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Statement of the CBD Executive Secretary, Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, on the occasion of the United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation, 12 September 2015

World Environment Day

5 June 2015, Nairobi, Kenya

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

Membership of the informal advisory group concerning cooperation among the biodiversity-related conventions

Reference: SCBD/MPO/AF/NP/CR/84416 (2015-056)
To: CBD National Focal Points

The Republic of Korea and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), with the purpose of promoting technical and scientific co-operation and to support achievement of the goals and targets of the Convention, have today signed a funding agreement for the implementation of the 2015-2020 Bio-Bridge Initiative.

Bio-Bridge Initiative funding agreement signed to promote technical and scientific cooperation on biodiversity

Montreal, 19 May 2015 – The Republic of Korea and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), with the purpose of promoting technical and scientific co-operation and to support achievement of the goals and targets of the Convention, have today signed a funding agreement for ...

Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Nomination of experts and review of documents

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/SS/AC/84399 (2015-025)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and relevant organizations

Cooperation among the biodiversity-related conventions: Request for nomination of members of an informal advisory group

Reference: SCBD/MPO/AF/NP/CR/84362 (2015-021)
To: CBD National Focal Points

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.

Statement of Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Fourth Greater Mekong Subregion Environment Ministers’ Meeting, 27 - 29 January 2015, Nyipyitaw, Myanmar

Statement of Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Fourth Greater Mekong Subregion Environment Ministers’ Meeting, 27 - 29 January 2015, Nyipyitaw, Myanmar

Update on UNEP project on synergies among biodiversity-related Multilateral Environmental Agreements

Reference: SCBD/MPO/AF/fd/81476 (2014-138)
To: CBD National Focal Points

The signature on 15 November 2014 of a Memorandum of Understanding between the two organisations will ensure joint implementation of the Pacific region’s Framework for Nature Conservation and Protected Areas in the Pacific Island Region 2014-2020, and the CBD Strategic Plan for Biological Diversity 2011-2020 and its Aichi Biodiversity Targets.

Joint workshop of the secretariats of the CBD and of UNCCD on synergies for the design, development and implementation of NBSAPs and NAPs

21 - 22 November 2014, Cairo, Egypt

SPREP and CBD Strengthen Commitments to Biodiversity Conservation in the Pacific

Sydney, 15 November 2014 - The signing of an agreement over the weekend between the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was a fitting culmination to the Pacific Islands Dialogue to prepare for Pacif ...

UNEP/CBD/NP/COP-MOP/1/7

Cooperative Procedures and Institutional Mechanisms to Promote Compliance with the Nagoya Protocol and to Address Cases of Non Compliance

Asia-Pacific Biodiversity Observation Network and its contribution to CBD and IPBES

Since 2009, Asia-Pacific Biodiversity Observation Network, a regional network of GEO BON, has been developed to gather and share information of biodiversity and ecosystem services. In this event, the achievements of this network, including the success of Korean BON and the application of the GEO ...

UNEP/CBD/COP/12/INF/30

Peace and Biodiversity Dialogue: Promoting International Cooperation in Ecosystem Management and Transboundary Conservation

UNEP/CBD/COP/12/INF/40

Outcome of the Thirteenth Meeting of the Joint Liaison Group of the Rio Conventions

UNEP/CBD/COP/12/INF/22

Report on the Collaborative Partnership on Ecosystem Based Solutions for Water Resources Management (Decision Xi/23, Paragraph 4)

UNEP/CBD/COP/12/INF/34

The Global Invasive Alien Species Information Partnership: Work Plans of Working Groups in 2015 -2016

Montreal, 12 September 2014 – The Secretary to the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) has become the seventh member of the Liaison Group of the Biodiversity-related Conventions (BLG), which includes the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA), the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, and the World Heritage Convention (WHC).

International Plant Protection Convention Joins Liaison Group of the Biodiversity-related Conventions

The Secretary to the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) has become the seventh member of the Liaison Group of the Biodiversity-related Conventions (BLG), which includes the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Ani ...

The International Plant Protection Convention joins the Liaison Group of the Biodiversity-related Conventions

Reference: SCBD/MPO/AF/NP/83878 (2014-114)
To: CBD, SBSTTA Focal Points and International Organizations

UNEP/CBD/COP/12/24

Cooperation with Other Conventions, International Organizations and Stakeholders’ Engagement, Including Business

UNEP/CBD/NP/COP-MOP/1/6

Cooperation with Other Conventions, International Organizations and Initiatives

Invitations for Proposals for the Rio Conventions Pavilion to be held at the margins of the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 12) - Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea

Reference: SCBD/MPO/AF/NP/DA/fd/83810 (2014-104)
To: CBD National Focal Points and relevant organizations

Meeting of the “Friends of the Convention on Biological Diversity”, 14 – 15 August 2014

Reference: SCBD/MPO/AF/NP/cr/83736 (2014-095)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Call for nomination of experts to contribute to the 2014 - 2018 Work Programme of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/SS/ac/83682 (2014-088)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and relevant organizations

Recommendation XVIII/9

The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

Recommendation 5/7

Cooperation with other conventions, international organizations and initiatives

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/18/INF/18

Opportunities and Challenges for Harmonization of Global Indicators for the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

Agencies and partners join forces to promote the implementation of environmental law through enhanced knowledge sharing and new tools

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/18/INF/22

The International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI) from Formation to Current Practice: A Progress Report

UNEP/CBD/WGRI/5/8

Cooperation with other Conventions, International Organizations and Initiatives

Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop of the UN-Water Initiative “Capacity Development to Support National Drought Management Policies”

6 - 9 May 2014, Hanoi, Viet Nam

Invitation to complete two UNEP questionnaires on coherence and synergy in implementing the global biodiversity-related conventions

Reference: SCBD/MPO/Jhed/83501 (2014-067)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Articles are presently being sought from members of civil society (including NGOs, social movements, indigenous organizations and representatives, local communities) for the ninth issue of the CBD newsletter for civil society, [square brackets], being prepared to coincide with the Eighteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 18), being held 23-28 June 2014 in Montreal, Canada.

While 87% of consumers surveyed worldwide want companies to adopt sourcing policies that respect biodiversity, only 27% of the top 100 beauty and personal care companies actually mention biodiversity on their websites or in their corporate sociability reports, according to the newly launched 2014 Union for Ethical BioTrade (UEBT) Biodiversity Barometer.

2014 UEBT Biodiversity Barometer report says consumers expect companies to respect biodiversity

While 87% of consumers surveyed worldwide want companies to adopt sourcing policies that respect biodiversity, only 27% of the top 100 beauty and personal care companies actually mention biodiversity on their websites or in their corporate sociability reports, according to the newly launched 201 ...

World Health Day

7 April 2014

Regional Workshop for East, South and Southeast Asia on South-South Cooperation on Biodiversity for Development, 21-24 May 2014 - Qingdao, Province of Shandong, China

Reference: SCBD/MPO/AF/NP/OH/cr/83170 (2014-037)
To: CBD National Focal Points of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, DPR Korea, Republic of Korea, Lao DPR, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor Leste and Vietnam

The Collaborative Partnership on Sustainable Wildlife Management (CPW) welcomes the United Nations General Assembly decision to proclaim 3 March as World Wildlife Day, as a means of celebrating the importance of the world’s flora and fauna, strengthening efforts to conserve biodiversity and stepping up the fight against the illegal trade in wildlife.

Call for nomination of experts to contribute to the 2014 – 2018 Work Programme of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/SS/ac/83122 (2014-013)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Point and relevant organizations

United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation

19 December 2013, Mulitple Venues

Terms of Reference and Summary Report of the Twelfth Meeting of the Joint Liaison Group of the Rio Conventions

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/SK/ac/83002 (2013-119)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points

Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Second Session of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Antalya, Turkey, 9 To 14 December 2013

Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Second Session of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Antalya, Turkey, 9 To 14 December 2013

Recruitment of new panel members for the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel of the Global Environment Facility

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/ac/82984 (2013-111)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA FPs

37th session of the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

4 - 19 November 2013, Paris, France