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Marine protected reserves do more than restore fish

In a new analysis of the effectiveness of marine protected areas worldwide, University of Massachusetts Amherst marine ecologist Brian Cheng and colleagues report that reserves not only replenish target fish populations, they also restore ecological functioning. However, not all reserves perform ...

Measuring and Monitoring Protected Area Management Effectiveness: Lessons from the Field

The side event will be jointly hosted by the GEF operational focal point of India, the Wildlife Institute of India and the Global Environment Facility. The objective of the side event is to share best practice on measuring and monitoring protected area management effectiveness using experiences ...

Media Advisory: Achieving the Johannesburg Biodiversity Target on Protected Areas.

Media Advisory: International Call for Investments in Protected Areas in West Africa

Meeting of donor agencies and other relevant organizations to discuss options for mobilizing new and additional funding to developing countries for the implementation of the programme of work on protected areas (activity 3.4.7 of the programme of work)

20 - 21 June 2005, Montecatini, Italy

Message from Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the World Habitat Day 06 October 2008

Message from Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the World Habitat Day 06 October 2008.

Message from Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary, to International Conference in Defense of the Quality of the Night Sky and the Right to Observe the Stars.

Message from Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary, to International Conference in Defense of the Quality of the Night Sky and the Right to Observe the Stars.

We have not inherited this Earth but have simply borrowed it from our children. Yet our reckless and relentless exploitation is eroding our very resource base, jeopardizing the existence of life on Earth, including our own existence.

Message from the Executive Secretary, Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, on the occasion of a Donor Coordination Workshop on the Implementation of the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas in Mongolia, 15-16 November 2007

Message from the Executive Secretary, Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, on the occasion of a Donor Coordination Workshop on the Implementation of the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas in Mongolia, 15-16 November 2007

Message of the Executive Secretary, Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, on the occasion of the Technical Workshop on Protected Areas in the Amazon, 14-16 July 2008, Amacayacú National Park, Colombia

Message of the Executive Secretary, Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, on the occasion of the Technical Workshop on Protected Areas in the Amazon, 14-16 July 2008, Amacayacú National Park, Colombia.

Mobilizing communities trumps penalties in protecting seascapes: study

Conservationists have long recognised the significance of engaging locals in safeguarding the ecosystems they live off, but assessing those relationships can be hard because of time and resource constraints.

Monaco and Marine Protected Areas

Within the framework of the COP-10 and in presence of HSH the Sovereign Prince, the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation organizes a side event entitled “Monaco and Marine Protected Areas”. During this event, a presentation will be given on projects led by the Foundation in the field of biodive ...

More areas of B.C. coastal waters designated killer whale critical habitat

The classification means the two new areas are now legally protected against habitat-destroying activities.Two more areas of B.C. waters have officially been deemed "critical habitat" for southern and northern resident killer whales.

More protected areas won't save biodiversity, warn experts

Expanding nature preserves will not be enough to stem a rising tide of extinctions, a panel of experts warned Wednesday, taking aim at a draft treaty tasked with rescuing Earth's animal and plant life.

Most protected areas lack proper policing

On paper, nations are protecting their wilderness areas. In practice, most protected areas lack effective policing.

Moving the Needle on Ocean Protection

During this side event, we will launch a report titled “Moving the needle on Ocean Protection” that has been prepared for COP10 and that focuses on the implementation of the 2012 target of establishing Marine Protected Areas Networks. The report will provide evidence-based advice on improving an ...

NEW DATES: Capacity-building workshop for South, Central and West Asia on achieving Aichi Biodiversity Targets 11 and 12, New Delhi, India – 7 to 10 December 2015

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/SBG/LM/84855 (2015-115)
To: CBD National Focal Points of: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cyprus, India, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Maldives, Nepal, State of Palestine, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan and Yemen

National Park City status creates ‘higher expectations’ for park lands protection

The judges of Adelaide’s successful bid to become a globally-recognised National Park City say the title should lead to “higher expectations, accountability and standards” on planning decisions to rezone and commercialise the city’s park lands.

National Park Evaluation: The efficiency of German national park management and the applicability and transferability of the evaluation procedure at an international level

In 2004, the 7th Conference of Parties (COP7) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) agreed upon the Programme of Work on Protected Areas (PoWPA, VII/28). This programme is aimed at establishing and maintaining comprehensive, effectively managed, and ecologically representative national ...

National Parks To Pave The Way For China’s ‘Ecological Civilization’

Integrated management of China’s protected areas through the newly formed National Park Administration could boost both conservation and tourism.

National parks: Serving humanity’s well-being as much as nature’s

Imagine, for a moment, a world without national parks

Ndumo Game Reserve: The complicated balancing act of subsistence farming and nature conservation in KwaZulu-Natal

As cultivated fields expand and grazing cattle explore ever further in the Ndumo Game Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal, researchers worry about unresolved efforts to address human poverty while also trying to protect the ever-shrinking spaces left for wildlife and nature conservation.

Nearly half of planet’s land in need of ‘conservation attention’ to halt biodiversity crisis

Almost half the planet’s land surface needs extra conservation protection if the biodiversity crisis is to be halted, a major new study has found.

New Deal for Nature: Paying the Emperor to Fence the Wind

The latest idea to be heavily promoted by big conservation NGOs is doubling the world’s so-called “Protected Areas” (PAs) so that they cover thirty percent of the globe’s lands and oceans.

New Initiatives to Conserve and Protect Earth’s Agricultural Biodiversity for Future Generations.

Norway has launched the Svalbard International Seed Vault, which will act as a safety net in case seeds already stored in commercial gene banks are destroyed, or are decimated in a global catastrophe. Norway’s “Noah’s Ark” project aims to safeguard crop diversity by storing about 1.5 billion se ...

New Models for Engaging Local Communities in the Stewardship of Protected Areas: Lessons from World Heritage

High profile protected areas, World Heritage sites and Biosphere Reserves may serve as “learning laboratories for sustainable development” and demonstration sites for new ways to sustain ecosystems, species and genetic diversity. This workshop will feature models that make a practical local-to-g ...

New Pathways for Conservation Finance

The Conservation Finance Alliance (CFA) presents innovative approaches for financing biodiversity conservation. This event will bring together representatives from different working groups to discuss the role of Environmental Funds in scaling up conservation resources; cutting-edge Innovative Fi ...

New Support of Over €5 Million to Safeguard Biodiversity in Caucasus Wilderness Areas

Montréal, 12 April 2011—The long-term sustainability of nature’s bounty in the Caucasus has received a significant boost, thanks to the Government of Germany and three new corporate sponsors, through the Caucasus Nature Fund (CNF). This funding will safeguard some of the highest global levels of ...

New WWF-Canada Grant Recipients Restoring Over 100 Hectares of Habitat to Support Wildlife and Absorb Carbon

Groups across Canada are answering the call for a "whole-of-society" approach to the biodiversity and climate crises, taking meaningful and measurable actions to restore nature, recover wildlife and absorb carbon.

New Zealand Could Soon Protect One of World's Most Biodiverse Marine Areas

In 2015, then-New Zealand Prime Minister John Key announced his commitment to protect the waters surrounding the Kermadec Islands by creating one of the world’s largest fully protected marine areas. Located in the South Pacific, approximately 1,000 km (621 miles) northeast of New Zealand’s North ...

New dates and call for nominations for a Meeting to develop a Target 3 Partnership, Cambridge, United Kingdom - 12-14 June 2023

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/SK/MC/VA/90867 (2023-039)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

New protected area buffers Mauritania's shifting sands

Mauritania’s battle against encroaching desertification, which has damaged ecosystems and endangered species, has received a timely boost with the news that 200,000 hectares will be turned into a protected area to support biodiversity in the country.

New protected area relieves pressure on primates and pangolins in South Sudan

The future of globally important wildlife—including endangered chimpanzees and pangolins—looks a little brighter after over 17,000 hectares of severely threatened forest habitat in an ecologically unique region of South Sudan were granted formal protection.

New protections for high value conservation areas

The NSW Government has today announced the opening of nominations to identify and protect Areas of Outstanding Biodiversity Value (AOBVs) on both private and public lands across New South Wales.

New survey to define protection measures for Seychelles’ Grand Police area

A new survey is being undertaken at the Grand Police beach to assess the biodiversity of fauna and flora as well as define protection and conservation measures for the area.

Newly declared dugong conservation reserve will help protect marine biodiversity

In an effort to protect the dugong, the Tamil Nadu government declared 500 sq. km of the biodiversity-rich waters in the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay, where the marine mammal is found, as the country’s first dugong conservation reserve. Announced in September last year, the reserve is spread over ...

No fishing allowed in Ascension Island’s new marine protected area

Ascension Island, in the southern Atlantic Ocean, is getting a new marine protected area twice the size of the United Kingdom (UK).

No-take marine areas help fishers (and fish) far more than we thought

One hectare of ocean in which fishing is not allowed (a marine protected area) produces at least five times the amount of fish as an equivalent unprotected hectare, according to new research published today.

Nomination of experts for the technical expert workshop on other effective area-based conservation measures for achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 11, 6-9 February 2018 - Montreal, Canada

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/SBG/ESE/86684 (2017-099)
To: PoWPA Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points; Relevant International Organizations, Bi-lateral and Multi-lateral Funding Agencies, United Nations/international organizations; Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

Nominations for the Capacity-building Workshop for Central and Eastern Europe on Achieving Aichi Biodiversity Targets 11 and 12, 14 to 17 June 2016, Minsk, Belarus

Reference: SCBD/SAM/RH/SBG/LM/AAS/85567 (2016-049)
To: CBD National Focal Points of: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Montenegro, Poland, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan

Nominations for the Capacity-building workshop for Africa on achieving Aichi Biodiversity Targets 11 and 12, 22 to 25 March 2016 – Uganda

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/SBG/LM/AAS/85153 (2016-002)
To: CBD National Focal Points of: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cabo Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Nominations for the Regional Workshop for Africa on the Review of Implementation of the Programme of Work on Protected Areas

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/67667 (2009-061)
To: CBD Focal Points and PoWPA Focal Points in Africa

I am pleased to invite you to nominate one representative of your government, at your earliest convenience, but not later than 10 July 2009, to participate in the workshop. The Secretariat will be in a position to finance the participation of one representative from eligible Parties to the Conve ...

Nominations for the Regional Workshop for Asia and the Pacific on the Review of Implementation of the Programme of Work on Protected Areas

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/67668 (2009-062)
To: CBD Focal Points and PoWPA Focal Points in Asia and the Pacific

I am pleased to invite you to nominate one representative of your government, at your earliest convenience, but not later than 10 July 2009, to participate in the workshop. The Secretariat will be in a position to finance the participation of one representative from eligible Parties to the Conve ...

Nominations for the Regional Workshop for Central and Eastern Europe on the Review of Implementation of the Programme of Work on Protected Areas from 27 November to 1 December 2009, Isle of Vilm, Germany

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/68215 (2009-113)
To: CBD National Focal Points and PoWPA Focal Points in Central and Eastern Europe

In paragraph A15 of decision IX/18, the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) requested the Executive Secretary to convene regional and sub-regional capacity-building and progress-review workshops for the programme of work on protected areas (PoWPA). In ...

Nominations for the Regional Workshop for Latin America and the Caribbean on the Review of Implementation of the Programme of Work on Protected Areas

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/67669 (2009-063)
To: CBD Focal Points and PoWPA Focal Points in Latin America and the Caribbean

I am pleased to invite you to nominate one representative of your government, at your earliest convenience, but not later than 10 July 2009, to participate in the workshop. The Secretariat will be in a position to finance the participation of one representative from eligible Parties to the Conve ...

North American Forest Commission (NAFC), 26th Session

8 - 9 May 2012, Quebec, Canada

Nuts and bolts: putting together financial sustainability of protected area systems

Over the past two years, The Nature Conservancy and UNDP have collaborated with 18 govts in the Latin America Region to better understand the existing and needed levels of financing for protected area systems to meet the targets of the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas. Coupled with econ ...