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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)

High-level Panel on Global Assessment of Resources for implementing the Strategic Plan Opens Consultations with Parties

Reference: SCBD/ITS/RS/fb/80446 (2012-103)
To: All CBD National Focal Points

Issues arising from the fourth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention related to the Strategy for Resource Mobilization and the Financial Mechanism

Reference: SCBD/ITS/RS/DC/KNM/fb/80164 (2012-090)
To: All CBD National Focal Points

Finance for biodiversity could be scaled up from around USD 52 billion in 2010 to as high as USD 160 billion by 2020, if the public and private sectors work together to implement a range of financing approaches, according to the new Little Biodiversity Finance Book, published today by the Global Canopy Programme (GCP).

Workshop on Financing Mechanisms for Biodiversity: Examining Opportunities and Challenges

12 - 13 May 2012, Montreal, Canada

Recommendation 4/2

Review of implementation of the Strategy for Resource Mobilization

Recommendation 4/3

The financial mechanism: review of GEF-5 and needs for GEF-6

Workshop on Financing Mechanisms for Biodiversity: Examining Opportunities and Challenges

Reference: SCBD/ITS/RS/fb/79347 (2012-054)
To: All CBD & SBSTTA National Focal Points

Eighth Coordination Meeting for Governments and Organizations Implementing and/or Funding Biosafety Capacity-building Activities

12 - 14 March 2012, Prague, Czechia

Dialogue seminar on scaling up finance for biodiversity

6 - 9 March 2012, Quito, Ecuador

Reminder: GEF-6 Questionnaire for Financial Needs Assessment

Reference: SCBD/ITS/RS/ESE/fb/77838 (2012-032)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Call for nominations for the High-level Panel on Global Assessment of Resources for implementing the Strategic Plan

Reference: SCBD/ITS/RS/78931 (2012-028)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Methodological and Implementation Guidance for the “Indicators for Monitoring the Implementation of the Convention’s Strategy for Resources Mobilization”

Reference: SCBD/ITS/RS/78858 (2012-023)
To: All National Focal Points under the Convention and its Protocol

Global dialogue seminar on scaling up finance for biodiversity

Reference: SCBD/ITS/RS/fb/77988 (2012-004)
To: All intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) and non-governmental organizations (NGOs)

Second Expert Team Meeting on the GEF-6 Replenishment

18 - 20 December 2011, Tokyo, Japan

EXTENSION OF DEADLINE: Submissions on the Strategy for Resource Mobilization (Decision X/3, A.10 and B.4) and Further Development of Programme Priorities (Decision X/24.5)

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/78200 (2011-218)
To: All Focal Points under the Convention

The Secretariat will very much appreciate receiving your submissions by the new deadline (20 December 2011), which will serve as key inputs to the WGRI-4 documentation under preparation.

Note on the 2011 African Briefing and Report on the 3rd Expert Meeting on the Green Development Initiative

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/72402 (2011-219)
To: All Focal Points under the Convention

I have the honor of transmitting to you the information note and report prepared by Earthmind, on behalf of the Green Development Initiative. The information note and report are transmitted to Africa’s national focal points of the Convention, as received.

Joint Summary of the Chairs of the 41st GEF Council Meeting, 8-10 November 2011

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/76393 (2011-216)
To: All Focal Points under the Convention

The forty-first meeting of the Council of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) was held from 8-9 November 2011 in Washington, D.C., United States of America. The GEF Council approved the work program comprising 40 project concepts and nine programmatic approaches, with total resources amountin ...

Southern Africa Workshop on Biodiversity and Finance

4 November 2011, Cape Town, South Africa

Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Eastern Africa Regional Workshop on Biodiversity and Finance in Support of the Nagoya Outcome, Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, 28 October 2011

Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Eastern Africa Regional Workshop on Biodiversity and Finance in Support of the Nagoya Outcome, Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, 28 October 2011

Eastern Africa Workshop on Biodiversity and Finance

28 October 2011, Nairobi, Kenya

Central Asia workshop on biodiversity and finance

14 October 2011, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

GEF-6 Questionnaire for Financial Needs Assessment

Reference: SCBD/ITS/RS/ESE/fb/77838 (2011-195)
To: all CBD National Focal Points

I am pleased to enclose herewith a simple questionnaire (http://www.cbd.int/financial/doc/gef-6-needs-assessment-questionnaire-en.xls) to assist you in assessing funds needed for the implementation of the Convention for the sixth replenishment period of the Global Environment Facility (GEF-6).

Draft document on Indicators for the Strategy for Resource Mobilization

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/77665 (2011-190)
To: All focal points under the Convention and its Protocol

I am pleased to attach the following draft document responding to decision X/3 paragraph 7 and 8. The document can be accessed at https://www.cbd.int/financial/doc/srm-indicators-guidance-en.pdf

UNEP/WCMC Survey on Adopted Indicators for the Strategy for Resource Mobilization Contained in Decision X/3

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/77205 (2011-147)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, Resource Mobilization Focal Points

Through decision X/3 the Conference of the Parties adopted a set of fifteen indicators for monitoring the implementation of the strategy for resource mobilization, based on its mission and eight goals. The Decision further invited Parties and other Governments to implement the adopted indicators ...

Communiqué: Enhanced GEF and CBD efforts to explore funding options for achieving the Aichi Biodiversity Targets in West Africa

Enhanced GEF and CBD efforts to explore funding options for achieving the Aichi Biodiversity Targets in West Africa

Montreal, 28 July 2011 – The Convention Secretariat, in collaboration with the Global Environment Facility (GEF) country support programme and with the financial support of European Commission, organized a West Africa regional workshop on biodiversity and finance in support of the Nagoya biodive ...

First Expert Team Meeting on the GEF-6 Replenishment

25 - 26 July 2011, Montreal, Canada

Eighth Regional Workshop on Biodiversity and Finance in Support of the Nagoya Outcomes

22 - 23 July 2011, Monrovia, Liberia

UNEP/CBD/RW-BF/7/1

Provisional Agenda

Communiqué: Joint GEF and CBD exploration for funding strategies to implement Nagoya biodiversity compact in West Africa

Joint GEF and CBD exploration for funding strategies to implement Nagoya biodiversity compact in West Africa

Montreal, 12 July 2011 –A Regional Workshop on Finance and Biodiversity, organized by the CBD Secretariat in collaboration with the GEF Country Support Programme, with the financial support of European Commission, was held in Dakar on 9 July 2011.

Seventh Regional Workshop on Biodiversity and Finance in Support of the Nagoya Outcomes

9 - 10 July 2011, Dakar, Senegal

Joint Summary of the Chairs and Highlights of the 40th GEF Council Meeting, 24-26 May 2011

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/76393 (2011-114)
To: All Focal Points under the Convention

The fortieth meeting of the Council of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) was held from 24-26 May 2011 in Washington, D.C., United States of America. The GEF Council approved the work program comprising 14 project concepts and one programmatic approach, including 4 biodiversity projects, wit ...

Press Release: GEF establishes the Nagoya Protocol Implementation Fund

GEF establishes the Nagoya Protocol Implementation Fund

Washington, D.C., 3 June, 2011 – The Global Environment Facility (GEF), the world’s largest public financer of global environment issues, will operate a new landmark fund to help developing countries to ratify and implement a key international agreement to conserve and sustainably use biodiver ...

Roundtable on Financing Protected Areas in West Africa

27 - 28 May 2011, Dakar, Senegal

Communiqué: GEF-CBD Partnering to Implement the Nagoya outcomes in Central America.

GEF-CBD Partnering to Implement the Nagoya outcomes in Central America

Montreal, 10 May 2011 – Participants in the Central American Regional Workshop on Biodiversity and Finance in Support of the Nagoya Outcomes, held in Panama City on 4 May 2011, including national focal points for the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the Convention on Biological Diversity (C ...

Central America Regional Workshop on Biodiversity and Finance

5 - 6 May 2011, Panama City, Panama

Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Central America Regional Workshop on Biodiversity and Finance, 4 May 2011, Panama City, Panama.

Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Central America Regional Workshop on Biodiversity and Finance, 4 May 2011, Panama City, Panama

Communiqué: Joint GEF-CBD Initiative to support implementation of the Nagoya Outcomes in South America.

Joint GEF-CBD Initiative to support implementation of the Nagoya Outcomes in South America

Montreal, 2 May 2011 – The South America Regional Workshop on Biodiversity and Finance in Support of the Nagoya Outcomes, held on 30 April 2011 in Cartagena, Colombia, gathered together, for the first time, focal points from the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and Global Environment Fac ...

South America Regional Workshop on Biodiversity and Finance

29 - 30 April 2011, Cartagena, Colombia

UNEP/CBD/RW-BF/5/5

Innovative Financing for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

UNEP/CBD/RW-BF/5/4

Review of Implementation of the Convention’s Strategy for Resource Mobilization: Indicative Guidelines for Country-Specific Resource Mobilization Strategies

UNEP/CBD/RW-BF/5/3

Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans

UNEP/CBD/RW-BF/5/2

Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from Their Utilization