government of Finland announced on 22 May in Helsinki that they will support Peru under the LifeWeb Initiative. This support to Peru--the result of cooperation between Finland’s Ministries of Environment and of Foreign Trade and Development—marks the second project th ...

Designation of a National Focal Point for the Programme of Work on Protected Areas

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/65011R (2010-109)
To: CBD National Focal Points

With reference to paragraph A 21 of decision IX/18, Parties were requested to designate a National Focal Point for the Programme of Work on Protected Areas (PoWPA-NFP) vide original notification 2008-124 dated 23 September 2008 (also available in Spanish https://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/200 ...

Submission of Views on the Draft Reporting Framework on National Implementation of the Programme of Work on Protected Areas

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/71908 (2010-117)
To: CBD Focal Points; PoWPA Focal Points, and relevant organizations

At its fourteenth meeting, the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-14), in recommendation XIV/4, requested the Executive Secretary to prepare for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its tenth meeting, a reporting framework on national implement ...

REMINDER: Designation of a National Focal Point for the Programme of Work on Protected Areas

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/65011R (2010-129)
To: CBD National Focal Points of Parties without a PoWPA Focal Point

In order to facilitate communication and improve capacity for PoWPA implementation in all regions, the Secretariat aims to have a complete list of PoWPA focal points prior to the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties. Parties that have not yet nominated a PoWPA-NFP (see Annex) are there ...

REMINDER: Designation of a National Focal Point for the Programme of Work on Protected Areas

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/65011R (2010-151)
To: CBD National Focal Points of Parties without a PoWPA Focal Point

With reference to paragraph A 21 of decision IX/18, Parties were requested to designate a National Focal Point for the Programme of Work on Protected Areas (PoWPA-NFP) vide original notification 2008-124 dated 23 September 2008 (also translated into Spanish https://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/ ...

Statement by Dr Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of Second Meeting of the Group of Experts on Protected Areas and Ecological Networks, 15 September 2010, Strasbourg, France.

Statement by Dr Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of Second Meeting of the Group of Experts on Protected Areas and Ecological Networks, 15 September 2010, Strasbourg, France

Press Release: Georgian Bank Supports Biodiversity in the South Caucasus in Association with the Lifeweb Initiative.

Georgian Bank Supports Biodiversity in the South Caucasus in Association with the Lifeweb Initiative

Montreal, 27 September 2010 –The LifeWeb Initiative is pleased to announce that the Bank of Georgia, the leading universal bank in the Caucasus state of Georgia, will support the Sustainable Financing and Improved Management Effectiveness for Protected Areas in the South Caucasus project profile ...

Tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

18 - 29 October 2010, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Presentation of the Marine Protected Areas Gap Analysis

In 2004, the 7th Conference of Parties (COP7) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) drafted the Programme of Work on Protected Areas (PoWPA) to support the establishment and maintenance of comprehensive, effectively managed, and ecologically representative national and regional systems ...

THE ROLE OF FORESTS IN CONSERVATION OF GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY—FROM JAPAN TO THE WORLD—(SUPPORTED BY FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE)

Presentation of (1) the tackles towards biodiversity conservation on forest in consideration of CBD, (2) the status on national forest Japan and its policy and measurements towards biodiversity conservation, (3) activities for biodiversity conservation in national forest at the field level, (4) ...

IUCN-WCPA GLOBAL PROTECTED AREA PROGRAMME: IMPLEMENTING THE POWPA

The side event will present IUCN's views on how to enhance implementation of CBD/POWPA in a post-2010 context as a tool to strengthen protected areas planning and management for biodiversity conservation, sustainable livelihoods and climate change mitigation and adaptation. The side event will ...

Oostvaardersland : Strengthening biodiversity and economy in the Netherland

The Queen’s Commissioner, mr. L. Verbeek, of the Dutch Province of Flevoland, will inform you in this side event on the development of Oostvaardersland. Oostvaardersland promotes biodiversity and improves the living and working environment. Part of the last reclamation project in the Netherland ...

Protected Areas for Biodiversity

Introduction of the biodiversity and management gap analysis on protected areas in Mongolia for international organizations

Securing Wildlife Resources to Secure Protected Areas

Ensuring functioning Protected Area systems and the ongoing provision of ecosystem services derived from surrounding environs defines a major sector within biodiversity conservation. Viable Protected Area networks support the three objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity. However, u ...

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS PRODUCED BY THE MEASURES WHICH CONSERVE LOCAL LIVING CREATURES (LIVING CREATURE MARK)

In 2008, MAFF started to recommend the utilization of a voluntary eco-label called the “living creature mark”. It applies to agriculture, forestry and marine products produced by the measures which conserve local living creatures. (e.g. rice with oriental white stork mark.). These brands may hel ...

Achievements in Implementation of the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas

The Programme of Work on Protected Areas has some great success stories in implementation; some of which have come to light during the recent series of regional workshops on capacity building and review of implementation held from October to December 2009. In collaboration with PoWPA Friends, th ...

Carbon, biodiversity and ecosystem services: exploring co-benefits

Climate change mitigation measures can potentially deliver co-benefits, such as biodiversity conservation and the maintenance of ecosystem services in addition to emissions reductions. Jointly organised by BfN and UNEP-WCMC, this side-event will present planning tools collaboratively developed w ...

TRIPLING THE PROTECTED AREA SYSTEM IN MADAGASCAR: A SUCCESS STORY

The session will describe the progress that Madagascar has made towards increasing the Protected Area System to 6 million hectares. Presentations will focus on new governance models that enhance local community involvement in management; sustainable funding and the use of protected areas as pow ...

CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION PLANS IN MEXICAN PROTECTED AREAS

Facing climate change threats to ecosystems and species is a major challenge for the conservation of Protected Areas. This side event aims to share Mexico’s experience in developing the Climate Change Strategy for Protected Areas as well as the project “Pilot Programs for Climate Change Adaptati ...

Showcasing Spain-UNEP Partnership for LifeWeb Initiaitve Projects

Presentations showcasing Spain-UNEP Partnership for LifeWeb Initiaitve 11 projects will be carried out, related publications and/or updates will be distributed.

The Role of Marine Reserves and Wildlife Sanctuaries in Conserving Large Pelagic Species

The side event will consist of a presentation on the current state of global marine biodiversity. Specifically, the presentation will focus on marine biodiversity as it relates to large pelagic species including tuna, sharks and whales. Time will be allotted for discussion and questions.

Achieving the 2020 Targets: Protecting the Right Areas

Bringing the right areas under some sort of management regime is a crucial piece of the strategy for achieving the CBD’s objectives and several of the proposed post-2010 targets – namely targets 5, 11, 12, 14 and 15. This side event will showcase analyses of where the most important areas for pr ...

Launch of ProtectedPlanet.net and the United Nations List of Protected Areas 2012

ProtectedPlanet.net is the newest initiative of UNEP-WCMC and IUCN to put digital information about national parks and protected areas at the fingertips of internet users globally. ProtectedPlanet builds upon the work achieved by the World Database on Protected Areas and adds new features focuss ...

Making it Happen - A partnership approach to deliver on protected area targets

A 6-minute film will take us through 5 regions where an innovative transboundary approach and multi-stakeholder partnerships have made a difference on the ground for delivering on protected area targets. Key partners will illustrate how this project shook policy into action and how they actually ...

Gap Analysis of Russian Federal Protected Area System

Presentation of 'National Protected Areas of the Russian Federation: Gap Analysis and Perspective Framework'. This event will be organised in collaboration with the Ministry of Natural Resources, The Nature Conservancy, the MAVA Foundation and WWF.

Emergency Marine Rescue Plan: Implementing the Roadmap to Recovery

Oceans are the least protected areas of the planet and progress is lamentably slow, with less than 1% of the world’s oceans given comprehensive protection. The current rate of protection means that there is little chance of the world’s governments meeting the 2012 target to establish a global ne ...

Social dimensions of marine protected areas

This event will bring together representatives from fishing communities, fishworker organizations, researchers and policy makers, to discuss the various social dimensions of marine protected areas especially from a fishing community perspective

PROTECTED AREAS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

This side event will launch a new publication from UNDP/GEF/CBD that highlights current trends in protected areas, and provides recommendations for managing protected areas to sustain livelihoods, maintain ecosystem services and promote climate adaptation and resilience. The lessons are drawn fr ...

New Pathways for Conservation Finance

The Conservation Finance Alliance (CFA) presents innovative approaches for financing biodiversity conservation. This event will bring together representatives from different working groups to discuss the role of Environmental Funds in scaling up conservation resources; cutting-edge Innovative Fi ...

WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY, UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, WORLD COMMISSION ON PROTECTED AREAS

Managing protected areas as part of an integrated, connected landscape has gained momentum as an approach that delivers multiple benefits, including conserving biodiversity, securing local livelihoods, and strengthening the resilience of natural and human communities to the impacts of climate ch ...

FISHERIES AND BIODIVERSITY

The purpose of this event is to share the information on the most recent status of marine protected areas and other coastal conservation activities in Japan. Discussion will be made on governance mechanisms and socio-economic incentives behind several good practices. The role of coastal fishing ...