2012 | 2012-05-10 | The Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) has launched the first ever Wangari Maathai Award to honour and commemorate the impact of this extraordinary woman who championed forest issues around the world. |  en
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| 2012-05-08 | The CBD Secretariat hosted a side event Monday 7 May during WGRI-4 on “Achieving the Aichi Targets and Strategic Plan: Lessons learned from PoWPA Implementation”. Panellists included Axel Benemann (Germany), Thomas Koetz (EU), Alissa Takesy (FSM), Malta Qwathekana (South Africa), Hesiquio Benitez (Mexico), Laurette Rasoavahiny (Madagascar), and Jamison Ervin (UNDP). Exemplary country examples of PoWPA implementation were presented and the recent series of PoWPA capacity building workshops supported by the EU and the Governments of Belgium and the Netherlands, was roundly praised as a useful tool to support country action on the PoWPA | en
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| 2012-05-07 | Statement by the CBD Executive Secretary on the occasion of the fifth 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, 7 to 11 May 2012, UNHQ, New York |  en
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| 2012-05-07 | Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the fourth meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Review of Implementation of the Convention, Montreal, Canada, 7 May 2012 | en
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| 2012-05-04 | Side-event on REDD+ safeguards initiatives organized on the margins of SBSTTA-16 | en
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| 2012-05-01 | Report of the Pacific Sub-regional Workshop on Capacity-building for the Effective Implementation of the Biosafety Protocol | en
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| 2012-04-30 | Statement by Mr Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the sixteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-16), 30 April 2012, in Montreal | en
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| 2012-04-27 | Press Release: Seychelles fourth country to ratify the Nagoya Protocol on genetic resources | en
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| 2012-04-26 | Communiqué: Meeting of sub-national governments opens new chapter in implementation of the CBD | en
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| 2012-04-24 | 55th edition of the Quarterly Report on the Administration of the Convention on Biological Diversity (October-December 2011) | en
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| 2012-04-24 | Statement by Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the Second Session of the IPBES Plenary | en
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| 2012-04-24 | Message of the CBD Executive Secretary, Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, on the occasion of Weeds across Borders 2020 -Meeting the Challenge of the Future, in Cancun, Mexico, 24-27 April 2012 | en
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| 2012-04-24 | “Guidelines for Assessing the Risk of Non-native Animals Becoming Invasives” is published by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). | en
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| 2012-04-23 | Statement by the CBD Executive Secretary on the occasion of the Third Meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group of the Whole on the Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment, including Socio-economic Aspects, 23 to 27 April 2012, UNHQ, New York | en
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| 2012-04-23 | After several years of international negotiations, the final operational design of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has been agreed. | en
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| 2012-04-23 | Press release from Missouri Botanical Garden: The New York Botanical Garden, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh announcing the development of World Flora, the first online catalog of the world’s plants. | en
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| 2012-04-20 | Statement by Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of International Mother Earth Day, 22 April 2012 | en es fr
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| 2012-04-16 | Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Sub-Regional Workshop for West Asia and North Africa on Capacity-Building for Implementation of the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 16 April 2012 | en
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| 2012-04-12 | Press Release: New insights in biodiversity and sustainability awareness around the world: UEBT launches 2012 edition of its Biodiversity Barometer | en es fr
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| 2012-04-06 | Statement by Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of World Health Day, 7 April 2012 | en
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| 2012-04-05 | Press Release: Rwanda third country to ratify the Nagoya Protocol on genetic resources | en es fr
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| 2012-04-03 | Also published on SundayTimes on 01.04.2012 | en
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| 2012-04-02 | Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Sub-Regional Workshop for the Caribbean on Capacity-Building for Implementation of the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas, Christ Church, Barbados, 2 April 2012 | en
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| 2012-03-27 | Governance of marine areas beyond national jurisdictions - Article / United Nations University | en
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| 2012-03-22 | Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Third Meeting on the Implementation of the Plan of Action on Sub-National Governments, Cities and Other Local Authorities for Biodiversity, Nagoya, Japan, 22 March, 2012 | en
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