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High Level Working Group on the 2010 target and post 2010 target(s), 9-10 March 2009, Bonn, Germany

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/AB/67455 (2009-051)
To: CBD, SBSTTA, ABS, CHM, GSPC and GTI National Focal Points

I am very pleased to forward to you correspondence from the President of COP 9 regarding the High Level Working Group on the 2010 target and post 2010 target(s), which took place on 9-10 March 2009, in Bonn, Germany.

Reminder - Updating or Revision of the Strategic Plan of the Convention

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/VA/64383 (2009-037)
To: CBD National Focal Points, relevant organizations

Considering the very small number of contributions to both the notification and the e-Forum, the Secretariat would like to reiterate the importance of providing submissions or views in response to paragraph 6 of decision IX/9. Considering the importance of the Strategic Plan for the implementati ...

Request to submit views on the scientific and technical aspects of the provisional framework of global headline indicators for assessing progress towards the achievement of the 2010 Biodiversity Target

Reference: SCBD/STTM/RH/lj/66780 (2009-031)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points, Other governments, relevant organizations, indigenous and local communities

To facilitate the scientific and technical evaluation of the current set of indicators and draw conclusions for biodiversity monitoring beyond 2010, the World Conservation Monitoring Centre of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP-WCMC) is carrying out an online survey, which will contr ...

Statement by the Executive Secretary, Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, at the UNEP Informal Strategic Consultation on Sustainability beyond 2010: Perspectives from Experiences, Nairobi, 15 February 2009.

Statement by the Executive Secretary, Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, at the UNEP Informal Strategic Consultation on Sustainability beyond 2010: Perspectives from Experiences, Nairobi, 15 February 2009

An Electronic Forum on the Updating and Revision of the Strategic Plan of the Convention

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/VA/65660 (2008-151)
To: CBD National Focal Points, relevant organizations

The purpose of this notification is to invite Parties, other Governments, relevant organizations and individuals to contribute views for the updating and revision of the Strategic Plan of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), by participating in the electronic forum on the post 2010 Stra ...

Updating or Revision of the Strategic Plan of the Convention after 2010

Reference: SCBD/ITS/DC/LC/64383 (2008-144)
To: Relevant Organizations

The Conference of the Parties (COP) at its ninth regular session, in adopting decision IX/9 on the revision of the Strategic Plan of the Convention after 2010, invited Parties and observers to submit further views on the revision and updating of the Strategic Plan. As suggested by the COP, in pr ...

Updating or Revision of the Strategic Plan of the Convention after 2010

Reference: SCBD/ITS/DC/LC/64383 (2008-076)
To: CBD National Focal Points

The Conference of the Parties (COP) at its ninth regular session, in adopting decision IX/9 on the revision of the Strategic Plan of the Convention after 2010, invited Parties and observers to submit further views on the revision and updating of the Strategic Plan. As suggested by the COP, in pr ...

Executive Secretary Welcomes EU-Japan Cooperation on 2010 Biodiversity Targets.

Executive Secretary Welcomes EU-Japan Cooperation on 2010 Biodiversity Targets

Japan and the European Union on 24 April pledged to cooperate towards the achievement of the 2010 Biological Diversity Target. In a joint release “Japan and the EU, acknowledging the Potsdam Initiative-Biological Diversity 2010, will work together for achieving by 2010 a significant reduction of ...

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Global-national linkages - Developing capacity and national-level involvement in the BIP process

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SEBI 2010 - how we got to 26 indicators for Europe

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Assessing Progress towards the 2010 Target - The Fourth National Report of the CBD

Workshop on the development of national/regional biodiversity-related targets and indicators and their integration in national biodiversity strategies and action plans

16 - 17 February 2008, Rome, Italy

Training workshops for the participants in WGPA-2 and/or in SBSTTA-13 Development of national/regional biodiversity-related indicators and their integration in NBSAPs

Reference: SCBD/STTM/ITS/RH/SM/61729 (2008-003)
To: All CBD and SBSTTA National Focal Points

The Secretariat, in cooperation with the United Nations Environment Programme and the European Commission, is pleased to announce the organization of a training workshop for the participants of the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas (WGPA-2) and/or the thirt ...

Online Discussion Forum - Consultative Workshop on the Achievement of the 2010 Biodiversity Target in Dry and Sub-humid Lands

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JW/cv/61490 (2008-001)
To: CBD and SBSTTA National Focal Points

The Online Discussion Forum is accessible at the Secretariat web site at the following link: <a href='http://www.cbd.int/drylands/forum.shtml'>http://www.cbd.int/drylands/forum.shtml</a>. Three background documents will be available online to facilitate the discussion. Please note that you wil ...

Inputs to the Revision of the Strategic Plan of the Convention beyond 2010

Reference: SCBD/ITS/LC/59514 (2007-104)
To: All CBD National Focal Points

As you recall, the Conference of the Parties, in its Decision VIII/15, decided to consider at its ninth meeting the process for revising and updating the Strategic Plan with a view to adopting a revised Strategic Plan at its tenth meeting. The Working Group on Review of Implementation, having u ...

International Initiative Gets Underway to Track Progress in Conserving Biodiversity, Jointly issued by UNEP and the Global Environment Facility.

<br>View also the Press Release <a href='/doc/press/2007/pr-2007-07-12-2010-unep-fr.pdf'>in French</a>.

Recommendation 2/1

Implementation of goals 2 and 3 of the Strategic Plan

UNEP/CBD/CSAB/1/INF/WGRI/2/INF/6

Input to the Process of Revising the Strategic Plan beyond 2010

Message from the Executive Secretary, Ahmed Djoghlaf, on the Occasion of World Refugee Day, 20 June 2007

Message from the Executive Secretary, Ahmed Djoghlaf, on the Occasion of World Refugee Day, 20 June 2007

As the world focuses on the plight of millions of refugees and displaced people on World Refugee Day, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity would like to pay tribute to the courage, strength, and compassion of not only the refugees, but also of those who give them: “a New Hom ...

Statement delivered by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Countdown 2010 Partners Assembly, Brussels, Belgium, 11 June 2007.

Statement delivered by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Countdown 2010 Partners Assembly, Brussels, Belgium, 11 June 2007

In April 2002, the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) committed themselves to achieve by 2010 a significant reduction of the current rate of biodiversity loss at the global, regional and national levels as a contribution to poverty alleviation and to the benefit of all life ...

G-8 to Increase Efforts to Achieve 2010 Biodiversity Target.

G-8 to Increase Efforts to Achieve 2010 Biodiversity Target

The leaders of the Group of Eight yesterday agreed to “increase our efforts for the protection and sustainable use of biological diversity to achieve our agreed goal of significantly reducing the rate of loss of biodiversity by 2010”.

The Fifth Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity -- Extended Deadline for Registration.

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ab/55863 (2007-065)
To: CBD and SBSTTA National Focal Points

In collaboration with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, the fifth Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity will be held in Trondheim, Norway, from 29 October to 2 November 2007, and the title of this conference will be “Ecosystems and people – biodiversity for development – ...

Report of the "Cities and Biodiversity: Achieving the 2010 Biodiversity Target" meeting, and Curitiba Declaration.

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ab/57998 (2007-042)
To: CBD and SBSTTA National Focal Points

At the initiative of the Mayor of Curitiba, H.E. Carlos Alberto Richa, and on the occasion of the first anniversary of the High-Level Segment of the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP-8), a meeting on "Cities and Biodiversity: Achieving ...

Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf at the Opening of the Meeting on “Cities and Biodiversity: Achieving the 2010 Biodiversity Target”, Curitiba, Brazil, 26 March 2007.

<br>View also the statement <a href='/doc/speech/2007/sp-2007-03-26-mayors-fr.pdf'>in French</a>.

Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity at the Opening of the Meeting on “Cities and Biodiversity: Achieving the 2010 Biodiversity Target”, Curitiba, Brazil, 26 March 2007.

When a family faces crises, it gets together and celebration of anniversaries is a good opportunity to provide a collective response to meet these challenges. As evidenced by the messages that we heard this morning humanity is facing unprecedented environmental challenges. The city of Curitiba ...

Top Officials from Australia Visit the Secretariat—Australia to Review its National Biodiversity Strategy.

Top Officials from Australia Visit the Secretariat—Australia to Review its National Biodiversity Strategy.

In the context of the enhanced dialogue initiated between the Secretariat and its partners, a delegation from Australia paid a visit to the offices of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Montreal on 16 March.

CBD Executive Secretary Applauds Japan’s Decision to Revise its Biodiversity Strategy for the Second Time with a View of Linking it to the World and Integrate the Target Adopted by Heads of State and Government to Substantially Reduce the Rate of Loss of Biodiversity by 2010.

CBD Executive Secretary Applauds Japan’s Decision to Revise its Biodiversity Strategy for the Second Time with a View of Linking it to the World and Integrate the Target Adopted by Heads of State and Government to Substantially Reduce the Rate of Loss of Biodiversity by 2010.

The Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Ahmed Djoghlaf, congratulated Japan on its decision to revise its national biodiversity strategy and incorporate it with common global concerns, such as the 2010 target of achieving a significant reduction in the current ra ...

Statement of the Executive Secretary on Mainstreaming Biodiversity into the Millennium Development Goals at the Biodiplomacy Course Lecture Series organized by UNU/IAS on 25 January 2007 in Yokohama, Japan.

Statement of the Executive Secretary on Mainstreaming Biodiversity into the Millennium Development Goals at the Biodiplomacy Course Lecture Series organized by UNU/IAS on 25 January 2007 in Yokohama, Japan

Biological diversity is the result of millions of years of evolution and comprises the totality of life on Earth. Ecosystems provide the essential requirements for life, protection from natural disasters and diseases and the very basis for human culture. Indeed biodiversity is not only an envir ...

Mayors' Meeting on the Contribution of Cities to the Achievement of the 2010 Biodiversity Target, 26 - 28 March 2007, Curitiba, Brazil.

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/OH/JL/57155 (2007-006)
To: CBD National Focal Points

I have the pleasure of informing you that, to coincide with the first anniversary of the High Level Segment of the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-8) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Curitiba, Brazil, His Excellency Mr. Carlos Alberto Richa, the Mayor of C ...

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>.)

The Importance of Science in the Arab World for Achieving the 2010 Biodiversity Target.

Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, to the International Symposium on the Advancement of Science in the Arab World and Role of International Cooperation, Damascus, Syria, 12-13 December 2006. <br><br><table width=120> <tr><b>Other languages ...

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Report of the first meeting of the Heads of Agencies Task Force to support the 2010 Biodiversity Target (Gland, Switzerland, 15 September 2006)

Reference: SCBD/STTM/RH/56039 (2006-100)
To: all CBD National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the report of the first meeting of the Heads of Agencies Task Force to support the 2010 Biodiversity Target, which was hosted by IUCN – The World Conservation Union and took place on 15 September 2006 in Gland, Switzerland, has been posted on the website of the Co ...

Report of the Fifth meeting of the Liaison Group of the Biodiversity-related Conventions (Gland, Switzerland, 14 September 2006) available.

Reference: SCBD/STTM/RH/56036 (2006-099)
To: all CBD National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the report of the Fifth meeting of the Liaison Group of the Biodiversity-related Conventions, which was hosted by the Ramsar Secretariat and took place on 14 September 2006 in Gland, Switzerland, has been posted on the joint website of the Biodiversity-related Con ...

First meeting of the Heads of Agency Task Force to Support the Achievement of the 2010 Biodiversity Target

15 September 2006, Gland, Switzerland

Statement by Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on “Fulfilling the Pledge of the Heads of State to Reduce by 2010 the Loss of Biodiversity on Our Planet” at the Conference organized by the United Nations Association in Canada-Montreal in collaboration with the Conseil des relations internationales de Montréal (CORIM), Université du Québec à Montréal, Quebec, Canada, 24 May 2006

Biological diversity is the result of millions of years of evolution on Earth. It comprises the totality of life forms on Earth. Ecosystems provide the essential requirements for life, protection from natural disasters and diseases and the very basis for human culture. However, never since hum ...

A new era of implementation of the Convention on all life on Earth is born in Curitiba at the largest ever gathering of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity.

Curitiba, 31 March 2006 – 4,000 delegates from around the world have agreed on a road map to significantly reduce the rate of biodiversity loss by 2010, in line with the agreement reached by 110 Heads of State and Government at the World Summit on Sustainable Development held in Johannesburg in ...

Top Natural History Centers Target the 2010 Biodiversity Target.

A new alliance of some of the world’s top research centres and agencies specializing in biodiversity was today enlisted in the battle to save life on Earth.

Strategy to Save Earth’s Life Support Systems Unveiled by UN Body - End to Overfishing up to More Efficient Agriculture Key to 2010 Biodiversity Target.

Curitiba/Montreal, 20 March 2006 –Global Biodiversity Outlook 2, launched today in the Brazilian city of Curitiba at the eighth biannual meeting of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).