2012 2012-01-19
 en | SCBD/STTM/DC/TC/JSt/78516 (2012-009)
Notification to: Relevant organizations
Soliciting expressions of interest for participating in a collaborative partnership on sustainable wildlife management
I am pleased to solicit expressions of interest for participating in a collaborative partnership on sustainable wildlife management, pursuant to recommendation XV/6 of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA).
Subject(s): Forest Biodiversity |
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2012-01-18
en es fr ar | SCBD/BS/WDY/ps/78657 (2012-007)
Notification to: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points
Closing date for signature of the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
The Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety was opened for signature at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on 7 March 2011. To date 37 Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety have signed the Supplementary Protocol and one Party has deposited its instrument of ratification. In accordance with its Article 17, the Supplementary Protocol will be closed for signature after 6 March 2012.
Subject(s): Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
Action required by 2012-03-06 |
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2012-01-17
en es fr | SCBD/ABS/VN/Sg/78678 (2012-008)
Notification to: CBD Focal Points and ICNP Focal Points
Closing date for signature of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization was opened for signature at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on 2 February 2011. To date, 75 Parties to the Convention have signed the Nagoya Protocol and two Parties have deposited their instrument of ratification.
Subject(s): Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing
Action required by 2012-02-01 |
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2012-01-16
en es fr | SCBD/OES/AD/78647 (2012-006)
Notification to: All Focal Points of the Convention and Cartagena Protocol
The Convention on Biological Diversity Year in Review 2011
I am pleased to inform you that the electronic version of the publication The Convention on Biological Diversity Year in Review 2011 is now accessible on the Secretariat’s website at: www.cbd.int/doc/reports/cbd-report-2011-en.pdf
Subject(s): Convention on Biological Diversity |
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2012-01-13
en | SCBD/ITS/RS/fb/77988 (2012-004)
Notification to: All intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) and non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
Global dialogue seminar on scaling up finance for biodiversity
I am pleased to inform all intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and relevant organizations of the Global dialogue seminar on scaling up finance for biodiversity, co-hosted by the Governments of Ecuador, Sweden, Norway and India together with Japan as the President of the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), to be held from 6 to 9 March 2012 in Quito, Ecuador.
Subject(s): Financial Resources and Mechanism
Action required by 2012-01-31 |
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2012-01-12
en | SCBD/STTM/DC/JSH/CRm/78446 (2012-005)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal points, GTI National Focal Points, GTI Coordination Mechanism members, relevant international organizations and Indigenous and Local Communities
REMINDER: Request for comments and further inputs to the draft Capacity-building Strategy for the Global Taxonomy Initiative
I wish to remind you that the draft strategy is accessible at http://www.cbd.int/gti/. Comments and suggestions on the draft should be provided to the CBD Secretariat (secretariat@cbd.int), as soon as possible and no later than 31 January 2012.
Subject(s): Global Taxonomy Initiative
Action required by 2012-01-31 |
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2012-01-12
en es fr | SCBD/ABS/VN/AS /78523 (2012-003)
Notification to: CBD Focal Points, ICNP Focal Points, International Organizations, indigenous and local community organizations and relevant stakeholders
Composition of Expert Meeting on cooperative procedures and institutional mechanisms to promote compliance with the Protocol and to address cases of non-compliance, Montreal, Canada, 28 February -1 March 2012
In accordance with decision X/1, Annex II, 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 (Intergovernmental Committee), held in June 2011, addressed as one of its agenda items “cooperative procedures and institutional mechanisms to promote compliance with the Protocol and to address cases of non-compliance, including procedures and mechanisms to offer advice or assistance, where appropriate”.
Subject(s): Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing |
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2012-01-05
en es fr ar | SCBD/OES/AD/ar/78546 (2012-002)
Notification to: National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, CBD National Focal Points where Biosafety Focal Points have not yet been nominated
Sixth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP MOP/6), 1 – 5 October 2012, Hyderabad, India
Further to notification 2011-165 of 7 September 2011 concerning the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COPMOP/6), I am pleased to inform you that the provisional agenda and the annotated agenda for the meeting, as approved by the Bureau of the COPMOP, are attached and can also be accessed on the CBD website at: http://bch.cbd.int/protocol/meetings/documents.shtml?eventid=4715.
Subject(s): Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety |
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2012-01-04
en es fr | SCBD/STTM/JM/JLe/JG/78386 (2012-001)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, and other Governments; the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); regional seas conventions and action plans and regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) in the western Caribbean and Mid-Atlantic region; other competent organizations and regional initiatives
Request to submit scientific information in support of the objectives of the Wider Caribbean and Western Mid-Atlantic Regional Workshop to Facilitate the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs),
28 February to 2 March 2012 – Recife, Brazil
Reference is made to the earlier notifications (2011-166; 2011-207), sent respectively on 7 September 2011 and 2 November 2011, regarding the nomination of experts to the Wider Caribbean and Western Mid-Atlantic Regional Workshop to Facilitate the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs), which will take place from 28 February to 2 March 2012 in Brazil.
Subject(s): Marine and Coastal Biodiversity
Action required by 2012-02-17 |
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2011 2011-12-21
en fr ar | SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/78209 (2011-238)
Notification to: CBD Focal Points of: Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, and relevant organizations
TEEB (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity) Capacity-building Workshop for North Africa and the Middle East
Beirut, Lebanon, 21 to 23 February 2012
I am pleased to inform you that a Capacity-building Workshop for North Africa and the Middle East on The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) will be held in Beirut, Lebanon, from
21 to 23 February 2012.
Subject(s): Economics, Trade and Incentive Measures
Action required by 2012-01-15 |
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2011-12-21
en es fr | SCBD/STTM/DC/JSH/CRm/78446 (2011-237)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal points, GTI National Focal Points, GTI Coordination Mechanism members, relevant international organizations and Indigenous and Local Communities.
Request for comments and further inputs to the draft Capacity-building Strategy for the Global Taxonomy Initiative
A draft Capacity-building Strategy for the Global Taxonomy Initiative (GTI), at global and regional levels that addresses the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity, was developed in line with decision X/39 (paragraph 16) and presented to the fifteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) as the annex to document UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/15/5, available at http://www.cbd.int/doc/meetings/sbstta/sbstta-15/official/sbstta-15-05-en.doc.
Subject(s): Global Taxonomy Initiative
Action required by 2012-01-31 |
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2011-12-21
en es fr | SCBD/OES/AD/ar/78453 (2011-236)
Notification to: All CBD Focal Points
Ms. Marie Aminata Khan
We are profoundly saddened to announce the untimely death of our very dear friend and colleague, Ms. Marie Aminata Khan, who passed away in Johannesburg on 12 December 2011 at the age of 47 years. Marie spent over 17 years of her professional career working with the United Nations, notably with UN-HQ in New York, UNDP/GEF Small Grants Programme, New York and, since 2006, UNEP-SCBD in Montreal, Canada.
Subject(s): Convention on Biological Diversity |
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2011-12-20
en | SCBD/ITS/DC/MC/77988 (2011-239)
Notification to: CBD Primary National Focal Points
Global Workshop on National Experiences in implementing the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020
I am pleased to inform you that an Informal Workshop on National Experiences in implementing the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, co-hosted by the Governments of Brazil and the United Kingdom, will be held from 12 to 14 March 2012 in Brasilia, Brazil.
Subject(s): Strategic Plan / Biodiversity Targets
Action required by 2012-01-05 |
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2011-12-16
en | SCBD/STTM/OH/fs/78394 (2011-235)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points
Report of the Third Expert Workshop on the Development of the Singapore Index on Cities’ Biodiversity, 11-12 October 2011, Singapore
I would like to inform you that the final report and documents related to the Third Expert Workshop on the Development of the City Biodiversity Index (CBI), also known as the Singapore Index (SI), held on 11–12 October 2011, in Singapore City, Singapore, have been posted online at http://www.cbd.int/doc/?meeting=EWDCBI-03 along with the list of participants.
Subject(s): Cities and Biodiversity |
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2011-12-15
en | SCBD/ITS/SK/mac/78199 (2011-234)
Notification to: the CBD National Focal Points of the following countries: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Sierra Leone, Sao Tome and Principe, Sudan, Swaziland, Togo, The Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and relevant organizations
Regional Workshop for Africa on Updating National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans: Focus on the Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity as a Mainstreaming Tool, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (27 February to 1 March 2012)
Further to my notification SCBD/ITS/SK/mac/78199 of 14 November 2011, I am pleased to inform you that the regional capacity building workshop for Southern African countries on Updating National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans will focus specifically on the economics of ecosystems and biodiversity as an important tool for biodiversity mainstreaming, and has been supplemented with one additional day. The workshop will thus run from 27 February to 1 March 2012. You are kindly requested to take this into consideration in your nomination of representatives.
Subject(s): National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAP), Economics, Trade and Incentive Measures |
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2011-12-14
en es fr | SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/78387 (2011-233)
Notification to: CBD Focal Points and ICNP Focal Points
Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (ICNP-2), New Delhi, India, 9-13 April 2012
I am pleased to confirm that the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (ICNP) will be held in New Delhi, India, on 9-13 April 2012.
Subject(s): Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing
Action required by 2012-02-03 |
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2011-12-14
en es fr | SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/78387 (2011-232)
Notification to: International organizations and relevant stakeholders
Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (ICNP-2), New Delhi, India, 9-13 April 2012
I am pleased to confirm that the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (ICNP) will be held in New Delhi, India, on 9-13 April 2012.
Subject(s): Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing
Action required by 2012-02-03 |
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2011-12-14
en es fr | SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/78387 (2011-231)
Notification to: Indigenous and local community organizations
Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (ICNP-2), New Delhi, India, 9-13 April 2012
I am pleased to confirm that the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (ICNP) will be held in New Delhi, India, on 9-13 April 2012.
Subject(s): Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing
Action required by 2012-01-13 |
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2011-12-12
en | SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/78318 (2011-230)
Notification to: Relevant international organizations and initiatives
Peer Review of document “Supporting activities, programmes and initiatives for technology transfer and cooperation of relevance to the Convention on Biological Diversity”
In paragraph 2 (a) of decision X/16, the Conference of the Parties invited Parties and other Governments, as well as relevant international organizations and initiatives, research institutions and the business sector, to submit to the Executive Secretary information on activities currently being undertaken by international, regional or national organizations and initiatives, including sectoral organizations and initiatives, which support, facilitate, regulate or promote technology transfer and scientific and technological cooperation of relevance to the Convention.
Subject(s): Transfer of Technology and Cooperation
Action required by 2012-01-15 |
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2011-12-09
en es fr ar ru zh | SCBD/SEL/OJ/lb/77390 (2011-229)
Notification to: All CBD Focal Points
Eleventh Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 11), 8 - 19 October 2012, Hyderabad, India
Further to notification 2011-164 of 7 September 2011 concerning the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 11), I am pleased to inform you that the provisional agenda and the annotated agenda for the meeting, as approved by the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties, are attached and can also be accessed on the CBD website at: https://www.cbd.int/doc/?meeting=COP-11.
Subject(s): Conference of the Parties |
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2011-12-07
en es fr | SCBD/ABS/SG/VN/78056 (2011-228)
Notification to: CBD Focal Points, ICNP Focal Points, International organizations, indigenous and local community organizations and relevant stakeholders
REMINDER: DEADLINE 16 DECEMBER 2011, Expert Meeting on cooperative procedures and institutional mechanisms to promote compliance with the Protocol and to address cases of non-compliance 28 February to 1 March 2012 - Montreal, Canada
In accordance with decision X/1, Annex II, 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 (Intergovernmental Committee), held in June 2011, addressed as one of its agenda items “cooperative procedures and institutional mechanisms to promote compliance with the Protocol and to address cases of non-compliance, including procedures and mechanisms to offer advice or assistance, where appropriate”.
Subject(s): Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing
Action required by 2011-12-16 |
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2011-11-30
en | SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/jh/77649R (2011-227)
Notification to: National Focal Points of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CBD when no CPB designated), Relevant Organizations
Testing of the "Guidance on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms"
Further to my notification SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/jh/77649, dated 23 September 2011, I am pleased to inform you that the deadline for submitting results of the testing of the overall utility and applicability of the Guidance on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms has been extended to 15 December 2011.
Subject(s): Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
Action required by 2011-12-15 |
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2011-11-30
en | SCBD/BS/CG/GF/ABw/78232 (2011-226)
Notification to: National Focal Points for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB-NFPs), National Focal Points for the Biosafety Clearing House (BCH-NFPs)
Second National Reports on the Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety Available in the Biosafety Clearing House
In decision BS-V/14 on Monitoring and Reporting, the Conference of Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties (COP-MOP), requested Parties to submit to the Secretariat their second national reports on the implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. Accordingly, I am pleased to announce that, to date, the Secretariat has received 124 National reports, all from Parties to the Protocol.
Subject(s): Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety |
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2011-11-23
en | SCBD/SEL/OJ/LG/lb/77910 (2011-225)
Notification to: National Focal Points and relevant international organizations
Operations of the Convention: Retirement of Decisions
In paragraph 2 of decision X/14, the Conference of the Parties inter alia requested the Executive Secretary to make proposals to its eleventh meeting regarding the retirement of decisions and elements of decisions taken at its seventh meeting and to communicate such proposals to Parties, Governments and relevant international organizations at least six months prior to its tenth meeting.
Subject(s): Operations of the Convention on Biological Diversity
Action required by 2012-02-15 |
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2011-11-23
en es fr | SCBD/OES/AD/ab/78238 (2011-224)
Notification to: International organizations, non-governmental organizations, indigenous and local community organizations, other relevant partners
Eleventh Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 11), 8 - 19 October 2012, Hyderabad, India
I have the honour to inform you that, at the invitation of the Government of India, the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 11) will be held in Hyderabad, India, from 8 - 19 October 2012.
Subject(s): Conference of the Parties
Action required by 2012-09-28 |
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