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Request to submit photos for the 2009 International Day for Biological Diversity on Invasive Alien Species

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JS/RH/aw/64795 (2008-111)
To: CBD National Focal Points

As announced in the notification of 21 July 2008 (2008-087), the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is currently developing outreach materials and publications for the celebration of the 2009 International Day for Biological Diversity (IBD), under the theme of invasive a ...

4th Meeting of Parties of the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds Agreement (AEWA)

15 - 19 September 2008, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Expert Meeting on Animal Welfare (FAO)

29 September - 3 October 2008, Rome, Italy

Request to submit examples of best practices for addressing the risks associated with the introduction of alien species as pets, aquarium and terrarium species, and as live bait and live food

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JSH/aw/65114 (2008-127)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points

The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) invites Parties, other governments and relevant organizations to submit examples of best practices for addressing the risks associated with the introduction of alien species as pets, aquarium and terrarium species, and as live bait ...

35th Natural Areas Conference 2008

14 - 17 October 2008, Nashville, United States of America

Biodiversity Information Standards

19 - 25 October 2008, Perth, Australia

Latin American Workshop of the ITTO-CITES Project on Ensuring International Trade in CITES-listed Timber Species is Consistent with their Sustainable Management and Conservation

13 November 2008, Cancun, Mexico

International Expert Workshop on CITES Non-Detriment Findings

17 - 22 November 2008, Cancun, Mexico

Fourth Meeting of the Parties (MOP4) to the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds

23 - 27 November 2008, Antananarivo, Madagascar

15th Meeting of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS) Scientific Council

27 - 28 November 2008, Rome, Italy

9th Meeting of the Conference of Parties of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) (COP-9)

30 November - 5 December 2008, Rome, Italy

18th Meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Plants Committee

17 - 21 March 2009, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Statement by the Executive Secretary, Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, on the occasion of the Fourth Session of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measurese, Rome, 30 March - 3 April 2009.

Statement by the Executive Secretary, Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, on the occasion of the Fourth Session of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measurese, Rome, 30 March - 3 April 2009

COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE COSTS OF ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACROSS JURISDICTIONS

<p> <b>Presentation(s):</b> <ul> <li><a href="/doc/side-events/abs/abswg-07/ID1643-scbd.pdf">International Litigation Costs: Comparative Study</a></li> </ul> </p>

24th Meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Animals Committee

20 - 24 April 2009, Geneva, Switzerland

16th Meeting of the Advisory Committee of the ASCOBANS Secretariat

20 - 24 April 2009

Odum Conference 2009: Understanding and Managing Biological Invasions as Dynamic Processes: Integrating Information Across Space and Time

30 April - 1 May 2009, Rensselaerville, United States of America

Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the Eighth Meeting of the Bern Convention Group of Experts on Invasive Alien Species, 5-7 May 2009, Brijuni, Croatia.

Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the Eighth Meeting of the Bern Convention Group of Experts on Invasive Alien Species, 5-7 May 2009, Brijuni, Croatia

Message by Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the World Migratory Bird Day 2009: "Barriers to Migration", 9 – 10 May 2009.

Message by Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the World Migratory Bird Day 2009: "Barriers to Migration", 9 – 10 May 2009

Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the 2009 International Day for Biological Diversity, Tokyo, 22 May 2009.

Press Release: Celebrating the International Day for Biological Diversity.

Celebrating the International Day for Biological Diversity

Montreal, 22 May 2009 – Invasive alien species (IAS) - one of the greatest threats to biodiversity, and to the ecological and economic well-being of society and the planet – is this year’s theme for the International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB). This year, the event is being marked by a r ...

Third Global Invasive Species Information Network (GISIN) Data Standards Workshop

29 - 30 May 2009, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

58th Meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Standing Committee

6 - 10 July 2009, Geneva, Switzerland

Training and Review Workshop on the Management of Marine and Coastal Invasive Species in the COBSEA Region

31 August - 4 September 2009, Bangkok, Thailand

Announcement of the International University of Andalusia (Spain): The 9th Master's Degree in Management, Access and Conservation of Species in Trade: The International Framework (April-June 2010).

World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) - 64th Annual Conference

4 - 8 October 2009, St. Louis, United States of America

Meeting of the CITES Management and Scientific Authorities of the member countries of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization

5 - 7 October 2009, Brasilia, Brazil

Reminder: Request to submit examples of best practices for addressing the risks associated with the introduction of alien species as pets, aquarium and terrarium species, and as live bait and live food

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JSH/65114R (2009-137)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points

This is in reference to notification 2008-127 dated 1 October 2008, available at: http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2008/ntf-2008-127-ias-en.pdf, regarding the request to submit examples of best practices for addressing the risks associated with the introduction of alien species as pets, aqua ...

International Congress on Biological Invasions (ICBI)

2 - 6 November 2009, Fuzhou, China

CUSTOMARY SUSTAINABLE USE: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER ADVANCING AND IMPLEMENTING ARTICLE 10(C) AS A PRIORITY

In decision IX/13, the Conference of the Parties requested the Executive Secretary to provide advice to the Working Group on how Article 10(c) may be further advanced and implemented as a priority. Representatives of indigenous peoples and traditional resource users from Bangladesh, Cameroon, ...

Creating and Maintaining Meaningful Partnerships in the North West Territories Protected Areas Strategy

The NWT Protected Areas Strategy (PAS) outlines a community-based process to establish a network of protected areas across the NWT. It promotes a sound approach to land use decision-making by including the best available traditional, ecological, cultural, and economic knowledge. The goals of t ...

Applying traditional knowledge and practices to sustainable forest management and recovery of species at risk

Applying traditional knowledge and practices to sustainable forest management and recovery of species at risk. The event will showcase 2 Canadian examples of how Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge and customary practices are contributing to conservation planning and sustainable resource managemen ...

The development of Bio-cultural Community Protocols as Sui Generis Systems for Ensuring Conservation, Sustainable Use and the Protection of TKIP

A seminar to explain and foster discussion about how bio-cultural community protocols can be used by communities to secure their rights under Article 8j

Towards an ABS Commons System

IDLO, Natural Justice, SPDA, Association Andes and CESAGEN: presentation on the initiatives currently underway in Latin America, Africa and India on the issue of Commons. Topics covered: The work of CESAGEN and SPDA on ABS Commons; Association Andes on open source seed systems; and Natural Just ...

Indigenous Educators and the CBD

Indigenous Educators Contributions to Communication, Education and Public Awareness (CEPA) Work

BALANCING BUILDING BLOCKS OF A FUNCTIONAL ABS SYSTEM: Key Legal issues affecting the Creation of the ABS Regime

This side event will present a legal analysis of the functional challenges that must be addressed by the Parties in creating and implementing the ABS regime. The analysis has been written by Tomme Young and Morten Walløe Tvedt as part of a research project on ABS that is currently carried out b ...

Access and Benefit Sharing for Biological Control Agents

Explanation of the use of genetic resources by the Biological Control Industry and the impact of the ABS IR

Towards an ABS Commons System

IDLO, Natural Justice, SPDA, Association Andes and CESAGEN: presentation on the initiatives currently underway in Latin America, Africa and India on the issue of Commons. Topics covered: The work of CESAGEN and SPDA on ABS Commons; Association Andes on open source seed systems; and Natural Justi ...

Whale of a Time Workshop

21 November 2009 - 31 December 2010, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Press Release: Celebrating the 150th anniversary of On the Origin of Species and the launch of the UK partnership supporting Biodiversity is Life - the International Year of Biodiversity 2010.

Celebrating the 150th anniversary of On the Origin of Species and the launch of the UK partnership supporting Biodiversity is Life - the International Year of Biodiversity 2010

Montreal, 1 December 2009 – On 24 November, Darwin200 partners—the British Council, the John R. Murray Charitable Trust and the Charles Darwin Trust—hosted the celebrations commemorating the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin‘s On the Origin of the Species. The key theme of t ...

Worldwide Save Loktak Lake Campaign

1 January 2010 - 31 December 2012, Manipur, India

Biodiversité 52 (Biodiversity 52)

1 January - 31 December 2010, Namur, Belgium

2010: Année Biodiversité

1 January - 31 December 2010, Brussels, Belgium

L'Arca della Biodiversita (The Arch of Biodiversity)

20 February - 18 September 2010, Lerma, Italy

Wilderness Pakistan holds a National Competition on Biodiversity

1 - 31 March 2010, Islamabad, Pakistan