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The International Soil Congress 2019 on "Successful Transformation toward Land Degradation Neutrality: Future Perspective"

17 - 19 June 2019, Ankara, Türkiye

The High-Level Panel (HLP), co-sponsored by the Governments of India and the United Kingdom, has organized a one-day open consultation with Parties. The Webinar will take place on 2 August 2012 from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (U.K. time)

The High Level Segment of the 12th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity adopted the Gangwon Declaration on Biodiversity for Sustainable Development

The Green Wave for Biodiversity

On 22 May 2008, a ripple was started that’s turning into a wave around the world. The Green Wave for biodiversity.

The Electronic Version of the Publication “The Convention on Biological Diversity Year in Review 2010” Is Now Available.

The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity is an initiative to draw attention to the global economic benefits of biodiversity and the costs of biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation.

The Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) and the Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Bonn (ZFMK) are pleased to announce the call for applications of the third UNEP/CMS Thesis Award on Migratory Species Conservation, sponsored by Lufthansa.

The Convention on Biological Diversity closed the 12th meeting of the Conference of the Parties today with Governments committing to step up actions to achieve, by the end of the decade, the Aichi Biodiversity Targets agreed four years ago, and contribute to the sustainable development agenda.

The Convention on Biological Diversity Year in Review 2011

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/78647 (2012-006)
To: All Focal Points of the Convention and Cartagena Protocol

The Convention on Biological Diversity Year in Review 2010

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/JHed/75124 (2011-042)
To: all CBD National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the electronic version of the publication The Convention on Biological Diversity Year in Review 2010 is now accessible on the Secretariat’s website at: www.cbd.int/doc/reports/cbd-report-2010-en.pdf

The Chartered Insitution of Water and Environment Management (CIWEM) Annual Conference 2009 - Water and the Global Environment

21 - 23 May 2009, Toronto, Canada

The Bonn Climate Change Conference

1 - 11 June 2015, Bonn, Germany

The Biodiversity Family Stands in Solidarity with the People and Government of the Historic Nagoya Biodiversity Summit: CBD Secretariat steps up to support disaster relief efforts in Japan

Montreal, 7 April 2011 – In the wake of the earthquake and tsunami, and in line with the message of support from Mr. Ban Ki-moon, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the staff of the Montreal based Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) raised financial donations fo ...

The Biodiversity Debate - Lecture: Engaging and Educating Children on Biodiversity as the Future Guardians of Our Planet

3 September 2009, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

The Arctic Biodiversity Assessment Another Wake Up Call for Action

Montreal, 27 May 2010. The Arctic Biodiversity Assessment (ABA) is further evidence of the need for urgent and collaborative action to preserve biodiversity in this fragile and vital region of our planet, recognized as an important barometer of the world’s environment.

The Aichi Nagoya Summit on Biodiversity: a new Biodiversity Strategy for the twenty-first century

Nagoya 18 October 2010. With land and marine ecosystems around the world under intense pressure from human activities, negotiators from around the world meet in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, to shape and agree on a global strategy and instruments to protect biodiversity that would make the ...

The 6th International Marine Conservation Congress (IMCC6)

24 - 27 August 2020, Kiel, Germany

The 48th edition of the Quarterly Report on the Administration of the Convention on Biological Diversity (January-March 2010).

The 47th Edition of the Quarterly Report on the Administration of the Convention on Biological Diversity (October-December 2009).

The 2018 UN Biodiversity Conference[1] opened yesterday in the seaside town of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt with an opening ceremony that included an address from President of Egypt, H.E. Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil el-Sisi, who emphasized the crucial importance of the meeting for Egypt, and for global efforts for sustainable development.

The 2018 UN Biodiversity Conference of the Parties (COP14) closed tonight with broad international agreement on reversing the global destruction of nature and biodiversity loss threatening all forms of life on Earth.

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

17 - 19 June 2009, New York, United States of America

Tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

18 - 29 October 2010, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Tenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 10), 18 – 29 October 2010, Nagoya, Japan

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ar/68462 (2009-107)
To: All CBD National Focal Points

I have the honour to inform you that, at the invitation of the Government of Japan, the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 10) will be held in Nagoya, Japan from 18 – 29 October 2010. The High Level Segment will be held from 27 – 29 Octo ...

Tenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 10), 18 – 29 October 2010, Nagoya, Japan

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ar/68473 (2009-108)
To: International Organizations, Non-Governmental Organization, Indigenous Organizations

I have the honour to inform you that, at the invitation of the Government of Japan, the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 10) will be held in Nagoya, Japan from 18 – 29 October 2010. The High Level Segment will be held from 27 – 29 Octo ...

Tenth Meeting of National Focal Points (NFPs) for Specially Protected Areas (SPAs) - UNEP Mediterranean Action Plan

17 - 20 May 2011, Marseille, France

Article 18

Technical and Scientific Cooperation

TEEB Appoints the Executive Secretary to its Advisory Board

Copenhagen, 15 December 2009. On 27 November 2009, Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), was appointed, with immediate effect, to serve on the Advisory Board of the initiative on The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB).

Syracuse Charter on Biodiversity and Chair’s Summary – G8 Environment Ministerial Meeting, Castello Maniace, Siracusa, 22-24 April, 2009.

Article 10

Sustainable Use of Components of Biological Diversity

Sustainable Ocean Initiative (SOI) National Capacity Development Workshop for Samoa

28 - 30 September 2015, Apia, Samoa

Sustainable Ocean Initiative (SOI) Capacity-building Workshop for South America

23 - 27 February 2015, Lima, Peru

Summit on Biodiversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/IS/88838 (2020-034)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Summary of the Second Global Private Donor Forum, which took place this past October 26th, 2010 at the margins of the tenth Conference of Parties (COP10) in Nagoya, Japan.

Article 25

Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice

Submission of views and information on existing tools and guidance that can support the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/MK/91372 (2023-120)
To: CBD focal points, SBSTTA focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations

Submission of information on synthetic biology and nomination of experts to participate in the Open-ended Online Forum on Synthetic Biology

Reference: SCBD/CP/DC/MA/MW/87791 (2018-103)
To: CBD National Focal Points, relevant organizations, and indigenous peoples and local communities, cc: SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Points

Submission of Nomination Letters and/or Credentials for the Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention and the concurrent meetings of the Parties to the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/WY/MOC/89777 (2021-064)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points and ABS Focal Points

Submission of Information on Synthetic Biology (action required by 30 April 2015)

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/DA/84279 (2015-013)
To: CBD National Focal Points; relevant organizations; and indigenous peoples and local communities, cc: SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Points

Sub-regional Capacity-building Workshop on Financial Reporting and Resource Mobilization for the Pacific Region

5 - 6 October 2015, Avarua, Cook Islands

Sub-Regional Workshop for the Pacific on Capacity Building for Implementation of the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas

3 - 7 October 2011, Nadi, Fiji

Statement on behalf of Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, at the Eighth Plenary Session of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO-VIII), 16-17 November 2011, Istanbul, Turkey

Statement on behalf of Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, at the Eighth Plenary Session of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO-VIII), 16-17 November 2011, Istanbul, Turkey

Statement of the Executive Secretary, Ms. Cristiana Paşca Palmer, at the closing of the United Nations Biodiversity Conference 2018, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, 29 November 2018

Statement of the Executive Secretary, Ms. Cristiana Paşca Palmer, at the closing of the United Nations Biodiversity Conference 2018, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, 29 November 2018

Statement of the Executive Secretary at the Presidential Palace of the Republic of Tunisia, 9 December 2006, Tunis. (in French).

<br>(View also <a href='/doc/speech/2006/sp-2006-12-09-tunisia-ar.pdf'>in Arabic</a>.)

Statement of the Executive Secretary at the Presidential Palace of the Republic of Tunisia, 9 December 2006, Tunis.

Statement of Ms. Cristiana Pașca Palmer, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the opening of the high-level segment of the fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, 14 November 2018

Statement of Ms. Cristiana Pașca Palmer, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the opening of the high-level segment of the fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, 14 November 2018

Statement of Mr. Braulio F. De Souza Dias, Executive Secretary on the Occasion of the Ministerial Segment of the African Ministerial, Conference On The Environment (AMCEN) at its Fifteenth Session, 4 March 2015,Cairo, Egypt