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Global Biodiversity Calendar of Events

Last Update: 6 May 2025

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Upcoming Meetings

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April 2025

21 April–9 May 2025
Online
Confirmed
Open-ended Online Forum on Risk Assessment and Risk Management
Organized by:
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
Contact Information:
CBD Secretariat
Email secretariat@cbd.int Phone +1 514 288 2220 Fax +1 514 288 6588
28 April–9 May 2025
Geneva, Switzerland
Seventeenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention (BC COP-17), the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention (RC COP-12) and the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention (SC COP-12)
Organized by:
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
Contact Information:
Basel Convention Secretariat - Secretariat of the Basel Convention, International Environment House, 13 - 15 Chemin des Anemones, CH - 1219 Chatelaine
Email sbc@unep.ch Phone +41 22 917 8218 Fax +41 22 797 3454

May 2025

5–9 May 2025
New York, United States of America
20th session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF-20)
Organized by:
United Nations
Contact Information:
UN - New York - United Nations Headquarters
Phone +212-753-6241, 212-963-5243 Fax +212-963-1795
5–9 May 2025
Rome, Italy
GEO (Group on Earth Observations) Global Forum 2025: "The Earth Talks"
Organized by:
Group on Earth Observations
Contact Information:
GEO - Group on Earth Observations
Email secretariat@geosec.org Phone 41(0) 22-730-85-80 Fax 41(0) 22-730-85-20
10 May 2025
Multiple, Bonn, Germany
World Migratory Bird Day
Organized by:
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals
Contact Information:
CMS Secretariat - Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals
Email secretariat@cms.int Phone +49 228 815 2401 / 02 Fax +49 228 815 2449
12 May 2025
Multiple, Rome, Italy
International Day of Plant Health
Organized by:
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, FAO
Contact Information:
Mr. Kent Nnadozie ITPGRFA - FAO Headquarters Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 1 00153 Rome, Italy
Email pgrfa-treaty@fao.org Phone (+39) 06 570 53441 Fax (+39) 06 570 56347
19–23 May 2025
Cape Town, South Africa
Confirmed
Regional dialogue for member States of the Southern African Development Community and the East African Community on the update or revision of national and regional biodiversity strategies and action plans
Organized by:
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
Contact Information:
CBD Secretariat
Email secretariat@cbd.int Phone +1 514 288 2220 Fax +1 514 288 6588
19–27 May 2025
Geneva, Switzerland
Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly
Organized by:
World Health Organization
Contact Information:
WHO - World Health Organization - Avenue Appia 20 1211 Geneva 27
Phone + 41 22 791 21 11 Fax + 41 22 791 31 11
UNCCD Secretariat
Email secretariat@unccd.int Phone +49 228 815 2800 / 815 2816 Fax +49 228 815 2898 / 815 2899
22 - 22 May 2025
Venue to be determined
International Day for Biological Diversity
22 May 2025
Multiple, Montreal, Canada
International Day for Biological Diversity
Organized by:
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
Contact Information:
SCBD
Email secretariat@cbd.int Phone +514 288 2220 Fax +514 288 6588
26–28 May 2025
Apia, Samoa
Confirmed
Subregional workshop for the Pacific small island developing States on strengthening national contributions to global environmental commitments through the synergistic implementation of multilateral environmental agreements
Organized by:
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
Contact Information:
CBD Secretariat
Email secretariat@cbd.int Phone +1 514 288 2220 Fax +1 514 288 6588
26–30 May 2025
Montreal, Canada
96th Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol
Organized by:
Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol
Contact Information:
Multilateral Fund Secretariat
Email secretariat@unmfs.org Phone +1 514 282-1122 Fax +1 514 282-0068
27–29 May 2025
Montreal, Canada
Confirmed
Twentieth meeting of the Compliance Committee under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
Organized by:
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
Contact Information:
CBD Secretariat
Email secretariat@cbd.int Phone +1 514 288 2220 Fax +1 514 288 6588
29 - 30 May 2025
Nairobi, Kenya
Resumed 2nd Session of the UN-Habitat Assembly
Organized by:
United Nations Human Settlements Programme
Contact Information:
UN - Habitat
29 and 30 May 2025
Apia, Samoa
Confirmed
Subregional dialogue for the Pacific small island developing States on biodiversity monitoring and reporting
Organized by:
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
Contact Information:
CBD Secretariat
Email secretariat@cbd.int Phone +1 514 288 2220 Fax +1 514 288 6588

Previous Meetings

5–8 May 2025
Washington, United States of America
World Bank Land Conference
Organized by:
World Bank
Contact Information:
Phone +1 (202) 473-1000

April 2025

21 April - 2 May 2025
New York, United States of America
Twenty-fourth Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII )
Organized by:
United Nations
Contact Information:
Phone +212-753-6241, 212-963-5243 Fax +212-963-1795