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Report of the Eleventh Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
Report on Options for the Development of a Collaborative Partnership on Sustainable Wildlife Management
Summary Report of the Work of the Expert Group on Maintaining the Ability of Biodiversity to Continue to Support the Water Cycle
Use of Cameras and Audio/Video Recording Devices by Participants at Meetings of the Convention on Biological Diversity
Guidelines for the Participation of Representatives of Observer Organizations at Meetings of the Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity and its Subsidiary Bodies
Engagement with Business
Marine and Coastal Biodiversity: Revised Voluntary Guidelines for the Consideration of Biodiversity in Environmental Impact Assessments and Strategic Environmental Assessments in Marine and Coastal Areas
Synthesis on Innovative Financial Mechanisms
Cooperation with other Conventions, International Organizations and Initiative
Report on Collaborative Work on Biodiversity and Agriculture
Cooperation With Other Conventions: Supplementary Information on Working Arrangements
Revised Annotations to the Provisional Agenda
Progress Report on the Clearing-House Mechanism
Synthesis of Views on the Need for and Possible Development of Additional Mechanisms to Enable Parties to Meet their Commitments under the Convention and the Implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020
Collaboration with the Intergovernmental Science Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Progress Report on Biodiversity and Climate Change, and on the Biodiversity of Dry and Sub-Humid Lands
Monitoring Implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011 2020, Including Progress in the Preparation of the Fourth Edition of the Global Biodiversity Outlook
Proposed Work Programme for the Clearing-House Mechanism in Support of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020
Compilation of Views on the Need for and Possible Development of Additional Mechanisms to Enable Parties to Meet their Commitments under the Convention and the Implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020
Review of Progress in Providing Support to Parties in the Context of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and the Aichi Biodiversity Targets
Ecosystem Restoration
Report of the Second Meeting of the Open-Ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from Their Utilization
Report of the Global Environment Facility
Review of Progress in Implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, Including the Establishment of National Targets and the Updating of National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans
Progress Report on Technology Transfer and Cooperation (Article 16 to 19)
United Nations Decade on Biodiversity and Assessment of the Results of the International Year of Biodiversity – 2010
Retirement of Decisions
Advice on the Application of Relevant Safeguards for Biodiversity with Regard to Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation and the Role of Conservation, Sustainable Management of Forests and Enhancement Of Forest Carbon Stocks in Developing Countries (REDD+)
Protected Areas: Progress in the Implementation of the Programme of Work and Achievement of Aichi Biodiversity Target 11
Progress Report on Gender Mainstreaming
Incentive Measures (Article 11) - Progress report on activities undertaken by Parties, other Governments, relevant organizations and initiatives, and the Executive Secretary: updated analysis of information received
The Multi-Year Programme of Work and the Periodicity of Meetings of the Conference of the Parties
Periodicity of Meetings and Organization of Work of the Conference of the Parties
Report of the meeting on Article 10 with a focus on Article 10(c), as a major component of the programme of work on Article 8(j) and related provisions of the Convention
Recommendations Arising from the Ninth and Tenth Sessions of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues to the Convention on Biological Diversity
United Nations Decade on Biodiversity 2011-2020: Draft strategy and summary of activities during 2011
Review of Implementation of the Strategy for Resource Mobilization (Addendum)
Multi-Year Plan of Action for South-South Cooperation on Biodiversity for Development
Report of the Executive Secretary on the Administration of the Convention and the Budget for the Trust Funds of the Convention
Proposed Budget for the Programme of Work of the Convention on Biological Diversity for the Biennium 2013 2014
Programme and Subprogramme Activities and Resources Required
Progress Report on the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization and Related Developments
Review of Implementation of the Strategy for Resource Mobilization, Including the Establishment of Targets
Engagement of Stakeholders and Major Groups
Marine and Coastal Biodiversity: Progress Report on Describing Areas That Meet the Criteria for Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas
Invasive Alien Species: Progress Report on the Programme of Work
Biodiversity for Poverty Eradication and Development
Submissions Provided by Parties in Accordance with Recommendation 2/8 of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol for the Consideration of the Eleventh Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (<a href='http://www.cbd.int/cop11/abs/submiss ...
Compilation of Comments on the Dehradun Recommendations Submitted to the Executive Secretary
A Review of Barriers to the Sharing of Biodiversity Data and Information, With Recommendations for Eliminating Them
Report of the First Meeting of the Informal Liaison Group on Biological and Cultural Diversity for the Joint Programme of Work on Biological and Cultural Diversity of the Convention on Biological Diversity and UNESCO
Working Relationship between the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Overview of the Status of Issues for Consideration of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol
Organic Carbon Stocks and the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
Report of the Executive Secretary on the Administration of the Convention and the Budget for the Trust Funds of the Convention and the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
New Delhi ASEAN - India Ministerial Statement on Biodiversity
A Revised Compilation of Views on Article 10 with a Focus on Article 10©
Report of the Sixteenth Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice
Report of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention on the Work of Its Fourth Meeting
Information Note for Participants (Updated on 13 September 2012)
Provisional Agenda
Report of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice on the Work of Its Fifteenth Meeting
Report of the First Meeting of the Open-Ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from Their Utilization
Report of the Seventh Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Inter Sessional Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions Of the Convention on Biological Diversity
Proposals on the Retirement of Decisions Taken by the Conference of the Parties at Its Seventh Meeting
This event is designed to take place in the main conference setting (HICC) during the lunch break (13.15-14.45) of the Conference. Go4BioDiv is an International Youth Forum, aimed at providing a platform to the youth to voice their opinion on the issues related to biodiversity during CBD-COP as ...
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)’s Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI) is joining hand with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), to present how well-managed quarry (mine) activities could bring value to the environment and community at large ...
The side event presents the successful project “Cotton Connect”, an initiative engaged in ecosystem restoration without GMO and pesticides offering organic cotton and supporting the Better Cotton Initiative, in cooperation with the world´s leading organic cotton clothing retailer C&A and its Ger ...
The side event will give an overview of Namibia's Community Based Natural Resources Management (CBNRM) Programme and how the devolution of legal rights over elements of biodiversity and the provision of technical support has empowered communities to conserve and sustainably utilize their natural ...
Orée is a French non-profit organization which leads for ten years a prospective thinking about biodiversity issues for companies of all size. In this context, a guide and a special issue – available in English and French – have been published on the subject "Integrating biodiversity into busine ...
Increasing understanding and willingness of young people to act for biodiversity contributes to the first Aichi Biodiversity Target: “By 2020, at the latest, people are aware of the values of biodiversity and the steps they can take to conserve and use it sustainably”. The aim of this event is t ...
Supported by UNEP, the Multilateral Environmental Agreements Information and Knowledge Management Initiative (InforMEA) aims to assist Parties to Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) and the environment community at large, to access MEAs information from one central location. The Initia ...
Over last 40 Years, since the adoption of UNESCO's Convention of World Cultural and Natural Heritage, 962 properties have been inscribed as the World Heritage of which 188 are inscribed as Would Natural Heritage. First ever serial nomination of 39 sites in India in the the Western Ghats - consi ...
The Convention on Biological Diversity, signed by 193 countries, explicitly recognizes that biodiversity is the foundation of economic productivity, prosperity, sustainable development, and ultimately, poverty eradication. It calls for ecosystem services to be incorporated into national account ...
The topic of business and biodiversity is progressing all over the world. Different kinds of platforms, initiatives, organizations, and of course governments are striving to integrate the private sector in the implementation of the CBD goals and targets as well as national strategy plans for bio ...
The event will showcase progress in meeting the ambitious commitments made by Wet African countries at COP10 to expand their protected area systems and promote benefits to local people. The Nagoya commitments were followed-up with a donor roundtable meeting in 2011 with the Lifeweb Initiative an ...
The German federal government is committed to providing suitable financing to reach the goals of the Strategic Plan 2011 - 2020 of the CBD to preserve biodiversity and ecosystems and to support sustainable development in partner countries. In 2008 German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced in 200 ...
The best inventions are often first discovered in smaller scale, pilot projects, and test rounds – locally, or regionally, instead of globally. If these are, at the same time, closely connected to Governments, science communities and the commercial sector of several countries, the chances for su ...
The event will present the findings of the report published by Sustainlabour in collaboration with Fundación Biodiversidad on the links between ecosystems and biodiversity, economy and employment. Loss of biodiversity is causing the decline of ecosystem services, whose impact is not only social ...
What are local governments already doing for biodiversity and how can their full potential be unlocked? By drawing from a series of local experiences as well as science-policy developments, this event will explore the local and urban dimensions of nature conservation. It will reflect on progress ...
Reactive nitrogen is needed to feed the world, but pollutes the world’s air, land and water, threatening biodiversity and contributing to climate change. With projected increases in human population and standard of living, this makes for a major global challenge to produce more food and energy, ...
Several of the about 200 members of the Mountain Partnership (Governments, IGOs and NGOs) are involved in protecting mountain biodiversity. 10 years after the launch of this Alliance and the International Year of Mountains 2002, we need to take stock of the main achievements and identify the cha ...
The side-event will present recent OECD work on the economics and policy of biodiversity and ecosystems, including the OECD Environmental Outlook to 2050, Green Growth and Biodiversity, and Scaling-up Finance for Biodiversity.
The Brazilian Initiative on Business and Biodiversity was recently launched during Rio + 20 by the joint efferts from the Confederation of Industries - CNI, the Brazilian Business Council for Sustainable Development CEBDS, LIFE Institute and the Business Movement for Biodiversity - MEB. One of t ...
Biodiversity conservation has largely focused on protected areas, which are dispersed in wider landscapes, often surrounded by land use that exerts pressure on them. A number of significantly rich biodiversity areas also lie at the international boundaries between countries in South Asia. It is ...
In partnership with the Government of Ecuador and with the participation of Small Island Developing States (SIDS), nations with islands and island nations (specific countries to be determined) and the Global Island Partnership (GLISPA), Island Conservation will describe how to prevent species ex ...
The Andean Community is the intergovernmental integration organization of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. These countries are considered some the most diverse and rich countries in flora and fauna species. Taking into account this richness, the Andean Countries have developed policy instrum ...
The MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity is a biennial international prize co-organized by the AEON Environmental Foundation and the Secretariat of CBD to honour individuals who have made outstanding contributions for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. At this event, winners of the 2 ...
The “Markhor Award” recognizes and celebrates outstanding conservation performance by personalities, private and government institutions, enterprises or conservation projects that link the conservation of biodiversity and human livelihoods through the application of the principles of sustainable ...
The Food and Agriculture Organization recognizes the enormous contributions and important role of family farmers, indigenous peoples and local communities in managing, conserving and sustaining our biodiversity. Ten years after its initiation by FAO in 2002, during the World Summit on Sustainabl ...
Young people all around the world take action to halt the loss of Biodiversity. This side event will present outstanding projects and the work of youth organizations on the local, national and international level in all regions of the world. Participants will have the chance to discuss with youn ...
This will be an official side eventjointly organised by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India (MoEF) and the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Government of Germany (BMU) to launch a new Indo-German partnership programme on “Coas ...
The National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) are an integral requirement of CBD for all the Parties to the Convention. A first round of NBSAP preparation/development/ implementation has been completed by many countries, often financed by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) th ...
Biorights is a new economic paradigm for environmental conservation that tries to compensate the opportunity costs of commons for wise use of natural resources on which they depend for their livelihood. In developing the South globe important ecosystems that are rich in biodiversity and have si ...
Our Pacific biodiversity is at the heart of Pacific culture, identity and livelihoods of local communities - for many, the foundation of Nature Conservation is the traditional Pacific way of life, in our region we fully understand - "Nature Protects if She is Protected". During this side event ...
SACEP is an intergavernmental environmental orgainzation and its member countries are: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Hon. Ministers of Environment at the 12th meeting of Governing Council of SACEP held on 1-3 November 2010, just after the CBD CO ...
At this side event will be presented some activities developed in the region in supporting the Aichi Biodiversity Targets implementation. A reference about the Amazon Observatory defined by the ACTO Member Countries will be also presented.
The State of Arunachal Pradesh belongs to North Eastern part of India and the Himalayan region. Its biodiversity of plants and animals is acknowledged for its great richness, Arunachal Pradesh being one of the world's 35 biodiversity hotspots. The State particular interest also lies in its popul ...
Regional Conservation Trust Funds have become increasingly important in delivering finance for nature conservation on a transnational scale over the past years. They offer unique opportunities concerning access to finance, efficiency gains and knowledge management for Protected Areas, particular ...
It is an active and exciting period for biodiversity informatics in the world and in India. The Indian subcontinent has been biologically explored extensively over the years. However information on the description, status and distribution of biodiversity, essential to conservation science, plann ...