2025 2025-12-04
| 2025-147 (SCBD/OES/LB/FD/92521)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, ABS focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, SBSTTA focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations
Call for nominations for the Informal Advisory Committee on Communication, Education and Public Awareness
Subject(s): Communication, Education and Public Awareness
Action required by 2025-12-31 |
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2025-11-28
| 2025-146 (SCBD/ABS/TS/BG/GT/92547)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, ABS national focal points
Relevant information on non-monetary benefit-sharing indicators collected globally for national reporting under the Convention on Biological Diversity
Subject(s): Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing |
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2025-11-21
| 2025-145 (SCBD/SSSF/BETI/ML/GD/92540)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, resource mobilization national focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, relevant organizations and initiatives, and other stakeholders
Workshop on resource mobilization, 10-13 February 2026 – Rome, Italy
Subject(s): Financial Resources and Mechanism
Action required by 2025-12-12 |
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2025-11-14
| 2025-144 (SCBD/SSSF/SS/JAn/CM/92526)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points, SBSTTA focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations
Expert meeting on draft global guidance on the sustainable management of wildlife applicable to multiple species and practices, 9 to 11 February 2026 – Bonn, Germany
Subject(s): Sustainable Wildlife Management
Action required by 2025-12-15 |
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2025-11-14
| 2025-143 (SCBD/CPU/WM/AMC/MW/92536)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, relevant organizations and indigenous peoples and local communities, cc: SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points
Nomination of experts to participate in the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Synthetic Biology
Subject(s): Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
Action required by 2025-12-19 |
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2025-11-13
| 2025-142 (SCBD/SSSF/SS/JA/RKi/92510)
Notification to: CBD national focal points and SBSTTA focal points of Comoros, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania and Zambia; subregional technical and scientific support centres in Africa
Subregional workshop on biodiversity monitoring and reporting in relation to Target 2 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, 27 to 30 January 2026 - Nairobi, Kenya
Subject(s): Ecosystem Restoration
Action required by 2025-12-01 |
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2025-11-13
| 2025-141 (SCBD/SSSF/SS/JAn/MG/MS/92496)
Notification to: National focal points for CBD and its Protocols of the following countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations
NEW VENUE AND DATES: Sub-regional capacity-building workshop on Target 3 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework for Central Asia, 3-6 February 2026 – Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Subject(s): Protected Areas / In-Situ Conservation
Action required by 2025-12-15 |
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2025-11-11
| 2025-140 (SCBD/IMS/AN/92402)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations
Registration for the sixth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI 6), 16-19 February 2026 – Rome, Italy
Subject(s): Subsidiary Body on Implementation
Action required by 2025-12-31 |
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2025-11-10
| 2025-139 (SCBD/ABS/TS/BG/GT/92533)
Notification to: ABS national focal points, CBD national focal points where ABS national focal points have not yet been designated, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations
Targeted survey to support the second assessment and review of the effectiveness of the Nagoya Protocol
Subject(s): Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing
Action required by 2025-12-15 |
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2025-11-01
| 2025-138 (SCBD/SSSF/JL/SS/JA/JG/92484)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, Marine and Coastal Biodiversity Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant global and regional organizations and initiatives
Invitation to comment on submissions of new descriptions and modifications to existing descriptions
of areas meeting the criteria for ecologically or biologically significant marine areas (EBSAs)
Subject(s): Marine and Coastal Biodiversity
Action required by 2026-05-01 |
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2025-10-31
| 2025-137 (SCBD/SSSF/BETI/ML/AF/92479)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, resource mobilization national focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, women and youth organizations, relevant organizations and initiatives and relevant stakeholders
Extension of deadline: Survey for study on safeguards in biodiversity finance mechanisms
Subject(s): Financial Resources and Mechanism
Action required by 2025-11-14 |
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2025-10-31
| 2025-136 (SCBD/CPU/WM/KG/PD/PS/92517)
Notification to: Cartagena Protocol national focal points, CBD national focal points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), cc: Biosafety Clearing-House national focal points
Submission of information regarding national legislation, regulations and guidelines on new developments in modern biotechnology that are relevant to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
Subject(s): Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
Action required by 2025-12-08 |
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2025-10-27
| 2025-135 (SCBD/SSSF/SS/JA/MG/MS/92511)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA focal points, PoWPA focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations
Submission of views and information relating to the strategic review and analysis of the current Programme of work on protected areas (PowPA) in the context of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
Subject(s): Protected Areas / In-Situ Conservation
Action required by 2025-12-15 |
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2025-10-26
| 2025-134 (SCBD/IMS/AN/JC/LJ/92448)
Notification to: National focal points for CBD and its Protocols of the following countries: Bahrain, Egypt, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, State of Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syrian Arab Republic, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen
NEW DATES: Subregional dialogue on biodiversity monitoring and reporting for countries in Western Asia, 21-23 December 2025 – Manama, Bahrain
Subject(s): Identification, Monitoring and Indicators, National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAP), National Reports
Action required by 2025-11-07 |
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2025-10-22
| 2025-133 (SCBD/CPU/WM/AMC/MR/MW/92513)
Notification to: Cartagena Protocol national focal points, CBD national focal points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated) and relevant organizations, cc: Biosafety Clearing-House national focal points
Online discussions of the Network of Laboratories for the Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms
Subject(s): Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
Action required by 2025-11-19 |
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2025-10-20
| 2025-132 (SCBD/IMS/AN/JEC/AC/92500)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points, SBSTTA focal points, CHM focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, women and youth organizations and relevant organizations
Commitments from actors other than national Governments towards the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
Subject(s): Identification, Monitoring and Indicators, National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAP), National Reports
Action required by 2026-02-28 |
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2025-10-19
| 2025-131 (SCBD/IMS/AN/CR/92465)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations
Invitation to submit relevant information on cooperation with conventions and international organizations
Subject(s): Cooperation and Partnerships
Action required by 2025-11-20 |
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2025-10-14
| 2025-130 (SCBD/IMS/AN/JC/LJ/92506)
Notification to: National focal points for CBD and its Protocols of the following countries: Bahrain, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, State of Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syrian Arab Republic, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen
Subregional dialogue on biodiversity monitoring and reporting for countries in Western Asia, 1-3 December 2025 – Manama, Bahrain
Subject(s): Identification, Monitoring and Indicators, National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAP), National Reports
Action required by 2025-10-20 |
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2025-10-14
| 2025-129 (SCBD/ABS/TS/BG/GT/ 92454)
Notification to: ABS national focal points and CBD national focal points (where ABS focal points have not yet been designated), indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations
Update: Composition of the Informal Advisory Committee to the Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-House
Subject(s): Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing |
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2025-10-09
| 2025-127 (SCBD/IMS/AN/JEC/KM/LJ/92386)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, ABS focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, SBSTTA focal points, TK focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations
Extension of deadline: Invitation to submit case studies and other information on relevant traditional knowledge, innovations, practices and technology of indigenous peoples and local communities for the global report on collective progress in the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
Subject(s): Identification, Monitoring and Indicators, Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices - Article 8(j)
Action required by 2025-10-26 |
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2025-10-08
| 2025-128 (SCBD/SSSF/SS/JA/MG/MS/92496)
Notification to: National focal points for CBD and its Protocols of the following countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations
Sub-regional capacity-building workshop on Target 3 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework for Central Asia, 6 to 8 December 2025 – Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Subject(s): Protected Areas / In-Situ Conservation, Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
Action required by 2025-11-01 |
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2025-10-03
| 2025-126 (SCBD/IMS/AN/JEC/KM/LJ/92386)
Notification to: Relevant organizations, including Secretariats of biodiversity-related conventions and other relevant multilateral environmental agreements, and indigenous peoples and local communities
Extension of deadline: Invitation to submit relevant information to support the production of the global report on collective progress in the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
Subject(s): Identification, Monitoring and Indicators, Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
Action required by 2025-10-29 |
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2025-10-03
| 2025-125 (SCBD/SSSF/PBU/SS/OR/QC/TM/92402)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, Gender focal points, TK focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations.
Extension of deadline: Submission of views and information in preparation for the mid-term review of the Gender Plan of Action 2023-2030
Subject(s): Gender and Biodiversity, Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
Action required by 2025-10-10 |
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2025-10-03
| 2025-124 (SCBD/OES/ASc/IKM/92458)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations
Reminder and extension of deadline: Submission of views on options to further improve the effectiveness of meetings under the Convention and its Protocols
Subject(s): Operations of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing, Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Convention on Biological Diversity
Action required by 2025-10-21 |
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2025-09-29
| 2025-123 (SCBD/IMS/AN/JC/LJ/92448)
Notification to: National focal points for CBD and its Protocols of the following countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago
Subregional dialogue on biodiversity monitoring and reporting for countries in the Caribbean, 1-5 December 2025 – Paramaribo, Suriname
Subject(s): Identification, Monitoring and Indicators, Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAP), National Reports
Action required by 2025-10-07 |
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