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.

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#101455
2014-10-16

The Korea Forest Service launched the Forest Ecosystem Restoration Initiative (FERI) in the margins of the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 12)

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#99515
2014-06-05

The June 2014 edition of the CBD’s business.2020 magazine puts the focus on Canada, looking at some of the issues affecting business and biodiversity in the host country of the Secretariat, and includes a feature interview with Pierre Gratton, President of the Mining Association of Canada.

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#66080
2009-12-07

The Jakarta Charter on Business and Biodiversity.

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#65439
2009-11-19

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.

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#66361
2009-12-16

The International Year of Biodiversity Implementation Plan is now available in all 6 UN languages

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#42438
2007-12-18

The International Workshop on Mainstreaming Wetland Biodiversity Conservation: Experiences and Lessons Learned in Practical Applications of Mainstreaming was organized by the GEF Wetland Project Office, State Forestry Administration, in Yueyang, Hunan province, China from 2 to 4 December, 2007. One of the main outcomes was the Donting Lake Declaration. (This news is provided for information purposes only and does not necessarily represent endorsement of any statements by the Secretariat of the CBD).

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#109834
2016-09-06

The International Development Law Organization (IDLO) and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD), with funding from the Japan Biodiversity Fund, hosted a joint capacity-building program to support the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol. During the five-day workshops, participants had the opportunity to review core knowledge they had gained from e-learning modules studied prior to the course, apply this to their country contexts, probe into more complex areas, and learn from each other.

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#28023
2006-12-09

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>.)

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#89497
2012-07-25

The High-Level Panel (HLP), co-sponsored by the Governments of India and the United Kingdom, has organized a one-day open consultation with Parties. The Webinar will take place on 2 August 2012 from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (U.K. time)

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#101482
2014-10-17

The High Level Segment of the 12th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity adopted the Gangwon Declaration on Biodiversity for Sustainable Development

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#103474
2015-04-14

The Government of Peru has announced that they have achieved the highest level of implementation and management of Protected Natural Areas, according to the first performance audit by the Comptroller General of the Republic to the National Service of Protected Natural Areas (SERNANP) as part of a coordinated audit with 11 other public institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean, through the INDIMAPA tool and INDOSAI

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#96166
2013-10-31

The Government of Austria has approved a funding package worth US$2.2 million through the LifeWeb Initiative to help implement the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in four countries.

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#34928
2007-07-02

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Launches New Data Portal

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#102713
2015-02-10

The GBIF Secretariat is pleased to announce that the 2015 call for proposals of the GBIF Capacity Enhancement Support Programme is now open. This programme provides co-funding to GBIF Participants in support of international collaborative projects targeting capacity enhancement and exchange. The 2015 call for proposals document is available. Please note that the submission of proposals is a two-stage process and the first deadline (for short concept notes) is 3 March 2015.

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#102109
2014-12-04

The GBIF Secretariat has launched the inaugural GBIF Ebbe Nielsen Challenge, hoping to inspire innovative applications of open-access biodiversity data by scientists, informaticians, data modelers, cartographers and other experts competing for a €20,000 first prize. Visit the challenge site at: gbif.challengepost.com

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#111373
2016-12-09

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 services and biodiversity into agricultural production and management in the Pacific Islands.

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#109085
2016-07-05

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) have launched a technical guidance document which aims to promote mainstreaming of biodiversity and ecosystem services into agriculture through national biodiversity strategies and action plans (NBSAPs), and thereby contribute towards achieving the Aichi Biodiversity Targets.

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#115887
2018-02-13

The February 2018 edition of the Global Partnership for Business and Biodiversity newsletter is now available.

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#47560
2008-05-20

The Executive Secretary of the Convention, Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, is pleased to invite you to the second CBD Linnaeus Lectures series highlighting major issues related to biological diversity – and our collective efforts to protect it worldwide. Speakers: Klaus Töpfer (Former Executive Director of UNEP) & Jeffrey Sachs (Director of the Earth Institute). Date: 23 May 2008

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#107639
2016-03-14

The Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, applauds the Arctic Partnership announced Thursday by United States President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Washington, D.C.

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#24019
2006-08-09

The Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity hails the Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, 9 August 2006.

<br>(<a href='/doc/press/2006/pr-2006-08-09-wip-es.pdf'>Spanish version</a> and <a href='/doc/press/2006/pr-2006-08-09-wip-fr.pdf'>French version</a>)