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High-level segment of the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

15 - 17 December 2022, Montreal, Canada

High-level segment of the fourteenth meeting of Conference of the Parties and concurrent meetings of the Parties to the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols

14 - 15 November 2018, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt

How the Kunming conference can turn biodiversity failures around

If we want real biodiversity targets then we need to address problems with the existing negotiation draft, says Peng Kui.Coronavirus has forced many to look again at how humanity relates to animals and nature. In Kunming this October, a meeting of importance to all life on the planet will take p ...

Human Rights Day 2017

10 December 2017, New York, United States of America

Human Rights Day 2018

10 December 2018, Geneva, Switzerland

Human Rights and Dignity of People Living in Poverty, Message from Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity on the occasion of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, 17 October 2008

Human Rights and Dignity of People Living in Poverty, Message from Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity on the occasion of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, 17 October 2008.

Hyderabad ready to host the world biodiversity community

Montreal, 11 October 2011 –The Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Ahmed Djoghlaf, paid a working visit to India from 5 to 8 October 2011 to discuss preparations for the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention and its sixth meeting serving a ...

I am honoured to address the second committee of the UN General Assembly under your chairmanship.

I am honoured to have this opportunity to address you on the occasion of the visit of His Excellency Enrique Peña Nieto, President of Mexico at this United Nations Biodiversity Conference, in Cancun, Mexico, 2016.

I am pleased to welcome you all to the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol, and the second meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol, here in Cancun, Mexico.

I and my colleagues here at the Secretariat are greatly saddened to learn that Dr. Calestous Juma, former Executive Secretary to the Convention on Biological Diversity, has passed away.

I call on all governments to send a clear message at COP 14 that safeguarding biodiversity is fundamental to our survival and to the well-being of everybody, everywhere.

I would like to start by acknowledging and welcoming the good results of a successful 2016 United Nations Biodiversity Conference here in Cancun, Mexico, where, after arduous negotiations

ICLEI World Congress 2021 - 2022

21 - 23 June 2021, Online, Bern, Switzerland

IUCN World Conservation Congress Marseille (International Union for Conservation of Nature)

3 - 11 September 2021, Hybrid, Marseille, France

Article 7

Identification and Monitoring

Article A.I

Identification and Monitoring

Article 14

Impact Assessment and Minimizing Adverse Impacts

Implementation of Umoja by the CBD Secretariat

Reference: SCBD/RMCS/MR-H/FB/84534 (2015-038)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Improving the efficiency of structures and processes under the Convention and its Protocols

Reference: SCBD/OES/OJ/moc/82999 (2013-120)
To: All CBD Focal Points, international and non-governmental organizations, indigenous and local communities and relevant stakeholders

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 implementation of the Convention and its Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020.

Article 8

In-situ Conservation

Article 11

Incentive Measures

India Donates Art to the CBD Museum of Nature and Culture; and Releases its Third National Report to the Convention

New Delhi, 20 November 2006 – Befitting his country’s unique and rich cultural and biological diversity, the Honourable Thiru A. Raja, Minister of Environment and Forests of the Government of India, presented a marble vase to the Museum of Nature and Culture of the Convention on Biological Diver ...

India Donates Art to the CBD Museum of Nature and Culture; and Releases its Third National Report to the Convention.

India Offers to Host the Eleventh Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in 2012

Montreal, 31 October 2009. The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity today welcomed the offer of the Government of India to host the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention (COP-11) in 2012.

Indian Government Officials Visit the CBD Secretariat

A delegation of officials from the Indian Government paid a visit to the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity on 1-2 February. Led by Mr. G. Balachandhran, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Environment and Forests, the delegation included Dr. Manoranjan Hota Additional Directo ...

Indian Government Officials Visit the CBD Secretariat.

Informal Consultations on the Development of the Strategy for Resource Mobilization in Support of Implementation of the Convention

13 October 2007, Montreal, Canada

Informal group on budget to support preparation of an interim budget for 2021

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/89067 (2020-079)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Points

Information Session on LIFE + 2010 (Brussels - French session)

11 May 2010, Brussels, Belgium

Information Session on LIFE + 2010 (Dutch session)

10 May 2010, Brussels, Belgium

Information Session on LIFE + 2010 (Luxembourg - French session)

12 May 2010, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Information and experiences relevant to mainstreaming biodiversity across sectors and into cross-sectoral plans and policies

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/RH/SS/VA/85178 (2015-131)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and relevant organizations

Information regarding the High-Level Segment of the Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention and of the concurrent meetings of the Parties to the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/CE/89875 (2021-066)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points

Initial discussion document on the post-2020 global biodiversity framework

Reference: SCBD/OES/CPP/JMF/87868 (2019-008)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, relevant organizations

Inspired by discussions on the possibilities of transformational change, a keynote address by Canadian astronaut Roberta Bondar, and a celebration of indigenous culture, more than 1,000 delegates from around the world concluded two critical meetings of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Montreal, Canada.

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 ...

Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Regional consultations and stakeholder day (IPBES-5)

6 March 2017, Bonn, Germany

Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITWG-PGRFA)

17 - 19 June 2020, Rome, Italy

Interim arrangements for the allocation of funding for facilitating participation of Parties in the Convention process and its Biosafety Protocol

Reference: SCBD/RMCS/MR-H/57059 (2007-126)
To: CBD National Focal Points

As a follow up of the Notification dated 9 January 2007, referenced SCBD/SEL/OJ/57059 (2007-002), forwarding the interim arrangements for the allocation of funding for facilitating participation of Parties in the Convention and its Biosafety Protocol, adopted by the Bureau at its meeting held on ...

Internaitonal Day of Forests 2017: "Forests and Energy"

21 March 2017, New York, United States of America

Internation Youth Day 2017: "Youth Building Peace"

12 August 2017, New York, United States of America

International Civil Aviation Day 2018

7 December 2018, Montreal, Canada

International Conference on Biodiversity - Biodiversity and the UN Millennium Development Goals: Challenges for Research and Action

1 - 3 December 2010, Frankfurt, Germany

International Conference on Biodiversity Conservation in Transboundary Tropical Forests

21 - 24 July 2010, Quito, Ecuador

International Conference on Customary Law, Traditional Knowledge and Human Rights

18 - 19 June 2010, Gallway, Ireland

International Congress for Conservation Biology: "Insights for Sustaining Life on Earth"

23 - 27 July 2017, Cartagena, Colombia

International Day for Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ab/58264 (2007-053)
To: All CBD National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that thanks to the generous financial support from the Government of Norway and in collaboration with TVE and UNEP, the video on "biodiversity and climate change" is now available in English, French and Spanish on the Secretariat’s website, and can be downloaded at the ...