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FAO Council (172nd Session)

24 - 28 April 2023, Rome, Italy

FAO Council (173rd Session)

10 July 2023, Rome, Italy

FAO Council (174th Session)

4 - 8 December 2023, Rome, Italy

FAO eyes another Partnership Programme on Food and Agriculture project in Turkmenistan

In the nearest future, FAO plans to sign another Partnership Programme on Food and Agriculture (FTPP II) project in Turkmenistan, the FAO official told Trend.

FAO rolls out Shs1.4b climate change project

The Food and Agriculture Organisation, (FAO) in partnership with Kasana-Luweero Diocese, have rolled out a climate change resilience programme targeting the integration of crop growing and pastoralism.

FAO, ICBA ink agreements to save plant genetic resources, boost food security in world’s marginal areas

The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, Dr. José Graziano da Silva, and Director General of the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA), Dr. Ismahane Elouafi, signed two landmark agreements today, expanding existing cooperation bet ...

FAO, SPREP and CBD introduce guide on mainstreaming biodiversity and ecosystem services into agricultural production and management in the Pacific Islands

9 December 2016 – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), today released a technical document that provides guidance on mainstreaming ecosystem servi ...

FAO-Biodiversity Mainstreaming Platform’s contribution to the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework meeting

26 - 28 May 2020, Rome, Italy

FAO-UNEP call for bold move to restore world’s ecosystems

Rome and virtual locations – The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, today warned that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – also known as the 2030 Agenda – would not be achieved without large-scale restoration of degraded terres ...

Fifth Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA)

24 - 28 September 2013, Muscat, Oman

Final Workshop on Public Involvement in MEA Reporting

1 - 30 November 2005, Nairobi, Kenya

First Meeting of the Steering Committee of the Consortium of Scientific Partners

8 - 9 September 2006, Richmond, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

First South-South Cooperation Forum on Biodiversity for Development, Aichi/Nagoya, Japan, 17 October 2010

Reference: SCBD/STTM/OH/rg/72486 (2010-145)
To: CBD National Focal Points of Parties member of the Group of 77

I am pleased to invite you to attend the First South-South Cooperation Forum on Biodiversity for Development to be held on 17 October 2010, in Nagoya, just prior to the opening of the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 10).

First meeting of the Steering Committee for South-South Cooperation on Biodiversity

29 - 30 October 2009, Montreal, Canada

Fourteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS COP14)

12 - 17 February 2024, Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP 14)

7 - 18 October 2019, New Delhi, India

Fourth Meeting of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA)

11 - 15 March 2019, Nairobi, Kenya

Fourth meeting of the Joint Liaison Group between CBD, UNCCD and UNFCCC

19 May 2003, Bonn, Germany

Framework for South-South Cooperation on Biodiversity: Outcome of the Brainstorming Meeting– Montreal 6–8 November 2006

Montreal – 13 November 2006: The 24 experts who participated in the Brainstorming Meeting on South-South Cooperation (SSC) on Biodiversity in Montreal from 6-8 November 2006 laid the groundwork for a plan of action to enhance the capacity of developing countries.<br><br><table width=120> <tr><b> ...

From words to action – key organizations team up to stop the extinction crisis

Gland, Switzerland, 28 May 2013 – With unprecedented species declines and more than 20,000 of the species assessed on The IUCN Red List threatened with extinction, IUCN and other organizations come together to support the achievement of a global biodiversity target to prevent further species loss.

Full text: Beijing Call for Biodiversity Conservation and Climate Change

China and France issued Beijing Call for Biodiversity Conservation and Climate Change on Wednesday. Please see the attachment for the document.

Funding opportunities for migratory species conservation

Reference: SCBD/SAM/RH/AC/85313 (2016-004)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and relevant organizations

G-77 Ministers Pay Special Tribute to CBD Secretariat’s Leading Role in South-South Cooperation

Montreal, 25 September 2009 – At their thirty-third annual meeting, held on 25 September 2009 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Group of 77 adopted a ministerial declaration welcoming the convening of the high-level special event to be held o ...

G7 Environment Ministers' communique welcomed by Head of Biodiversity Convention

The Toyama communiqué issued by G7 environment ministers has been welcomed by Braulio Dias, Executive Secretary to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), for its strong support to both the achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets as well as the theme of the upcoming thirteenth Meetin ...

GEF Leader Pledges Support for Biodiversity Convention - First visit of a Chief Executive Officer and Chairperson of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Montreal, 1 December 2006. Ms. Monique Barbut, Chief Executive Officer and Chairperson of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) paid a visit to the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD) in Montreal on 30 November 2006. Ms. Barbut’s visit was the first of her planned visi ...

GEF Leader Pledges Support for Biodiversity Convention - First visit of a Chief Executive Officer and Chairperson of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity.

<br>(View also <a href='/doc/press/2006/pr-2006-12-01-gef-fr.pdf'>in French</a>.)

Glasgow Climate Change Conference 2020 - Twenty sixth session of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) - COP-26

Glasgow, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity (FAO)

1 - 3 June 2020, Rome, Italy

Global Symposium on Soil and Water (FAO)

31 May - 2 June 2023, Rome, Italy

Global agricultural research network CGIAR joins forces with World Food Programme to tackle post-pandemic hunger

The world's largest publicly-funded agricultural research network, CGIAR, has united effort with the UN World Food Programme (WFP) to help tackle hunger and malnutrition in the pandemic recovery.

Global airline group to launch carbon exchange platform to address climate change

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is teaming up with a company to develop a carbon exchange platform where airlines, and passengers, can purchase offsets aimed at reducing the impact of air travel on the environment.

Growing hope for plant conservation in Palestine

From vibrant flower carpets amongst ancient olive trees, to small, encroached patches of purple-petals on hillsides, Palestine’s plants are special. And now there’s a growing movement to protect them – one that combines the enthusiasm of emerging young plant conservationists and the wisdom of tr ...

Heads of the World Trade Organization and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity meet for the first time to discuss mutual supportiveness of the international trade and biodiversity regimes.

Pascal Lamy, Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), and Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), met on Monday, 29 May, at the Geneva headquarters of WTO to discuss how the international trade regime and the Convention on Biological Di ...

How do two of the world's biggest carbon emitters join hands to fight climate change

Climate cooperation between China and the U.S. over the next decade is one of the areas in which the two countries have been working together, a promising development since they are two of the world's largest emitters of greenhouse gases.

How three biosphere reserves came together to effectively solve the problems of nature conservation

Biodiversity conservation and the careful management of natural resources are key issues today in international relations. In the field of environmental protection, transnational cooperation is growing thanks to the reserves that are part the world network of the UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere ( ...

How tracing every tree in the world could curb deforestation

Conventional financial markets have failed to curb deforestation. Is it time for a radically different approach, to withhold cash from the companies responsible for widespread destruction of nature, and in the process provide a new forum for international technological cooperation?

ICCB 2021- Society for Conservation Biology's 20th International Congress for Conservation Biology: The future is now. Sustaining biodiversity for today and tomorrow"

12 - 16 December 2021, Kigali, Rwanda

ICLEI World Congress 2021 - 2022

21 - 23 June 2021, Online, Bern, Switzerland

IPBES: Review of the first order draft of the Summary for Policymakers (SPM) and the second order drafts of the thematic assessment of pollinators, pollination and food production and the report on policy support tools and methodologies for scenario analysis and modelling of biodiversity and ecosystem services

Reference: (2015-061)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and relevant organizations

IUCN World Conservation Congress Marseille (International Union for Conservation of Nature)

3 - 11 September 2021, Hybrid, Marseille, France

IUCN and Esri collaborate to promote Green List and biodiversity conservation through digital innovation

On 22 June 2022, Asia Regional Director, Dr. Dindo Campilan (IUCN), and Manager, International Contracts, Ms. Alejandra Merino (Esri), signed a Memorandum of Understanding through a virtual ceremony to advance strategic collaboration on geospatial technologies as applied to the conservation of b ...

IUCN and HIST use space technology to protect world heritage sites

Guo Huadong, director of the International Center on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage under the auspices of UNESCO, and Bruno Oberle, general director of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, signed a Memorandum of Understanding through an online ceremony to adv ...

Implementation of Decision VIII/17 on Private sector engagement.

Reference: SCBD/OMG/NB/57846 (2007-037)
To: CBD National Focal Points

In view of the preparations for the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP-9), the Secretariat is compiling information regarding the implementation of Decision VIII/17. The Secretariat welcomes general information on steps taken towards the ...

In Windhoek, World Builds Synergies for Sustainable Land Management, Biodiversity Protection and Climate Change - Rio Conventions Pavilion a success at UNCCD COP 11

Windhoek, Namibia 27 September 2013. Over 2000 delegates attending UNCCD’s COP11 came to the Rio Conventions Pavilion and joined in the conversation on synergistic approaches to achieving a land-degradation neutral world and supporting sustainable livelihoods.

In Windhoek, World Builds Synergies for Sustainable Land Management, Biodiversity Protection and Climate Change.

In anticipation of the discussions to take place at the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP 13) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) later this year, Latin American and Caribbean Ministers of Environment have adopted a decision to enhance implementation of the Convention and its Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020.

In the Republic of Korea, the Rio Conventions Pavilion will showcase actions that address the problems of land degradation, biodiversity loss and climate change

Montreal, 13 October 2011 – As governments meet in the Republic of Korea to address the challenges of land degradation under the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, global actors will meet at the Rio Conventions Pavilion to communicate their coordinated actions to stop land degr ...

Incorporating objectives of the biodiversity-related conventions into revised National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plans (NBSAPs) and other issues of relevance to NBSAP revision identified by the Conference of the Parties

Reference: SCBD/TSI/ML/GD/82694 (2013-092)
To: CBD National Focal Points

India and Nepal to enter formal agreement for biodiversity conservation

India and Nepal are all set to ink an agreement to cooperate on biodiversity conservation, including transboundary landscape management and focus on conservation of species like tigers, elephants and rhinos. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is expected to be signed before India’s upcoming p ...

India, Egypt hope to enhance environmental cooperation: Kulshreshth

Indian Ambassador to Egypt Rahul Kulshreshth expressed his desire to strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries through the implementation of the training program for economic and technical cooperation in various environmental fields, especially climate change.