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World Soil Day

5 December 2024, Rome, Italy

The 2023 SDG Summit – the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development under the auspices of the General Assembly

19 - 20 September 2023, New York, United States of America

High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council

10 - 19 July 2023, New York, United States of America

Global Symposium on Soil and Water (FAO)

31 May - 2 June 2023, Rome, Italy

8th Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (STI Forum)

3 - 4 May 2023, New York, United States of America

Sixth Global Meeting of the Indigenous Peoples’ Forum at IFAD

9 - 13 February 2023, Paris, France

World Food Safety Day

16 October 2022, Rome, Italy

Message by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the World Habitat Day 2022, 3 October 2022

6th European Congress of Conservation Biology: “Biodiversity crisis in a changing world”

22 - 26 August 2022, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czechia

Eco-friendly and ultra-luxury: How Bahrain hopes to revive its natural pearl industry

An island kingdom just off the Arabian Peninsula, known as the first emirate nation to discover oil in 1932, wants to re-establish itself as the global center for sustainable pearls.

Conservationists express concern over the increasing loss in the country’s biodiversity

The latest findings from a study by the Worldwide Fund for nature have cited several factors fuelling biodiversity loss. Among these are the Unsustainable land use management for food and energy, and Government policies failing to promote environmental stewardship.

Interweaving ecosystems in Indonesia

Indonesia — The UN Development Programme (UNDP) is working with local communities in Indonesia’s Kalimantan forests to protect biodiversity and generate sustainable livelihoods.

ICCB 2021- Society for Conservation Biology's 20th International Congress for Conservation Biology: The future is now. Sustaining biodiversity for today and tomorrow"

12 - 16 December 2021, Kigali, Rwanda

Sustainable Christmas trees: an ecologist's buying guide

If you celebrate Christmas, chances are you are planning to decorate a tree (or have already). But how do you make an informed and environment-friendly choice?

You might want to think twice before buying a woolly Christmas jumper this year

Wool has a damaging effect on the planet and is not sustainable, according to a new report released this week.

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

3 - 11 September 2021, Hybrid, Marseille, France

United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5): 'Strengthening Actions for Nature to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)'

22 - 23 February 2021, Online, Nairobi, Kenya

The beauty of balance

WHEN I was growing up, recycling and sustainability weren't words we normally used but we practised an ethical lifestyle all the same. The use of plastic was rare. Glass bottles were the norm and these were always reused.

World Habitat Day 2020

5 October 2020, Nairobi, Kenya

Thematic Consultation on the Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity for the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework Framework - Virtual Meeting

27 July 2020, Online

Thematic Consultation on the Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity for the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework - Virtual Meeting

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/AS/CC/88917 (2020-051)
To: CBD National Focal Points; SBSTTA Focal Points; UN organizations and specialized agencies; IGOs; NGOs; indigenous people and local communities and relevant stakeholders, organizations and initiatives

2020 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/CS/88984 (2020-047)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, and ABS Focal Points

New research shows sustainable fishing and conservation can coexist

In the sub-Antarctic, intrepid expeditions and satellite tracking data have allowed us to pinpoint important feeding and breeding zones for seabirds and seals. This valuable information helps planners to minimise the overlap between fisheries and wildlife.

Sisi reviews plans to upgrade natural reserves, preserve biodiversity

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi urged the involvement of the private sector and youth in the projects of the Environment Ministry, including the development of the infrastructure of the natural reserves, while preserving their biological diversity, the Presidency said in a statement on Sunday.

Shifting the needle on biodiversity conservation in India

In some ways India could be considered test case for the rest of the world, as it works out how to feed its population of 1.3 billion people in a sustainable way. The challenge is to achieve this feat without degrading the land, soil and water resources, destroying the country’s rich diversity o ...

Mobile protected areas for biodiversity on the high seas

A new agreement is being negotiated under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) to provide legally binding mechanisms to protect the marine environment and to conserve and ensure the sustainable use of marine biodiversity on the high seas (international waters in area ...

Building sustainability into traditional Chinese medicine trade on the new Silk Roads

Promoted as a 21st century version of the ancient Silk Roads, China's Belt & Road Initiative (BRI) aims to improve global connectivity and change the shape of international trade. The multi-billion-dollar project will link China with countries in Southeast and Central Asia, East Africa, Europe a ...

India and other consumer countries should push for sustainable palm oil: report

Banning palm oil in favour of other vegetable oils deemed less destructive to the environment, could lead to greater biodiversity losses, according to a report.

Global biodiversity crisis demands conservation action that is both effective and equitable

Few places on our planet remain untouched by humans. The growing global demand for food, fibre, fuels, shelter and freshwater is driving the loss and degradation of natural forests, wetlands, coastal areas and other ecosystems. It has had devastating consequences for biodiversity and the life-su ...

Conservation and sustainable use of resources

In the oceans of all around the world there is a change in the sustainable environment, their temperature, chemistry, currents and life which derive the earth’s habitual system for mankind. Our rainwater, weather, climate, coastlines, much of our daily food, and even the oxygen that we breathe; ...

Sustainable Ocean Initiative (SOI) National Capacity-Building Workshop for Cameroon

17 - 19 January 2018, Yaoundé, Cameroon

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 2017

17 October 2017, New York, United States of America

CBD/SBSTTA/21/2/ADD1

Biodiversity and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Sixteenth regular session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN)

12 - 16 June 2017, Libreville, Gabon

Global Soil Week 2017: 'Catalysing SDG Implementation through a Soil and Land Review'

22 - 24 May 2017, Berlin, Germany

Twentieth Session of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

8 - 12 May 2017, Geneva, Switzerland

We, legislators gathered together on the occasion of the CBD COP13 Legislators Forum at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference, Cancun, Mexico, 2016, on 7 December 2016, have discussed practical strategies and success stories in promoting the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and Aichi Targets through focussed legislative leadership.

Cancun Communiqué on the Role of Legislators in Mainstreaming Biodiversity for Well-Being

We, legislators gathered together on the occasion of the CBD COP13 Legislators Forum at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference, Cancun, Mexico, 2016, on 7 December 2016, have discussed practical strategies and success stories in promoting the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, ...

Sustainable Ocean Initiative (SOI) National Capacity Development Workshop for Vanuatu

23 - 25 November 2016, Port Vila, Vanuatu

Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Call for comments on the draft scoping report for the thematic assessment of the sustainable use of biodiversity and release of assessments on scenarios and models and on pollinators, pollination and food production

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/RH/85952 (2016-106)
To: CBD and SBSTTA Focal Points, and relevant organizations

Regional Training Workshop for the Latin American and Caribbean Region on Community Protocols, Indicators on Traditional Knowledge and Customary Sustainable Use of Biodiversity under the CBD

23 - 27 May 2016, Panama City, Panama

African Training Workshop on Community Protocols, Indicators on Traditional Knowledge and Customary Sustainable Use under the Convention on Biological Diversity

25 - 29 January 2016, Nairobi, Kenya

International Expert Workshop on Biodiversity Mainstreaming

17 - 19 November 2015, Mexico City, Mexico

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/19/INF/9

Links between the Aichi Biodiversity Targets and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: e-conference for the scoping for a thematic assessment of invasive alien species (and their control) and a thematic assessment of sustainable use

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/SSc/VA/84961 (2015-097)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and relevant organizations

EXTENSION OF DEADLINE – Submission of information related to sustainable use of biodiversity: bushmeat and sustainable wildlife management

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/CS/BT/84611 (2015-069)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, and relevant international, regional and national organizations

Expert Meeting on the Repatriation of Traditional Knowledge Relevant to the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity

14 - 15 June 2015, Panajachel, Guatemala

Pacific Central American Expert Workshop for Marine Conservation and Sustainability

27 - 28 May 2015, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Submission of information related to sustainable use of biodiversity: bushmeat and sustainable wildlife management

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/CS/BT/84611 (2015-048)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, and relevant international, regional and national organizations

The Power of Human Awareness in Safeguarding Biodiversity & Sustainable Development

Through history, there has been an awareness of a deep connection between the living system of human thought and the living system of the natural world. Over time however, the awareness of this connection has become critically fragile. We will discuss ways of restoring and strengthening this awa ...

How Sectors Can Contribute To Sustainable Use And Conservation Of Biodiversity

The Global Biodiversity Outlook-4 shows that if the world stays on its current development path, pressures on biodiversity will continue to increase in the coming years, and the state of biodiversity will decline further. To provide better insight into how the pressures on and underlying causes ...

Biodiversity for Sustainable Development. EC DG Research and UNEP

The policy brief titled “Biodiversity for Sustainable Development. EC DG Research and UNEP” will be presented at the side event in collaboration with EC DG Research. A selected speaker will draw attention to best practices and showcase the variety of approaches for the proposed topic. Also, the ...

Meeting sustainable development objectives: opportunities and limits to biodiversity offsets

The conservation of global biodiversity alongside economic development is a key challenge for the 21st century. Impact mitigation and biodiversity offset need to be contextualised in the broader context of biodiversity, climate change and sustainable development. To allow biodiversity offset sc ...

‘Bhutan for LIFE’: “A long term Innovative and sustainable financing solution to conserve Bhutan’s extensive network of protected areas”

Bhutan is one of the smallest countries in the world. But its commitment to conservation is bigger than almost any other. Conservation is one of the four pillars of Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness Index. And the country’s constitution calls for maintaining 60 percent of the country’s forest co ...

Sustainable use of cultural landscapes in Asia - implementing Aichi targets in Viet Nam, The Philippines, China and Japan

IIn this side event, international scientific projects funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in Vietnam, the Philippines and China, as well as a project in which German scientists collaborate with partners in Japan relate their scientific results to several Aichi ...

Opportunities and Challenges in conserving biodiversity in transboundary landscapes for sustainable development in Hind Kush Himalayas

• 1 Overall presentation from ICIMOD based on its learning from transboundary landscapes programme • 1 presentation on Kailash landscape (India partner suggested on the Scope of mainstreaming CBD in Conservation and Development initiatives at Landscape Scale) • 1 presentation on Kangchanjunga or ...

UNEP/CBD/COP/12/INF/37

Progress on the International Initiative for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Pollinators

UNEP/CBD/COP/12/INF/11

Potential Positive and Negative Impacts of Components, Organisms and Products Resulting from Synthetic Biology Techniques on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity, and Associated Social, Economic and Cultural Considerations

Gangwon Declaration on Biodiversity for Sustainable Development, High-level Segment of the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, 15-16 October 2014, Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea

Reference: SCBD/OES/BD/AF/NP/fd/cr/83806 (2014-111)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Peer review of studies on new and emerging issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/SS/AC/83708 (2014-090)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and relevant organizations

Recommendation XVIII/13

Sustainable use of biodiversity: bushmeat and sustainable wildlife management

World Day to Combat Desertification

17 June 2014

Regional Workshop on Community-Based Monitoring and Information Systems (CBMIS)

6 - 7 June 2014, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Regional Capacity-Building Workshop for Asia on Traditional Knowledge and Customary Sustainable Use under the CBD

2 - 4 June 2014, Chiang Mai, Thailand

World Cities Summit 2014: Liveable and Sustainable Cities: Common Challenges, Shared Solutions

1 - 4 June 2014, Singapore, Singapore

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/18/INF/4

New and Emerging Issues Relating to the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity - Possible Gaps and Overlaps with the Applicable Provisions of the Convention, Its Protocols and Other Relevant Agreements Related to Components, Organisms and Products Resulting from Synthetic Biology Techn ...

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/18/INF/3

New and Emerging Issues Relating to the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity - Potential Positive and Negative Impacts of Components, Organisms and Products Resulting from Synthetic Biology Techniques on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/18/16

Sustainable Use of Biodiversity: Bushmeat and Sustainable Wildlife Management

Does facilitated access of non-commercial research contribute to conservation and sustainable use?

What are the most common and most wanted benefits derived from non-commercial research? What are the main challenges for implementing “facilitated access for non-commercial research”? What are the risks? The Nagoya Protocol calls for “facilitated access for non-commercial research, taking into a ...

Follow-up to decision XI/25 on sustainable use of biodiversity: bushmeat and sustainable wildlife management

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/CS/ac/82981 (2013-114)
To: CBD National Focal Points and relevant organizations

SER 2013 World Conference on Ecological Restoration: "Reflections on the Past, Directions for the Future"

6 - 11 October 2013, Madison, United States of America

Follow-up to the Summit for Sustainability in Africa and the Gaborone Declaration for Sustainability in Africa

Reference: SCBD/SAM/SK/ac/82575 (2013-090)
To: CBD National Focal Points and relevant organizations

15th Annual BIOECON Conference Conservation and Development: Exploring Conflicts and Challenges

18 - 20 September 2013, Cambridge, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Sixth Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Informal Working Group to study issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction

19 - 23 August 2013, New York, United States of America

UNEP/CBD/COP/11/INF/25

Organic Carbon Stocks and the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity

UNEP/CBD/WG8J/7/INF/5/REV1

A Revised Compilation of Views on Article 10 with a Focus on Article 10©

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/16/INF/35

New and Emerging Issues Relating to the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/16/13

New and Emerging Issues Relating to the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity

UNEP/CBD/WG8J/7/L.6

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

UNEP/CBD/WG8J/7/L.7

Development of Indicators Relevant for Traditional Knowledge and Customary Sustainable Use. Draft recommendation submitted by the Chair.

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/15/INF/12

The Relevance of Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) to the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Cites-Listed Species in Exporting Countries

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/15/12

Sustainable Use: Options for Small-Scale Food and Income Alternatives in Tropical and Sub-Tropical Countries and Revised Recommendations of the Liaison Group on Bushmeat

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/15/13

Report on How to Improve Sustainable Use of Biodiversity in a Landscape Perspective

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/15/INF/7

Livelihood Alternatives for the Unsustainable Use of Bushmeat

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/14/INF/6

Report of the FAO/UNEP Expert Meeting on Impacts of Destructive Fishing Practices, Unsustainable Fishing, and Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing on Marine Biodiversity and Habitats (Rome, 23-25 September 2009)

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/14/INF/31

Progress on the International Initiative for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Pollinators

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/14/INF/32

Preparation of the Second Report on the State of the World’s Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and Updating the Global Plan of Action for the Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/14/INF/33

Chairmen’s Report: Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity 2010: Getting the Biodiversity Targets Right - Working for Sustainable Development

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/14/INF/34

Sustainable Agriculture and the Sustainable Use of Agricultural Biodiversity: Concepts, Trends and Challenges

UNEP/CBD/RW-SPU-BIO/3/3

Report of th meeting

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/14/7

Review of Implementation of Article 10 of the Convention (Sustainable Use of Biodiversity) and Application of the Addis Ababa Principles and Guidelines

UNEP/CBD/RW-SU-Afr/1/1

Provisional Agenda

UNEP/CBD/RW-SU-Afr/1/1/ADD1

Annotations to the Provisional Agenda

UNEP/CBD/RW-SU-Afr/1/2

Report of the African Regional Workshop on Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity, (Focus on Agricultural Biodiversity)

UNEP/CBD/RW-SU-Afr/1/INF/1

Report of the Central and Eastern European Regional Expert Workshop on Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity

UNEP/CBD/RW-SU-Afr/1/INF/2

Report of the Latin American and Caribbean Regional Expert Workshop on Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity

UNEP/CBD/RW-SU-Afr/1/INF/3

Ecosystem Services Assessment and Adaptive Management

Document

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment - Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Biodiversity Synthesis.

Document

Addis Ababa Principles and Guidelines for the Sustainable Use of Biodiversity

Document

Outputs to the Workshop. Definition and scope of agrobiodiversity, draft.