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Le maire de Montréal Gérald Tremblay participe à une conférence internationale des maires sur les villes et la biodiversité.

Montréal, le 23 mars 2007 – Du 26 au 28 mars prochain, le maire de Montréal, M. Gérald Tremblay, participera à la conférence internationale « Villes et biodiversité : atteindre la cible 2010 sur la biodiversité » qui se tiendra à Curitiba, au Brésil. Cette conférence est co-organisée par la vil ...

Urban Biodiversity and the Role of Cities in Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use discussed at Bonn Biodiversity Conference.

Urban Biodiversity and the Role of Cities in Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use discussed at Bonn Biodiversity Conference

Bonn, 26 May—With more than half of the world’s people now living in cities, 191 countries are, for the first time, discussing ways to promote biodiversity in an urban setting at the Biodiversity Conference taking place in Bonn, Germany. The countries are joined by the mayors of the world, who w ...

Statement by Executive Secretary, Ahmed Djoghlaf, on the occasion of the World Cities Summit, Singapore, 23-25 June 2008.

Statement by Executive Secretary, Ahmed Djoghlaf, on the occasion of the World Cities Summit, Singapore, 23-25 June 2008

Engaging Cities of the World in the Battle for Life on Earth.

Engaging Cities of the World in the Battle for Life on Earth

Montreal 25 June 2008. The growth of the urban world represents one of the most dramatic changes experienced by humanity in recent history. For the first time in history, the world’s urban population is now greater than that of rural areas, having reached 3.2 billion people. It has increased ...

Second International LAB Workshop (Local Action Biodviserity)

7 - 10 September 2008, Durban, South Africa

Global Partnership on Cities and Biodiversity, First Technical Expert Panel Workshop on City Biodiversity Index, Singapore, 10-12 February 2009

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OH/cr/65758 (2008-157)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Following up on paragraphs 5 and 6 of decision IX/28, and as announced at the high-level segment of COP 9 (Bonn, Germany, May 2008) by the Minister of National Development of Singapore, H.E. Mr. Mah Bow Tan, the government of Singapore, through its National Parks Board (NParks), is organising th ...

Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Exeutive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Opening of the Expert Workshop on the Development of the City Biodiversity Index, Singapore 10-12 February 2009.

Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Exeutive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Opening of the Expert Workshop on the Development of the City Biodiversity Index, Singapore 10-12 February 2009

Expert Workshop on the Development of the Singapore Index on Cities' Biodiversity

10 - 12 February 2009, Singapore City, Singapore

World Life Sciences Forum BioVision 2009

8 - 11 March 2009, Lyon, France

Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the Urban Nature Forum, 12 June 2009, Edmonton, Canada.

Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the Urban Nature Forum, 12 June 2009, Edmonton, Canada

Klagenfurt Days of Protected Areas

24 - 26 June 2009, Klagenfurt, Austria

Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the Second Curitiba Meeting on Cities and Biodiversity, 6 January 2010, Curitiba, Brazil

Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the Second Curitiba Meeting on Cities and Biodiversity, 6 January 2010, Curitiba, Brazil

Second Curitiba Meeting on Cities and Biodiversity

6 - 7 January 2010, Curitiba, Brazil

City Biodiversity Summit 2010, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, from 24 to 26 October 2010

Reference: SCBD/OH/cr/ch/70364 (2010-023)
To: CBD National Focal Points

I have the honour to inform you that, at the invitation of Aichi Prefecture, City of Nagoya and Aichi-Nagoya COP-10 CBD Promotion Committee, the City Biodiversity Summit 2010 will be held in conjunction with the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological ...

First issue of the Cities and Biodiversity Newsletter of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/cr/71248 (2010-054)
To: CBD National Focal Points

The Secretariat is pleased to announce that the first issue of the Cities and Biodiversity Newsletter of the Convention on Biological Diversity is now available on the Secretariat website at: http://www.cbd.int/authorities/doc/newsletter/cities-newsletter-01-01-en.pdf.

Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the Inaugural Meeting of the Local Action for Biodiversity (LAB) Advisory Committee, 24 March 2010, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.

Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the Inaugural Meeting of the Local Action for Biodiversity (LAB) Advisory Committee, 24 March 2010, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

What is happening to biodiversity in Africa's protected Areas?

The status and trends of biodiversity (with emphasis on bird species) following the 'Pressure- State- Response' monitoring framework was measured within protected areas in 13 African countries. The results of the baseline and monitoring studies will be presented during a workshop and panel discu ...

Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the Second International Conference on Urban Biodiversity and Design (URBIO), 18 May 2010, Nagoya, Japan.