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Notification
#1489
2010-06-21

Information Note on the Green Development Mechanism

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/fb/72402 (2010-124)
To: Africa’s National Focal Points and Resource Mobilization Focal Points of the Convention

I have the honour of transmitting to you the information note prepared by the Green Development Mechanism (GDM) 2010 Initiative with respect to its institutional characters. The information note is transmitted to Africa’s national focal points of the Convention, as received.

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Notification
#1355
2009-12-18
Action by
2010-01-29

Information on access and benefit-sharing measures

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/VN/SG/69952 (2009-176)
To: ABS National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points, Relevant Organizations

I am pleased to inform you that the database on access and benefit-sharing measures available at http://www.cbd.int/abs/measures/ has been further improved. In addition to information on national or regional ABS measures, the database now also includes a matrix providing references to relevant ...

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Side Event
#2614
COP 11
2012-10-11

Informing the design and implementation of NBSAPs

Co-organisers - BirdLife International, Government of the Philippines (Dept. of Environment & Natural Resources-Protected Areas & Wildlife Bureau), Bird Conservation Nepal, the Haribon Foundation in the Philippines, [the Government of Nepal and the CBD Secretariat]. The event will focus on the ...

Focal Point
#6807

Paraguay

Ing. E.H. Maria Cristina Soerensen González

Cartagena Protocol emergency contact point, BCH NFP
cristina.soerensen@mag.gov.py
Notification
#796
2006-09-25

Initial GEF-4 indicative allocations for all countries eligible for funding in the biodiversity and climate change focal areas

Reference: SCBD/ITS/AD/YX/55968 (2006-097)
To: National Focal Points of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Please find attached a document listing the initial GEF-4 indicative allocations for all countries eligible for funding in the biodiversity and climate change focal areas, which was issued by the Secretariat of the Global Environment Facility on 15 September 2006.

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Notification
#1282
2009-08-27

International Year of Biodiversity - 2010

Reference: SCBD/OMG/DA/fd/66069 (2009-105)
To: CBD National Focal Points and International Organizations

The Secretariat has taken a number of measures to fulfil its role as the focal point for the observance of the International Year of Biodiversity (IYB) in 2010. As part of this, I am pleased to inform you that the Implementation Strategy for the International Year of Biodiversity is now availab ...

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Press Release
#75662
2010-12-03

International Year of Biodiversity Wins the Green Award as Best Global Environmental Campaign

Montreal 3 December 2010. With the slogan “Biodiversity is Life. Biodiversity is our Life”, the United Nations International Year of Biodiversity (IYB) won the coveted 2010 Green Award for best Global Campaign in recognition of the strength of a campaign that inspired activities throughout the ...

Press Release
#108286
2016-04-21

International biodiversity meeting to evaluate progress at the half-way point of the UN Decade on Biodiversity

One of the main bodies under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CDB) is set to meet next week to discuss issues that will accelerate progress in implementing the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and achieving its Aichi Biodiversity Targets.

Notification
#915
2007-07-12
Action by
2007-09-30

Invitation to Provide Information to Assess the Use and Impact of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment.

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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Notification
#1687
2011-04-27

Invitation to nominate participants for the meeting of the Liaison Group for the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (St. Louis, USA, 8-9 July 2011) and to nominate national focal points for the Strategy

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/RH/75923 (2011-087)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, GSPC Focal Points

I am pleased to invite you to nominate a representative for the fourth meeting of the Liaison Group for the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, USA, 8-9 July 2011). The meeting will take place back-to-back with the International Conference: A global part ...

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News Headlines
#119587
2019-01-25

Is Climate Change Drying Up German Rivers — and Growth?

Greg Fuzesi, an economist at JPMorgan, has estimated that the low level of the Rhine and other important German rivers shaved off 0.7 percentage points of economic growth in 2018. The phenomenon, caused by a year of extraordinarily warm and dry weather, was almost certainly related to human-driv ...

News Headlines
#129086
2021-06-04

Is carbon the 'crop' of the future?

An increasing awareness and concern about the environment, changes in government policy, America's re-entry into the Paris Agreement and a robust demand for carbon offsets all point toward an appetite for a different type of agricultural crop—carbon.

News Headlines
#127519
2021-03-04

Is soil health restricted to agricultural activities?

Soil is considered a viable living ecosystem in itself as it performs numerous functionalities that not only serve as a foundation of agricultural activities but also act as a key focal point for the growth and developmental activities of a nation.

News Headlines
#128452
2021-05-06

It stores pollution 30 times faster than forest. What is blue carbon?

At Australia’s westernmost point lies the Coral Coast, a land of strange extremities. Marine megafauna is more accessible than ever before. Tourists swim with humpbacks and manta rays and whale sharks. They hand-feed playful dolphins that obligingly stick out scarred and blemished dorsal fins sc ...

Meeting
#3626
News Headlines
#131160
2021-10-26

Joanna Lumley says wartime-style rationing could help solve climate crisis

Joanna Lumley has suggested that a system of rationing similar to that seen during wartime, under which people would have a limited number of points to spend on holidays or lavish consumer goods, could eventually help to tackle the climate crisis.

Press Release
#78673
2011-05-02

Joint GEF-CBD Initiative to support implementation of the Nagoya Outcomes in South America

Montreal, 2 May 2011 – The South America Regional Workshop on Biodiversity and Finance in Support of the Nagoya Outcomes, held on 30 April 2011 in Cartagena, Colombia, gathered together, for the first time, focal points from the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and Global Environment Fac ...

Side Event
#1783
WG ABS 9
2010-03-24

Key issues on the final stage of IR negotiations: reflections and proposals

This side event aims to present and discuss substantial issues that have been only marginally addressed or debated under the negotiations of the International Regime on ABS. These include: analysis of the concepts of sovereignty and genetic resources as natural information widely shared around ...

News Headlines
#131111
2021-10-25

Kunming, Beijing meetings set new directions for world

China's ambassador to the United Nations said on Friday that conferences held in China this month on biodiversity and green-themed transport provide new starting points for efforts toward innovation-driven development.

Side Event
#3434
SBSTTA-19
2015-11-03

LAUNCHING OF REGIONAL REPORTS TITLED “STATE OF BIODIVERSITY IN AFRICA, ASIA PACIFIC, WEST ASIA AND LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN”

UNEP DELC, in collaboration with UNE-WCMC, is developing the second edition of the Regional State of Biodiversity Reports in Africa, Asia-Pacific, West Asia and Latin America and Caribbean, which is a mid-term review of progress towards implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011- ...

Meeting
#4202
Side Event
#1272
WGPA 2
2008-02-15

La Mappa della Primavera (Map of Spring)

Monitoring vegetation in Italian protected areas: this is the aim of the project La Mappa della Primavera (Map of Spring), supported by and with the patronage of the Italian Ministry for Environment and Safeguarding of Territory and Sea, and carried out by Federparchi, Legambiente and Coldiretti ...

News Headlines
#132511
2022-01-14

Large Herbivores May Improve an Ecosystem’s Carbon Persistence

Wildlife and open-canopy ecosystems like grasslands are rarely a part of discussions surrounding climate change mitigation. Now, a new review points to interactions between wild herbivores and vegetation to show how restoration efforts could be optimized by aligning climate goals with biodiversi ...

News Headlines
#129323
2021-06-15

Leading scientists warn of global impacts as Antarctic nears tipping points

As governments convene for the annual Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) June 14-24, 2021, an Expert Working Group1 of leading Antarctic scientists warns that climate change is pushing this remote polar region, which connects all our ocean basins and keeps our planet habitable, towards ...

News Headlines
#122280
2019-09-19

Learning how to restore deep-sea coral communities

The deep, cold waters off the rocky coast of Point Sur, California, are home to an unexpected community of organisms that most people associate with tropical settings—corals. Scientist Charlie Boch and his colleagues recently compared different methods to restore deep-sea coral by transplanting ...

Notification
#3212
2023-02-03

Letter from COP 15 President to all National Focal Points to the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/CE/90792 (2023-005)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points

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Focal Point
#7078

Uruguay

Lic. Ana Laura Mello

CHM NFP, SBSTTA NFP, Cartagena Protocol emergency contact point, BCH NFP, GTI NFP, Marine and Coastal Biodiversity NFP
ana.mello@ambiente.gub.uy
Focal Point
#4337

El Salvador

Licda. Blanca Wendy Toledo

Cartagena Protocol emergency contact point
btoledo@marn.gob.sv
News Headlines
#135614
2023-03-03

Linked Climate Variability Between Distant Regions Highlights Interconnectivity of Global Climate Change

The report, in the journal Nature, reveals interconnectivity between the two vulnerable yet disparate regions and their bonded tipping points — planetary connections sensitive to climate change that shift abruptly once certain thresholds are reached.

Notification
#1567
2010-10-21
Action by
2010-10-25

List of Delegations accompanying Ministers to the High Level Segment

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/74216 (2010-198)
To: All CBD Focal Points

Reference is made to the High Level Segment of the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties that will take place from 27 to 29 October 2010 in Nagoya, Japan. The CBD National Focal Points are kindly requested to urgently send the list of delegates accompanying the Ministers to the High Lev ...

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Side Event
#2824
COP 11
2012-10-12

Local communities’ role in the CBD: Present and Future

In Article 8(j), the CBD mandates parties to respect, preserve and protect the traditional knowledge, practices and innovations of Indigenous and Local Communities (ILCs). Local Communities have always been key actors in the CBD. Throughout the years, the CBD has adopted mechanisms for enhancin ...

News Headlines
#119161
2018-12-21

Looking for a 2019 resolution to help the planet? Eat less meat, research says

Recycling or taking the bus rather than driving to work has its place, but scientists are increasingly pointing to a deeper lifestyle change that would be the single biggest way to help the planet: eating far less meat.

Focal Point
#1218

Chad

M. Abaya Abdramane Ahmat

CBD Primary NFP, CHM NFP, SBSTTA NFP, Cartagena Protocol Primary NFP, Cartagena Protocol emergency contact point, BCH NFP
abayafils2@gmail.com
Focal Point
#2392

Mali

M. Boureima Camara

Cartagena Protocol emergency contact point
bouricamara@gmail.com
Focal Point
#7440

Central African Republic

M. Bruno Maurice Goro Ousfa

Cartagena Protocol emergency contact point
cyrgoro@yahoo.fr
Focal Point
#7434

France

M. Charles Bourgeois

Cartagena Protocol Primary NFP, Cartagena Protocol emergency contact point, BCH NFP
charles.bourgeois@developpement-durable.gouv.fr
Focal Point
#4387

Congo

M. Jean Mangai

Cartagena Protocol emergency contact point
mangaijean2018@gmail.com
Focal Point
#7533

Togo

M. Komi Anthe

Cartagena Protocol Primary NFP, Cartagena Protocol emergency contact point
direfaune@yahoo.fr
Focal Point
#7290

Burundi

M. Longin Ndayikeza

Cartagena Protocol emergency contact point
ndayilkeza2009@gmail.com
Focal Point
#7672

Tunisia

M. Mohamed Ali Dridi

Cartagena Protocol emergency contact point
dridi_alitn@yahoo.fr
Focal Point
#6410

Djibouti

M. Mohamed Elmi Obsieh

ABS NFP, Cartagena Protocol emergency contact point, BCH NFP
med.environnement_dj@yahoo.fr
Focal Point
#3835

Mauritania

M. Moussa Ba

CHM NFP, SBSTTA NFP, ABS NFP, Cartagena Protocol Primary NFP, Cartagena Protocol emergency contact point, BCH NFP, Protected Areas NFP, GTI NFP, Resource Mobilization FP, GSPC NFP
bamouss14@gmail.com
Focal Point
#7403

Burkina Faso

M. Nicolas Barro

Cartagena Protocol Primary NFP, Cartagena Protocol emergency contact point
barronicolas@yahoo.fr
Focal Point
#7439

Senegal

M. Ousseynou Kassé

Cartagena Protocol emergency contact point
ouzin12@gmail.com
Focal Point
#4472

Gabon

M. Paul Simon Loundou

Cartagena Protocol emergency contact point
paulsimonloundou@yahoo.fr
Focal Point
#339

Guinea

M. Sékou Kourouma

CBD Secondary NFP, Cartagena Protocol emergency contact point, BCH NFP
douakosekou@yahoo.fr
Focal Point
#7959

Chad

M. Theophile Yamtibaye

CBD Primary NFP, CHM NFP, SBSTTA NFP, Cartagena Protocol emergency contact point, BCH NFP
yamtitheo@gmail.com
Side Event
#1472
COP 9
2008-05-20

Management Effectiveness of German National Parks -Quality Criteria and Standards

Introduction into the theme Power Point Presentation by EUROPARC-Germany Discussion with participants

News Headlines
#130302
2021-09-07

Manatee deaths in Florida point to a global decline in seagrass ecosystems

In July 2021, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service announced that 866 West Indian manatees (Trichechus manatus) had died in the state of Florida in the first seven months of the year alone. The news shocked and saddened many Floridians, for whom the gentle, slow-moving mammal is a statewide mascot, ...

News Headlines
#125997
2020-12-03

Mass lake drainage in Alaskan tundra another sign of climate change: researchers

Scientists say a year in which almost 200 tundra lakes drained away could point to what’s in store for Canada’s North. Between 2017 and 2018, 192 lakes in northwest Alaska lost at least a quarter of their area as the permafrost that held them melted.

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