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Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of Informal Expert Workshop on the Updating of the Strategic Plan of the Convention for the Post-2010 Period, London, 18 January 2010

Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of Informal Expert Workshop on the Updating of the Strategic Plan of the Convention for the Post-2010 Period, London, 18 January 2010.

Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the Countdown 2010 Advisory Board Meeting, Montreal, 15 May 2009

Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the Countdown 2010 Advisory Board Meeting, Montreal, 15 May 2009.

Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira De Souza Dias, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity on The Occasion Of Capacity-Building Workshop for Southern and Eastern Africa on Ecosystem Conservation and Restoration to Support Achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, Livingstone, Zambia, 12 May 2014

Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira De Souza Dias, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity on The Occasion Of Capacity-Building Workshop for Southern and Eastern Africa on Ecosystem Conservation and Restoration to Support Achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, Livingstone, Zambia, 12 May 2014

Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Capacity–Building Workshop for Africa on Achieving Aichi Biodiversity Targets 11 and 12, Entebbe, Uganda, 21 March 2016

Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Workshop on Biodiversity Corridors in the Guiana Shield to Streamline Support for the Achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, Kurupukari, Guyana, 21-23 May 2014

Statement by the CBD Executive Secretary on the occasion of the Expert Meeting on Improving Progress Reporting and Working towards Implementation of Aichi Biodiversity Target 6, 9 to 11 February 2016, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy

Statement by the CBD Executive Secretary on the occasion of the Expert Meeting on Improving Progress Reporting and Working towards Implementation of Aichi Biodiversity Target 6, 9 to 11 February 2016, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy

Statement by the Executive Secretary, Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, at the UNEP Informal Strategic Consultation on Sustainability beyond 2010: Perspectives from Experiences, Nairobi, 15 February 2009

Statement by the Executive Secretary, Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, at the UNEP Informal Strategic Consultation on Sustainability beyond 2010: Perspectives from Experiences, Nairobi, 15 February 2009.

Statement delivered by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Countdown 2010 Partners Assembly, Brussels, Belgium, 11 June 2007

In April 2002, the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) committed themselves to achieve by 2010 a significant reduction of the current rate of biodiversity loss at the global, regional and national levels as a contribution to poverty alleviation and to the benefit of all life ...

Statement delivered by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Countdown 2010 Partners Assembly, Brussels, Belgium, 11 June 2007.

Statement of the Executive Secretary on Mainstreaming Biodiversity into the Millennium Development Goals at the Biodiplomacy Course Lecture Series organized by UNU/IAS on 25 January 2007 in Yokohama, Japan

Biological diversity is the result of millions of years of evolution and comprises the totality of life on Earth. Ecosystems provide the essential requirements for life, protection from natural disasters and diseases and the very basis for human culture. Indeed biodiversity is not only an envir ...

Statement of the Executive Secretary on Mainstreaming Biodiversity into the Millennium Development Goals at the Biodiplomacy Course Lecture Series organized by UNU/IAS on 25 January 2007 in Yokohama, Japan.

Strategy for resource mobilization in support of the achievement of the Convention’s three objectives (Decision X/3)

Reference: SCBD/ITS/RS/fb/75381 (2011-061)
To: CBD National Focal Points, civil–society organizations, international organizations, and relevant stakeholders

At its tenth meeting held in October 2010, the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted decision X/3 on the ‘Strategy for resource mobilization in support of the achievement of the Convention’s three objectives’. Decision X/3, paragraph 7, includes ...

Strategy to Save Earth’s Life Support Systems Unveiled by UN Body - End to Overfishing up to More Efficient Agriculture Key to 2010 Biodiversity Target.

Curitiba/Montreal, 20 March 2006 –Global Biodiversity Outlook 2, launched today in the Brazilian city of Curitiba at the eighth biannual meeting of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

Submission of information related to the further consideration of the implications of the findings of GBO-4 and key scientific and technical needs related to the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/SS/AC/84591 (2015-045)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points

Survey in preparation of the Ad hoc Technical Expert Group on Indicators for the Strategic Plan on Biodiversity 2011-2020

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/RH/KM/84530 (2015-037)
To: CBD National and SBSTTA Focal Points

Survey on national indicators for implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/RH/74932 (2011-031)
To: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA focal points, relevant organizations

I am pleased to inform you that, with the support from UK Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre has been commissioned to carry out a study to facilitate the work of the AHTEG. In this context, a brief survey has been prepared and I here ...

Thanks to the collaborative effort of the Biodiversity Indicators Partnership (BIP) and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, a set of 20 icons representing the Aichi Biodiversity Targets is now available for use by Parties and organizations.

The 132 Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Group of 77 and China call for implementation of Aichi Biodiversity Targets

Montreal, 29 September 2011 – At their thirty-fifth annual meeting, the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Group of 77, in adopting in New York on 23 September 2011 their Ministerial Declaration, recognized the important outcomes of the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 10) t ...

The Fifth Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity -- Extended Deadline for Registration.

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 – ...

The Gambia is first country in the world to establish citizen forum for achieving the 2010 biodiversity target. “Friends of the Convention on Life on Earth” will promote action for the planet by civil society.

DUBAI – 7 February 2006. In his message to the citizens of the world issued the first day after assuming office as the new Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Dr Ahmed Djoghlaf stated that “the Earth’s life support systems, from its forests and flowers to its coral re ...

The Importance of Science in the Arab World for Achieving the 2010 Biodiversity Target.

<br>(View also <a href='/doc/speech/2006/sp-2006-12-12-science-ar.pdf'>in Arabic</a>.)

The Importance of Science in the Arab World for Achieving the 2010 Biodiversity Target.

Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, to the International Symposium on the Advancement of Science in the Arab World and Role of International Cooperation, Damascus, Syria, 12-13 December 2006. <br><br><table width=120> <tr><b>Other languages ...

The Issue Management Group (IMG) on 2010 biodiversity targets and beyond, established under the Environmental Management Group (EMG) of the United Nations is preparing a UN system wide report that may help inform the formulation of future biodiversity targets by Governments.

The World Public Health Nutrition Association (WPHNA) has been declared a Biodiversity Champion by the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in recognition of its important contribution to the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020.

The largest biodiversity meeting in decades meets in Brazil to adopt a roadmap to achieve the 2010 biodiversity target and save life on earth.

Curitiba, 16 March 2006 – The ecological capital city of Brazil, Curitiba will be the host to the largest biodiversity gathering since the World Review Summit of September last year when 154 Heads of state recommitted themselves to reduce the rate of loss of biodiversity by 2010. More than 30 ...

Recommendation 3/6

The multi-year programme of work of the Convention for the period 2011-2020 and periodicity of meetings and organization of work of the Conference of the Parties

Recommendation XIV/7

Third edition of the Global Biodiversity Outlook: implications for the future implementation of the Convention

Third meeting of the second phase of the High-level Panel on the Global Assessment of Resources for Implementing the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

14 - 15 April 2014, Brasilia, Brazil

Top Natural History Centers Target the 2010 Biodiversity Target.

A new alliance of some of the world’s top research centres and agencies specializing in biodiversity was today enlisted in the battle to save life on Earth.

Top Officials from Australia Visit the Secretariat—Australia to Review its National Biodiversity Strategy.

Top Officials from Australia Visit the Secretariat—Australia to Review its National Biodiversity Strategy.

In the context of the enhanced dialogue initiated between the Secretariat and its partners, a delegation from Australia paid a visit to the offices of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Montreal on 16 March.

Toward achieving the Post 2010 Biodiversity Target

Presentations and panel discussion by multistakeholders for promoting the implementation of post-2010 target, including the discussion of "UN Decade on Biodiversity".

Training Seminar organized by the Consortium of Scientific Partners on Biodiversity at the margins of the Fifteenth Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-15), 5 November 2011- Montreal, Canada

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ce/77651 (2011-181)
To: All CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and relevant organizations

I am pleased to inform you that a training seminar is being organised by the Consortium of Scientific Partners on Biodiversity to provide participants with tools and advice on strengthening the role of science in NBSAP revision, the Strategic Plan, and the Aichi Biodiversity Targets.

Training workshops for the participants in WGPA-2 and/or in SBSTTA-13 Development of national/regional biodiversity-related indicators and their integration in NBSAPs

Reference: SCBD/STTM/ITS/RH/SM/61729 (2008-003)
To: All CBD and SBSTTA National Focal Points

The Secretariat, in cooperation with the United Nations Environment Programme and the European Commission, is pleased to announce the organization of a training workshop for the participants of the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas (WGPA-2) and/or the thirt ...

UK will miss almost all its 2020 nature targets, says official report

The UK will miss almost all the 2020 nature targets it signed up to a decade ago, according to a report by the government’s official advisers.

UN calls for bold actions to meet biodiversity targets

The United Nations on Thursday called on its member countries to make bold actions to meet the targets of a globally-agreed strategic plan for biodiversity by 2020.

UNEP/CBD/AHTEG-2010-Ind/1/1

Provisional agenda

UNEP/CBD/AHTEG-2010-Ind/1/1/ADD1

Annotations to the provisional agenda

UNEP/CBD/AHTEG-2010-Ind/1/1/INF/1

Indications for accessing progress towards the 2000 target: trend in extent of selected biomes, ecosystems and habitats-forests

UNEP/CBD/AHTEG-2010-Ind/1/1/INF/10

Indicators for assessing progress towards the 2010 target: Trends in genetic diversity of domesticated animals, cultivated plants, and fish species of major socio-economic importance

UNEP/CBD/AHTEG-2010-Ind/1/1/INF/11

Indicators for assessing progress towards the 2010 targets: Trends in extent of selected biomes, ecosystems and habitats-trends in the coverage of living coral tissue on coral reefs

UNEP/CBD/AHTEG-2010-Ind/1/1/INF/2

Indicators for accessing progress towards the 2010 targets: Trends in abundance and distribution of selected species

UNEP/CBD/AHTEG-2010-Ind/1/1/INF/3

Indicators for accessing progress towards the 2010 target: Coverage of protected areas

UNEP/CBD/AHTEG-2010-Ind/1/1/INF/4

Indicators for assessing progress towards the 2010 target: Nitrogen deposition

UNEP/CBD/AHTEG-2010-Ind/1/1/INF/5

Indicators for assessing progress towards 2010 target: Marine trophic index