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India-Nepal agreement to boost transborder conservation of rhinos, tigers

India and Nepal are all set to sign an agreement to cooperate on biodiversity conservation, including the transboundary conservation of species like the Indian rhino (Rhinoceros unicornis), Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris) and Asian elephant (Elephas maximus). The memorandum of understanding is ex ...

InforMEA: Assisting in the Implementation of Obligations and the Aichi Targets

Supported by UNEP, the Multilateral Environmental Agreements Information and Knowledge Management Initiative (InforMEA) aims to assist Parties to Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) and the environment community at large, to access MEAs information from one central location. The Initia ...

Information on measures adopted to promote ecologically sustainable boat-based marine wildlife watching

Reference: SCBD/OIC/BD/RH/86169 (2016-147)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points

Inter-Parliamentary Union unanimously adopts a resolution affirming the role of parliaments in preserving biological diversity.

In its 111th session the Interparliamentary Union unanimously adopted a resolution that affirmed the role of parliaments in preserving biological diversity, focusing on a number of key areas of the work of the CBD

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

Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ar/72318 (2010-112)
To: All CBD Focal Points

I am pleased to forward to you a joint letter on the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) signed by His Excellency Mr. Norbert Rottgen, Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety of Germany and COP 9 President ...

Recommendation XVII/3

Intergovernmental Science-policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

International Civil Aviation Day

7 December 2021, Montreal, Canada

International Civil Aviation Day

7 December 2022, Montreal, Canada

International Civil Aviation Day

7 December 2024, Montreal, Canada

International Civil Aviation Day 2020

7 December 2020, Montreal, Canada

International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments to enter into force

Reference: SCBD/SPS/CG/JSH/mw/85786 (2016-109)
To: CBD National Focal Points

International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation General Assembly

2 - 4 May 2019, Windhoek, Namibia

International Day for South-South Cooperation 2019

12 September 2019, New York, United States of America

International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer

16 September 2024, Nairobi, Kenya

International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer 2018

16 September 2018, Nairobi, Kenya

International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples 2020

9 August 2020, New York, United States of America

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 ...

International Tropical Timber Organization and Convention on Biological Diversity Enter into Partnership

Tokyo, 2 March 2010 – The secretariats of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) signed a memorandum of understanding today to closely collaborate over the coming four years. “This agreement represents a further step in the efforts ...

International Youth Day 2018 (http://www.un.org/en/events/youthday/events.shtml)

12 August 2018, New York, United States of America

International expert workshop on Non-Detriment Findings (NDFs)

4 - 8 December 2023, Nairobi, Kenya

Intervention du Secrétaire exécutif M. Ahmed Djoghlaf à l’occasion de la Soirée francophone de l’Organisation internationale de la francophonieau Congrès mondial de la nature, 6 octobre 2008, Barcelone, Espagne

Intervention du Secrétaire exécutif M. Ahmed Djoghlaf à l’occasion de la Soirée francophone de l’Organisation internationale de la francophonieau Congrès mondial de la nature, 6 octobre 2008, Barcelone, Espagne.

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

Invitation to provide views on the process, under the Convention on Biological Diversity, on how requests from the Convention would be conveyed to the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

Reference: SCBD/STTM/DC/RH/79812 (2012-067)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, relevant organizations, indigenous and local communities

Invitation to submit comments on the draft Action Plan for the Bio-Bridge Initiative 2017-2020

Reference: SCBD/IMS/RS/ET/lz/85883 (2016-097)
To: CBD, ABS, CPB, SBSTTA National Focal Points, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities and relevant organizations

Invitation to the Norway/United Nations Expert Conference on Biodiversity, Trondheim, Norway, 29 October to 2 November 2007.

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

Iran, Philippines to expand co-op on nanotechnology in agriculture

Agriculture Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran (ABRII) and the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD) affiliated with the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) organized the event.

Issues arising from the fourth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention related to Cooperation with other conventions: the biodiversity-related conventions and the Rio conventions

Reference: SCBD/ITS/RS/cr/80231 (2012-094)
To: All CBD National Focal Points

It is with great regret and deepest sadness that we convey news of the untimely death of Dr Bradnee Chambers, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS). Among his numerous achievements is the strengthened collaboration among the biodiversity-related conventions towards common objectives. His loss will be felt by each of them. He was an extraordinary advocate and champion for the environment, and a kind and wonderful human. His friends and colleagues at the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity would like to express their deepest sympathy to his family and to all staff at the CMS Secretariat.

Italian wine and truffles to be at Dubai Expo 2020

An agreement has been signed to promote Italian wine and truffles ahead of the Dubai Expo 2020.Signatories were the Italian truffle academy AIT and the Italian sommeliers' association AIS, in the presence of Foreign Undersecretary Manlio Di Stefano and the head of the Cia-Agricoltori Italiani fa ...

Jamaica and Japan strengthen cooperation through coffee

The Jamaican and Japanese governments are consolidating today their economic cooperation through coffee, a product that has arrived from the Caribbean to the Far East since the 1960s.

Joint Communiqué: United Nations World Tourism Organization and the Secretariat of the Convention sign Memorandum of Cooperation.

Joint Expert Meeting on addressing biodiversity concerns in sustainable fishery

7 - 9 December 2011, Bergen, Norway

Joint GEF and CBD Exploration for Financial Solutions to Global Biodiversity Challenges in Eastern Europe

Montreal, 28 March 2011 – Participants in the first Eastern Europe Regional Workshop on Biodiversity and Finance, held in Kiev on 25 March 2011, examined the national and regional implications of the global Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Re ...

Joint Notification: Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD): Regional joint preparatory meetings of CITES and CBD representatives prior to the upcoming meetings of the respective Conference of the Parties (CoP/COP)

Reference: SCBD/OES/BD/85680 (2016-077)
To: All CBD National Focal Points (NFPs), Cartagena Protocol NFPs, Nagoya Protocol NFPs

Joint Press Release: Mobilizing society to support biodiversity: As Countdown 2010 initiative closes, local coordinated actions show way to solving the global biodiversity crisis.

Joint Public Advisory Committee Public Workshop on Future Directions for the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation

21 June 2004, Puebla, Mexico

Joint Turkish-German website for tackling climate change launched

An energy partnership website was launched early this week by the German-Turkish Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AHK Turkey) and the German Energy Agency (dena) to tackle climate change and support the energy transition.

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

Keynote address: Conservation, Awareness, and Knowledge: Zoos and Aquariums in Support of the Biodiversity Agenda, by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, to the 75th Annual WAZA Conference, 14 October 2020

Laos, Germany extend ties on biodiversity conservation, sustainable use of forests

The governments of Laos and Germany have agreed to implement the third phase of the bilateral technical cooperation project “Protection and Sustainable Use of Forest Ecosystems and Biodiversity (ProFEB)’’.

Latest initiative under joint ITTO/CBD programme—a new project to support sustainable forest management (SFM) and biodiversity conservation in Africa

Yokohama/Montreal, 25 January 2012 –The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) and the Government of Japan today signed a letter of understanding for funding of 278 million Japanese yen (US$ 3.6 million) to implement a large capacity-building project to support five Congo Basin countr ...

Latin America and Caribbean nations declare support for biodiversity mainstreaming efforts under Convention on Biological Diversity

Montreal 7 April 2016 – In anticipation of the discussions to take place at the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP 13) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) later this year, Latin American and Caribbean Ministers of Environment have adopted a decision to enhance imple ...

Latin America and the Caribbean Climate Week 2021 (LACCW2021) (UNFCCC)

11 - 13 May 2021, Online/Virtual, Bonn, Germany

Launch of Indo-German Partnership Programme on Coastal and Marine Biodiversity Conservation

This will be an official side eventjointly organised by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India (MoEF) and the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Government of Germany (BMU) to launch a new Indo-German partnership programme on “Coas ...

Launch of InforMEA - The United Nations Information Portal on Multilateral Environment Agreement (MEAs)

Geneva, 15 June 2011 – The Multilateral Environmental Agreements Information and Knowledge Management Initiative (MEA IKM) develops harmonized MEA information systems to assist Parties and the environment community at large. Supported by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Initi ...

Launch of NBSAP support partnership

Launch of a new programme that brings to bear the resources and collective capacities of the CBD Secretariat, UNDP and UNEP in supporting countries to ‘transform’ their NBSAPs towards achieving the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity and the Aichi Targets. The event will open up the NBSAP transforma ...

Launch of an Enhanced Strategic Partnership to Benefit Life on Earth - Joint Efforts of UN Convention on Biological Diversity and The Nature Conservancy to Help Governments Implement Global Conservation Treaty, Increase Protected Areas