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#125914
2020-11-27

UN Biodiversity Convention adopts 2021 interim budget

Web Announcement
#125813
2020-11-20

UN Biodiversity Conference’s extraordinary meetings to resume next week

Web Announcement
#125698
2020-11-13

UN Biodiversity Convention’s Conference of the Parties holds three extraordinary meetings to address urgent programmatic matter for 2021

Web Announcement
#125667
2020-11-11

New report shows vast majority of consumers surveyed feel companies morally obligated to protect biodiversity

Web Announcement
#125497
2020-10-23

Statement by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of United Nations Day

Web Announcement
#125490
2020-10-16

Collaborative Partnership on Sustainable Wildlife Management urges science-based approach to wildlife management in the context of COVID-19

Web Announcement
#125495
2020-10-16

Statement by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of World Food Day

Web Announcement
#125487
2020-10-15

Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress celebrates tenth anniversary

Web Announcement
#125492
2020-10-14

Keynote address: Conservation, Awareness, and Knowledge: Zoos and Aquariums in Support of the Biodiversity Agenda, by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, to the 75th Annual WAZA Conference, 14 October 2020

Web Announcement
#125483
2020-10-12

Statement by Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the 75th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, Second Committee, agenda item 19(f), Sustainable development: Convention on Biological Diversity, report of the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, New York, United States of America, 12 October 2020

Web Announcement
#125480
2020-09-30

Statement by Ms. Elizabeth Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the High-level Side Event of the United Nations Summit on Biodiversity: “Biodiversity – the Ocean’s Role”, 30 September 2020.

Web Announcement
#125474
2020-09-24

Statement by Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the round table “Biodiversity Beyond 2020: Building a Shared Future for All Life on Earth”, convened by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, 24 September 2020

Web Announcement
#125470
2020-09-23

Global Strategy for Plant Conservation succeeds in aligning actions to protect plant diversity around the world

Web Announcement
#125472
2020-09-23

Without immediate action we face catastrophic loss of nature and biodiversity and increasing risks of pandemics as a result, as showcased in a major report released by the UN Convention on Biological Diversity last week.

Web Announcement
#125466
2020-09-16

Statement by Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, at the opening of the special virtual session of SBI-3, In-session review of implementation: Testing of a Party-led review process, through an Open-Ended Forum and the Strategy for Resource Mobilization, Wednesday, 16 September, to Thursday, 17 September 2020

Web Announcement
#125460
2020-09-15

Nature: Humanity at a Crossroads, UN Warns

Web Announcement
#125462
2020-09-15

Statement by Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, at the opening of the special virtual session of SBSTTA-24; Launch of the fifth edition of the Global Biodiversity Outlook, 15 September 2020

Web Announcement
#125464
2020-09-10

Statement by Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, at the opening of the Webinar on Building Back Better: Protecting Biodiversity, Combating Land Degradation and Mitigating Climate Change, 10 September 2020

Web Announcement
#125458
2020-09-08

Statement by Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the 5th Annual Biodiversity Research and Evidence Indaba, hosted by the Government of South Africa, venue: Zoom, 8-9 September 2020

Web Announcement
#125451
2020-08-26

Winners of the MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity 2020

Web Announcement
#125454
2020-08-24

Statement by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the opening of the Virtual Expert Forum on SEEA Experimental Ecosystem Accounting 2020, 24-25 August 2020

Web Announcement
#125449
2020-08-23

UN’s Global Biodiversity Outlook 5 New Launch Date: Tuesday, 15 September

Web Announcement
#125444
2020-08-10

Statement by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, at the occasion of the International Youth Day 2020 12 August 2020

Web Announcement
#125442
2020-08-07

Statement by CBD Executive Secretary Elizabeth Maruma Mrema on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

Web Announcement
#125434
2020-07-15

New dates announced for UN Biodiversity Convention meetings crucial to development of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework

Web Announcement
#125430
2020-06-30

The City of Montreal, with the support of ICLEI-Cities Biodiversity Center and the SCBD, through the #CitiesWithNature initiative, developed short briefing sheets about inspiring examples for communities to act to protect biodiversity in our cities

Web Announcement
#125422
2020-06-08

Elizabeth Maruma Mrema appointed head of UN Biodiversity Convention.

Web Announcement
#125420
2020-06-03

UN Biodiversity lead welcomes new head of Global Environment Facility

Web Announcement
#125417
2020-05-29

UN Biodiversity Convention on track to develop ambitious post-2020 global biodiversity framework.

Web Announcement
#125404
2020-05-19

World celebrates nature as a source of solutions to global challenges.

Web Announcement
#125222
2020-04-21

Statement by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Acting Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of Earth Day

Web Announcement
#125008
2020-04-07

Statement by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Acting Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of World Health Day

Web Announcement
#125005
2020-04-02

Two meetings of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD) permanent subsidiary bodies originally scheduled for May 2020 and then rescheduled for August/September 2020 will now take place in August 2020.

Web Announcement
#124736
2020-03-17

Due to the evolving nature of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has moved to hold many meetings virtually and has postponed others.

Web Announcement
#124590
2020-03-09

Subregional exchange for the Caribbean on the restoration of forests and other ecosystems

Web Announcement
#124707
2020-03-09

Statement by Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the opening of the Subregional Exchange for the Caribbean on the Restoration of Forests and Other Ecosystems, 9-13 March 2020

Web Announcement
#124525
2020-03-03

Joining the global celebration of the United Nations World Wildlife Day, representatives of UN Member States, UN System organizations, international and non-governmental organizations, rural communities and youth gathered at the UN Headquarters in New York and Geneva to mark the day at two high-level events.

Web Announcement
#124440
2020-03-01

Governments advance in the preparation of a New UN Biodiversity Framework; Negotiations in Rome demonstrate engagement across government and society

Web Announcement
#124343
2020-02-24

Over 1000 delegates from more than 140 countries started negotiations today at FAO headquarters, Rome on the zero draft of a landmark post-2020 global biodiversity framework and targets for nature to 2030.

Web Announcement
#124368
2020-02-24

Statement by Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Acting Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, for the opening of the Second Meeting of the Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, Monday, 24 February 2020, Rome

Web Announcement
#124043
2020-01-31

Due to the ongoing situation following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus 2019, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), in consultation with the Government of the People’s Republic of China, the COP (Conference of the Parties) Presidency and the Co-Chairs of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (WG2020-2), has decided that the second meeting of the Working Group will take place in Rome, Italy at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on the same dates, 24 – 29 February 2020.

Web Announcement
#124047
2020-01-31

Statement by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Acting Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of World Wetlands Day

Web Announcement
#124022
2020-01-29

Twenty years ago, on 29 January 2000, Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. The Cartagena Protocol entered into force on 11 September 2003.

Web Announcement
#123741
2019-12-18

Statement by Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Acting Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, at the fifty-seventh meeting of the Council of the Global Environment Facility, Wednesday, 18 December 2019, Washington D.C., United States of America

Web Announcement
#123404
2019-12-11

The nature that surrounds us, sustains us. Ensuring that it can continue to do so for future generations is a trust bestowed on us all.

Web Announcement
#123405
2019-12-11

Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, CBD Acting Executive Secretary, welcomes announcement that biodiversity will be theme of the next year’s World Environment Day: “We are delighted to see that biodiversity will be the focus of World Environment Day 2020. The 2020 WED theme is especially opportune and will help educate the public and mobilize political will around one of the most critical issues of our time. UNEP’s decision will help raise awareness of actions needed in the “super year” for biodiversity.

Web Announcement
#123372
2019-12-10

Agriculture and biodiversity have been inextricably linked for as long as we humans have been producing our own food. As the source of all variety in our crops and livestock, biodiversity is the very foundation of agriculture.

Web Announcement
#123298
2019-12-05

Statement by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Acting Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of World Soil Day 2019

Web Announcement
#123296
2019-12-02

Statement by Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Acting Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Invasive Alien Species, Montreal, 2-4 December 2019

Web Announcement
#123186
2019-12-01

The Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD) subsidiary body on science suggested elements of the science base that will be used at next year’s biennial UN Biodiversity Conference in Kunming, China that will include discussions on an ambitious, transformative and effective post-2020 global biodiversity framework.

Web Announcement
#123294
2019-12-01

Statement by Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the opening of the Thematic Workshop on Area-Based Conservation Measures, La Prairie, Canada, 1-3 December 2019

Web Announcement
#123184
2019-11-29

Statement by Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Officer-in-Charge, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the closing of the twenty-third meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, 29 November 2019, Montreal, Canada

Web Announcement
#123139
2019-11-27

Nominations are now invited for The MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity 2020. The call for nominations remains open until 30 March 2020.

Web Announcement
#123140
2019-11-27

A new guide now available, Addressing Gender Issues and Actions in Biodiversity Objectives, provides biodiversity professionals concrete ideas and actions for progress in their work towards achieving gender and biodiversity objectives, goals and targets.

Web Announcement
#123136
2019-11-26

The Secretariats of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the Convention on Biological Diversity, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Environment Programme and Jackson Wild announced today that they are teaming up to organize an international film showcase highlighting wildlife as an important component of biological diversity and how its conservation and sustainable use will help reduce the risk of unprecedented extinctions from overexploitation.

Web Announcement
#123097
2019-11-25

Over the next five days, the Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD) body on science will meet to lay the groundwork for negotiations to prepare the next year’s UN Biodiversity Conference in Kunming, China and achieve an ambitious and effective post-2020 global biodiversity framework.

Web Announcement
#123115
2019-11-25

Statement for the opening of the twenty-third meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Officer-in-Charge, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, 25-29 November 2019, Montreal, Canada

Web Announcement
#123094
2019-11-22

Delegates to the eleventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions (11WG8J) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) agreed on a set of recommendations for consideration by the Subsidiary Body on Review of Implementation…

Web Announcement
#123090
2019-11-20

Opening statement of Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Officer-in-Charge, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the eleventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal, Canada, 20-22 November 2019

Web Announcement
#123027
2019-11-15

The European Business and Nature Summit (EBNS) took place in Madrid, Spain over the span of two days to help strengthen the role that businesses play in supporting nature conservation and its sustainable use.

Web Announcement
#122991
2019-11-14

Eleventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Inter-Sessional Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity (20 - 22 November 2019 - Montréal, Canada)

Web Announcement
#122916
2019-11-07

In the "Beijing Call for Biodiversity Conservation and Climate Change", French President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese President Xi Jinping on 6 November reaffirmed their commitments to enhance international cooperation on climate change and biodiversity. They will work together with other political leaders to prompt a globally effective response to climate change and biodiversity loss and achieve a robust post-2020 global biodiversity framework, to be adopted next year at the UN Biodiversity Conference in China, in the frame of the Sharm El-Sheikh to Kunming Action Agenda for Nature and People.

Web Announcement
#122810
2019-10-30

This year’s World Cities Day theme, “Changing the world: innovations and better life for future generations”, focuses on how urban governance can be used to achieve sustainable development.

Web Announcement
#122685
2019-10-17

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 2019: Acting Together to Achieving the three objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity will ensure that the children of today and tomorrow, along with their families and communities, can enjoy the benefits of nature and escape the trap of poverty and environmental degradation.

Web Announcement
#122681
2019-10-15

Rural women are an indisputable force behind efforts to conserve and sustainably use biodiversity all over the world, and as such they are critical players in building climate resilience.

Web Announcement
#122683
2019-10-15

This year, World Food Day calls for action across sectors to make healthy and sustainable diets affordable and accessible to everyone. It is a reminder that without healthy nature and biodiversity, we cannot have quality nutrition, and without quality nutrition we cannot have good health.

Web Announcement
#122638
2019-10-11

Migratory birds are a critical link in the global web of life, that not only capture our imagination but connect different ecosystems and species.

Web Announcement
#122425
2019-09-27

This year’s World Tourism Day theme, ‘Tourism and jobs: A better future for all’, serves to highlight the critical role tourism, and ultimately nature, plays in job creation.

Web Announcement
#122312
2019-09-20

The film highlights the importance of nature in tackling climate change, calling for the need to protect, restore and fund nature and mobilizing attention to scale nature-based solutions.

Web Announcement
#122293
2019-09-19

Two major pieces of research reveal the clear and present danger biodiversity loss and climate change pose to the health, security and well-being of humanity.

Web Announcement
#122121
2019-09-05

"Ecological Civilization: Building a Shared Future for All Life on Earth" is set to frame next year’s UN Biodiversity Conference, to be held in October in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China.

Web Announcement
#122082
2019-09-02

Following a summer of dramatic heat waves and forest fires, and close on the heels of a landmark scientific report charting an unprecedented decline in nature, the global community came together from 27-30 August in Nairobi to deliberate over an appropriate response.

Web Announcement
#122077
2019-08-30

Statement by Ms. Cristiana Paşca Palmer, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, at the closing of the first meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, Nairobi, 30 August 2019

Web Announcement
#122027
2019-08-27

Statement by Ms. Cristiana Paşca Palmer, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, at the opening of the first meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, Nairobi, August 27, 2019

Web Announcement
#122003
2019-08-26

Government officials, experts and activists from around the world gather in Nairobi this week to open talks on a global agreement to safeguard life on Earth, in all its forms. The 27-30 August meeting marks the official start of negotiations toward a new global framework for biodiversity.

Web Announcement
#122000
2019-08-22

In 1992, at the landmark Rio Earth Summit, the international community, in its wisdom, created three interrelated conventions to safeguard the future of the planet, all peoples, and indeed all life on earth: the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), and the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD).

Web Announcement
#121818
2019-08-06

Statement of the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Dr. Cristiana Paşca Palmer, UN Assistant Secretary-General, on the occasion of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

Web Announcement
#121797
2019-08-02

Report of the co-chairs of the ninth Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity, Trondheim, Norway, 2-5 July 2019

Web Announcement
#122001
2019-07-11

Presentation by Dr. Cristiana Paşca Palmer, UN Assistant Secretary-General, Executive Secretary of UN Biodiversity Convention, for EU Environmental ministerial, Helsinki, Finland, July 11 2019

Web Announcement
#121632
2019-07-02

Opening Statement, Dr. Cristiana Paşca Palmer, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, 9th Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity, 2 - 5 July 2019

Web Announcement
#121266
2019-06-06

Message from the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Dr. Cristiana Paşca Palmer, on the occasion of the World Oceans Day, 8 June 2019: “Gender and the Ocean”.

Web Announcement
#121256
2019-06-04

Message from the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Dr. Cristiana Paşca-Palmer, on the occasion of the World Environment Day, 5 June 2019: “Beat Air Pollution”.

Web Announcement
#121209
2019-05-24

Young people from around the world are encouraged to submit videos for the 2019 Global Youth Video Competition showcasing positive solutions on three themes: Nature-based Solutions for Food and Human Health; Cities and Local Action to Combat Climate Change; and Nature-Based Solutions to balance the use of land for people and ecosystems.

Web Announcement
#121163
2019-05-22

The Convention on Biological Diversity is pleased to partner with the Slow Food International for this year’s celebrations of the International Day for Biological Diversity, on 22 May 2019, which focuses on biodiversity as the foundation of our health and food systems.

Web Announcement
#121181
2019-05-22

The United Nations celebrated the International Day for Biological Diversity by examining the fundamental role of nature in ensuring human health and good nutrition.

Web Announcement
#121093
2019-05-20

A report launched today shows that Asian consumers have an increasing awareness of the planet’s biodiversity and want to see companies protecting it.

Web Announcement
#120971
2019-05-08

Statement by Ms. Cristiana Paşca Palmer, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, at the closing of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, 4 May 2019

Web Announcement
#120944
2019-05-06

The world needs transformative change if life on Earth is to be safeguarded and people are to continue to receive the services and benefits that nature provides, according to a new report from an international team of leading researchers.

Web Announcement
#120880
2019-04-29

The inaugural Nature Champions Summit closed Thursday with a call to put nature at the centre of the global discourse together with climate action and sustainable development.

Web Announcement
#120866
2019-04-22

Opening statement by Ms. Cristiana Paşca Palmer, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the eighteenth session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, United Nations Headquarters, New York, 22 April to 3 May 2019

Web Announcement
#120861
2019-03-11

Statement by Ms. Cristiana Paşca Palmer, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the fourth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly, Nairobi, Kenya, 11–15 March 2019

Web Announcement
#119644
2019-01-28

Statement of the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Dr. Cristiana Paşca Palmer, Assistant-Secretary-General of the United Nations, on the occasion of the Official Launch of the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France, 28 January 2019

Web Announcement
#119672
2019-01-28

Opening statement by Ms. Cristiana Paşca Palmer, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Asia-Pacific Regional Consultation Workshop on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, 28 January 2019

Web Announcement
#119605
2019-01-25

It is with great regret and deepest sadness that we convey news of the untimely death of Dr Bradnee Chambers, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS). Among his numerous achievements is the strengthened collaboration among the biodiversity-related conventions towards common objectives. His loss will be felt by each of them. He was an extraordinary advocate and champion for the environment, and a kind and wonderful human. His friends and colleagues at the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity would like to express their deepest sympathy to his family and to all staff at the CMS Secretariat.

Web Announcement
#119449
2019-01-16

Blog post prepared by the Executive Secretary for the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting: We need to understand the nature and gravity of the collective crisis that now confronts human civilization if we are to answer the questions it poses.

Web Announcement
#118885
2018-11-29

Statement of the Executive Secretary, Ms. Cristiana Paşca Palmer, at the closing of the United Nations Biodiversity Conference 2018, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, 29 November 2018

Web Announcement
#118887
2018-11-29

The 2018 UN Biodiversity Conference of the Parties (COP14) closed tonight with broad international agreement on reversing the global destruction of nature and biodiversity loss threatening all forms of life on Earth.

Web Announcement
#118882
2018-11-21

The two-year wait is over! Amidst the beating sun of Sharm-el-Sheikh comes a project from the cold, dark winter of Northern Europe.

Web Announcement
#118869
2018-11-18

The 2018 UN Biodiversity Conference[1] opened yesterday in the seaside town of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt with an opening ceremony that included an address from President of Egypt, H.E. Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil el-Sisi, who emphasized the crucial importance of the meeting for Egypt, and for global efforts for sustainable development.

Web Announcement
#118867
2018-11-17

Opening statement by Ms. Cristiana Paşca Palmer, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the 2018 United Nations Biodiversity Conference, 17 November 2018, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

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