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Conservation community urges United States ratification of the Convention on Biological Diversity: Whatever Happened to Biodiversity?

Montreal, 6 October 2010 – On 29 September 2010, Conservation International organized a briefing to United States Congressional staff on key new developments in the fight to protect the Earth’s biodiversity and on opportunities for the United States to re-engage internationally based on the lead ...

Convention nears universal coverage as Timor-Leste becomes newest member.

Montreal – 16 October 2006 - The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste deposited its instrument of accession to the Convention on Biological Diversity on October 10 2006. The Convention will enter into force for Timor-Leste on 8 January 2007, making it the 189th Party to the Convention.<br><br><tab ...

Convention on Biological Diversity: Year in Review 2006.

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/moc/57644 (2007-031)
To: CBD National Focal Points

It gives me great pleasure to inform you that the electronic version of the publication Convention on Biological Diversity: Year in Review 2006 is now accessible at the Secretariat’s website at: <a href='/doc/reports/cbd-report-2006-en.pdf'>http://www.biodiv.org/doc/reports/cbd-report-2006-en.pd ...

Convention on Biological Diversity: Year in Review 2009

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ar/70358 (2010-009)
To: All Focal Points of the CBD

It gives me great pleasure to inform you that the electronic version of the publication “Convention on Biological Diversity: Year in Review 2009” is now available on the Convention’s website at: http://www.cbd.int/doc/reports/cbd-report-2009-en.pdf

Article 5

Cooperation

Core Programme Budget of the Convention on Biological Diversity: Scale of assessment for the apportionment of expenses for 2019 and 2020

Reference: SCBD/CPP/DC/GF/87910 (2019-015)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Core Programme Budget of the Convention on Biological Diversity: Scale of assessment for the apportionment of expenses for 2022

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/GF/87910 (2022-003)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Council meeting of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV)

6 April 2017, Geneva, Switzerland

Council of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV)

24 October 2013, Geneva, Switzerland

Cristiana Paşca Palmer assumes position as Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity

20 March 2017 – Cristiana Paşca Palmer today assumed office as the new Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the principal global treaty on biodiversity.

Cristiana Paşca Palmer today assumed office as the new Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the principal global treaty on biodiversity.

Date and venue of the UN Biodiversity Conference 2018

Reference: SCBD/OES/CPP/DC/86703 (2017-075)
To: All CBD, CPB and ABS Focal Points and relevant organizations

Dates and Venue of the Seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and Twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/BD/AR/81752 (2013-035)
To: All CBD, CPB focal points, International Organizations

Dates and venues of COP 13 to the Convention on Biological Diversity, COP-MOP 8 to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, and COP-MOP 2 to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing, and other upcoming meetings

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/AC/84220 (2015-003)
To: All CBD, CPB and Nagoya Protocol Focal Points and International Organizations

Dates of the Intersessional Meetings of the Convention on Biological Diversity for the biennium 2019-2020

Reference: SCBD/OES/CPP/DC/87949 (2019-026)
To: All CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, Traditional Knowledge Focal Points, and relevant organizations and stakeholders

December 2009 issue of the Monthly Bulletin of Activities (MBA) of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/70205 (2010-006)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points, Relevant organizations and partners

The Secretariat is pleased to announce that the December 2009 issue of the Monthly Bulletin of Activities (MBA) of the Convention on Biological Diversity is now available on the Secretariat website at: http://www.cbd.int/doc/mba/2009/mba-2009-12-en.pdf.

Decision of the United Nations General Assembly on the CBD

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ar/70171 (2010-004)
To: CBD / CPB Focal Points

I am pleased to forward to you the Resolution 64/203 on the Convention on Biological Diversity adopted by the sixty-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly on 21 December 2009. The decision can also be found at the following link on the CBD website: http://www.cbd.int/doc/un/un-cbd ...

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Depositary

Dialogue with the Chairman of the Group of 77 and China in New York on the Preparations for Ninth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

Montreal - 25 March 2008. In the context of continued dialogue between Parties to the Convention and heads of regional groups and the Secretariat, a delegation from Antigua and Barbuda, which holds the chairmanship of the Group of 77 and China at United Nations Headquarters in New York for 2008 ...

Director of the Biodiversity and Policy Division, Ministry of the Environment, Japan, visits the Secretariat

Montreal, 27 March 2009 – Following the convening of the Inter-Ministerial Committee and the regional preparatory committee on the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Mr. Tsunao Watanabe, Director of the Biodiversity and Policy Division of th ...

Director of the Biodiversity and Policy Division, Ministry of the Environment, Japan, visits the Secretariat.

Discours de M. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Secrétaire exécutif de la Convention sur la diversite biologique, à l’occasion de la dejeuner-conférence de la société des relations internationales de Québec, 25 novembre 2010, Québec, Canada

Discours de M. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Secrétaire exécutif de la Convention sur la diversite biologique, à l’occasion de la dejeuner-conférence de la société des relations internationales de Québec, 25 novembre 2010, Québec, Canada.

Discours de M. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Secrétaire exécutif de la Convention sur la diversité biologique, « maintenir la diversite de la vie sur terre: un objectif des Nations unies », à l’occasion de la conférence organisée par l’association canadienne pour les Nations unies, 7 juin 2010, Montréal, Canada

« maintenir la diversite de la vie sur terre: un objectif des Nations unies », la conférence organisée par l’association canadienne pour les Nations unies, 7 juin 2010, Montréal, Canada

Discours de M. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Secrétaire exécutif de la Convention sur la diversité biologique, « maintenir la diversite de la vie sur terre: un objectif des Nations unies », à l’occasion de la conférence organisée par l’association canadienne pour les Nations unies, 7 juin 2010, Montréal, Canada.

Discours de m. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Secrétaire exécutif de la convention sur la diversité biologique, à l’occasion de la conférence à l’école d’été de l’institut du nouveau monde, 12 août 2010, Montréal, Canada

Discours du Secretaire executif, M. Ahmed Djoghlaf, à l’occasion de la dixieme Conference Alpine, Evian, France, 12 Mars, 2009

Discours du Secretaire executif, M. Ahmed Djoghlaf, à l’occasion de la dixieme Conference Alpine, Evian, France, 12 Mars, 2009.

Discours par M. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Secrétaire exécutif de la Convention sur la diversité biologique, à l’occasion de la dîner-conference à l’Université de Sherbrooke sur « la Convention sur la diversité biologique : Enjeux et défis », 23 avril 2010, Sherbrooke, Canada

Discours par M. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Secrétaire exécutif de la Convention sur la diversité biologique, à l’occasion de la dîner-conference à l’Université de Sherbrooke sur « la Convention sur la diversité biologique : Enjeux et défis », 23 avril 2010, Sherbrooke, Canada.

Discours par M. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Secrétaire exécutif de la Convention sur la diversité biologique, à l’occasion du lancement du Centre de la science de la biodiversité du Québec (CSBQ), 15 février 2010, Montréal, Canada.

Discours prononcé par Docteur Ahmed Djoghlaf Secrétaire exécutif de la Convention sur la diversité biologique à la Deuxième réunion du Groupe de travail spécial à composition non limitée sur l’examen de l’application de la Convention sur la diversité biologique

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The International Year of Biodiversity - 2010 Implementation Strategy

Documents for the Fifth meeting of the Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, including the report of the meeting of the Informal Group

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/KM/90635 (2022-065)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Due to the evolving nature of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has moved to hold many meetings virtually and has postponed others.

Déclaration de M. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Secrétaire exécutif, à l'occasion de la Conférence de haut niveau sur « L’Union Européenne et l’Outre-Mer : Stratégies face au changement climatique et à la perte de biodiversité » St Denis de La Réunion, 11 juillet 2008

Déclaration de M. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Secrétaire exécutif, à l'occasion de la Conférence de haut niveau sur « L’Union Européenne et l’Outre-Mer : Stratégies face au changement climatique et à la perte de biodiversité » St Denis de La Réunion, 11 juillet 2008.

Déclaration de M. Ahmed Djoghlaf, secrétaire exécutif de la Convention sur la diversité biologique, sur le thème de l’environnement, la paix et la sécurité mondiale, Alger, Algérie, Juillet, 2009

Déclaration de M. Ahmed Djoghlaf, secrétaire exécutif de la Convention sur la diversité biologique, sur le thème de l’environnement, la paix et la sécurité mondiale, Alger, Algérie, Juillet, 2009.

EXTENSION OF DEADLINE: Review of experience in convening the meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol, and the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol concurrently

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/KNM/86308 (2017-028)
To: CBD, CPB and ABS National Focal Points

EXTENSION OF DEADLINE: Seventh Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity on “Ecology and Economy for a Sustainable Society”, Trondheim, Norway 27-31 May 2013

Reference: SCBD/OES/BD/FB/81196 (2013-023)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Each year, migratory birds complete amazing journeys between their breeding and wintering grounds. Migratory birds are a vital part of biodiversity and play a critical role in all ecosystems. They also play an important cultural, aesthetic and economic role in the lives of people around the world.

Earth Day 2019

22 April 2019, New York, United States of America

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

5 - 8 August 2014, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Eastern Africa Workshop on Biodiversity and Finance

28 October 2011, Nairobi, Kenya

Ecocity World Summit 2011

22 - 26 August 2011, Montreal, Canada

Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference 2015

27 - 30 April 2015, Quito, Ecuador

Effective Date for the new Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/78786 (2012-019)
To: All Focal Points of the Convention and its Cartagena Protocol

Eighteen Global Biodiversity Forum: Biodiversity, Trade and Sustainable Development

Statement by Mr. Markus Lehmann on behalf of Dr. Hamdallah Zedan, Executive Secretary<br>Cancun Mexico, 5 - September 2003

Eighteenth meeting of the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea

15 - 19 May 2017, New York, United States of America