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ACCESS AND BENEFIT-SHARING IN FRANCOPHONE COUNTRIES

Presentation of ABS case studies in francophone countries.

Panel discussion on Clean Development Mechanism, Ecosystems and Citizenship

Panel discussion on Clean Development Mechanism, Ecosystems and Citizenship Panel members: Roberto T. Hosokawa, PhD Post-Doctorate in Agrarian Sciences, University of Freiburg, Germany. PhD in Forest Economics and Management, University of Freiburg, Germany. Specialization in Forest Engineerin ...

Partnerships in Building Capacity to Counter the Threat of Invasive Species

The GEF has recently granted PDF B funding for a UNEP-GISP proposal to raise awareness and build capacity in the prevention and management of invasive species. The Side-Event will introduce the project, the pilot countries, and the issues confronting them.

Measuring Progress towards the 2010 Target

At COP7, the Parties adopted a framework for assessing progress towards and communicating the 2010 target at the global level, which lists specific goals and targets to be achieved by 2010. SBSTTA recommended a number of headline indicators and means to measure progress toward achieving them. ...

Conserving Biodiversity in Agricultural Landscapes: Challenges and Priorities for the CBD

The event will convene a panel of leaders representing international conservation NGOs, agricultural agencies and community-based organizations to present a range of innovative strategies focused on ecosystem-scale approaches that are jointly addressing the challenges of sustaining agricultural ...

The Swedish Species Taxonomy Initiative – a unique charting of an entire country's flora and fauna and its description in a popular science Encyclopedia

The goal of the Swedish Taxonomy Initiative (STI), to be completed within 20 years, is to chart and describe every multi-cellular species in Sweden. This includes a major effort in educating new taxonomists, specializing in groups where there is no competence available today. Beside the scientif ...

Conservation of psittacine bird species as contribution to reduction of biodiversity loss

In this event will be shown works for psittacine birds conservation, which are carried out in national parks and surrounding areas in Brazil. The initiatives showed will present the results and the potential of these works to play a significant role in management of official conservation units, ...

Biodiversity: conservation, sustainable use and responsible business

Natura will invite representatives from communities, scientists, corporates and governments, from Brazil and other countries, to debate in its own space, alliances, partnerships and alternatives to reconcile conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity with responsible business, in accordanc ...

Protected Areas in the Altai-Sayan.

Presentation of experience and progress in implementing the Programme of Work on Protected Areas in the Altai-Sayan Ecoregion (China, Kazahstan, Mongolia and the Russian Federation).

Forest Conservation Projects for Biodiversity, Climate and Community benefits.

Rising levels of the “greenhouse gas” carbon dioxide (CO2), due to industrial activity and land-use changes, like deforestation, is considered the primary cause of climate change, which has been one of the main drivers of species extinction in the world, along with habitat loss and invasive alie ...

GRASP: the UNEP/UNESCO Great Ape Survival Project Can the UN Save the Great Apes (and their Biodiverse Habitats)

The great apes are heading for extinction, unless loss of habitat and hunting are stopped. The Kinshasa Declaration on the Great Apes was signed last September by 22 countries and most of the NGOs involved in their conservation. It affirms commitment to a global strategy and sets a timetable for ...

Assessments on Biodiversity Policies - Examples from Finland

Three recent strategies and assessments-Finland's National Adaptation Strategy, Management Effectiveness Evaluation of Finland Protected Areas, and the Evaluation of the Finnish National Biodiversity Action Plan 1997-2005-will be presented and discussed.

Lançamento do Plano de Prevenção e Controle do Desmatamento da Mata Atlântica

Lançamento do Plano Estratégico de Monitoramento e Controle Ambiental para áreas Prioritárias da Mata Atlântica (Plano Mata Atlântica) a ser feita pela Ministra do Meio Ambiente do Brasil e com a presença da Direção do Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis e ou ...

An overview of the threatened plant species diversity of Tropical Forests, with emphasis on Araucanian Forest from South America

List of threatened plant species of Atlantic Forest. Biological contamination by invasive and alien species that threaten ecosystems on forest fragments. Successful experience with conservation of Araucaria araucana in Argentina.

Brazilian Initiatives for the Achievement of the Millenium Goals Concerning the Conservation of Endangered Species (Launch of the National Action Plans for the Conservation of Albatrossess and Petrels and for the Brazilian Merganser)

Brazil is the most megadiverse country in the world, and one of the major concerning endemic species. Otherwise, like much of the other nations, it has many species included in Red Lists of animals and plants (~600 animals and xxx plants). Much effort has been made in the last few decades, eithe ...

la Octava Reunión de la Conferencia de las Partes

De conformidad con las reglas 6 y 7 del Reglamento de las Reuniones de la Conferencia de las Partes, las reuniones están abiertas a la participación de cualquier entidad u organismo, sea gubernamental o no-gubernamental, calificado en campos concernientes a la conservación y al uso sostenible de ...

Message from Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the Occasion of the Launch of World Migratory Bird Day, 9 April 2006

All over the world, different cultures associate migratory birds with the renewal of life. Their arrival signals the beginning of Spring and the joys of a gentler season.

Message from Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the Occasion of the Launch of World Migratory Bird Day, 9 April 2006

All over the world, different cultures associate migratory birds with the renewal of life. Their arrival signals the beginning of Spring and the joys of a gentler season. Their departure in autumn closes another chapter in our lives; yet, we innately trust them to return the following year. Be ...

Scientific Seminar on Avian Influenza, the Environment and Migratory Birds

10 - 11 April 2006, Nairobi, Kenya

Meeting of the CITES Strategic Plan Working Group

24 - 28 April 2006, Ottawa, Canada

ACAP: 2nd Meeting of the Advisory Committee

1 - 31 May 2006, Cape Town, South Africa

Message from Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the Occasion of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Day

The 100,000 islands of the world represent more than 600 million people, one quarter of the nations of the world, 16 per cent of the planet’s known plant species and more than half of the world’s tropical marine biodiversity. The richness of these unique ecosystems is under attack. Thirty per c ...

11th Meeting of the Advisory Committee to UNEP/EUROBATS

8 - 10 May 2006, City of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Expert Meeting on the Effective Implementation of the Inclusion of Ramin (Gonystalys spp.) in Appendix II of CITES

16 - 19 May 2006, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

International conference: Present state and the ways of the improvement of the scientific investigations in the Caspian basin

16 - 19 May 2006, Astrakan, Russian Federation

Review Conference of the Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks

22 - 26 May 2006, New York, United States of America

Western Pacific workshop on policy, enforcement and sustainable trade for the CITES Appendix II listed Humphead (=Napoleon) wrasse, Cheilinus undulatus

5 - 7 June 2006, Hong Kong, China

ACAP 2nd Meeting of the Advisory Committee

5 - 8 June 2006, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

4th meeting of the ASEAN Experts Group (AEG) on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)

14 - 16 June 2006, Manila, Philippines

The United States of America Designates the World’s Largest Marine Protected Area.

The decision by United States President George W. Bush to designate the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and surrounding waters and reefs as a national monument will establish the world’s largest marine protected area, representing an area the size of California. It will protect about 7,000 specie ...

Council of Europe Group of Experts on the Conservation of Invertebrates meeting

19 - 20 June 2006, Strasbourg, France

3rd meeting of the Bigleaf Mahogany Working Group

29 June - 1 July 2006, Lima, Peru

4th Meeting of the ASEAN Experts Group (AEG) on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)

1 - 31 July 2006, Manila, Philippines

Sixteenth meeting of the Plants Committee

3 - 8 July 2006, Lima, Peru

Second Mekong sub-regional CITES implementation and enforcement workshop

4 - 7 July 2006, Kunming, Yunnan, China

Twenty-second meeting of the Animals Committee

7 - 13 July 2006, Lima, Peru

Wildlife DNA forensics training course

9 - 15 September 2006, Bangor, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

ASCOBANS: 5th Meeting of the Parties

18 - 22 September 2006, Bonn, Germany

Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) Donor's Meeting

27 September 2006, Bonn, Germany

31st Meeting of the CMS Standing Committee

28 - 29 September 2006, Bonn, Germany

GEO-4 Third Production and Authors Meeting

1 - 31 October 2006, To be determined

54th Meeting of the CITES Standing Committee

2 - 6 October 2006, Geneva, Switzerland

4th International Symposium on Trade in Bear Parts

4 October 2006, Nagano, Japan

Friends of CMS: Board Meeting and General Assembly

11 October 2006, Bonn, Germany

European Regional CITES Plants Meeting

18 - 21 October 2006, Perugia, Italy

Reminder to submit views and experiences for the in-depth review of work on invasive alien species.

Reference: SCBD/STTM/RH/56333 (2006-116)
To: CBD and SBSTTA National Focal Points Relevant Organizations

Parties and other governments, and relevant international organizations, are invited to provide views and experiences to the Secretariat as soon as possible and no later than 19 November 2007. Please note that, in order to facilitate preparatory work, all submissions should be provided in Word f ...

2nd International Symposium on Desertification and Migrations

25 - 27 October 2006, Almería, Spain

AEWA 7th Meeting of the Technical Committee

29 October - 1 November 2006, Bern, Switzerland

Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Opening of the International Conference on the Implications of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, New Delhi, 20-22 November 2006

In this great megabiodiverse country, home to more than 89,000 animal species and some 47,000 plant species, including some 15,000 medicinal plants, it is pertinent to be addressing you on one of the key and most challenging issues facing the world community today—biosafety, which encompasses me ...

4th Meeting of the Standing Committee of AEWA African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds

20 - 21 November 2006, Bonn, Germany