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Release of the CBD Biodiversity for Development Newsletter

Reference: SCBD/ITS/EB/63821 (2008-069)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Business and biodiversity contacts

I am pleased to inform you that the first issue of the Secretariat’s newsletter on Biodiversity for Development and Poverty Alleviation has been posted on the CBD website. It can be downloaded at the following address: http://www.cbd.int/doc/newsletters/news-bd-01-en.pdf

Release of CBD Biodiversity for Development Newsletter (Issue n°2) and Launching of the Biodiversity for Development Initiative

Reference: SCBD/ITS/EB/63947 (2008-070)
To: CBD National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the second issue of the Secretariat’s newsletter on Biodiversity for Development and Poverty Alleviation has been posted on the CBD website. It can be downloaded at the following address: http://www.cbd.int/doc/newsletters/news-bd-02-en.pdf

Release of CBD Biodiversity for Development Newsletter (Issue n°3)

Reference: SCBD/ITS/EB/65616 (2008-150)
To: CBD National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the third issue of the Secretariat’s newsletter on Biodiversity for Development and Poverty Alleviation has been posted on the CBD website. It can be downloaded at the following address: http://www.cbd.int/doc/newsletters/development/news-bd-03-en.pdf

Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf Executive Secretary at the Opening Session of the Expert Meeting on Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Development Cooperation, Montreal, 13 May 2009

Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf Executive Secretary at the Opening Session of the Expert Meeting on Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Development Cooperation, Montreal, 13 May 2009

Expert Meeting on Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Development Cooperation

13 - 15 May 2009, Montreal, Canada

Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, at the Closing Session of the Expert Meeting on Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Development Cooperation, Montreal, 15 May 2009.

Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, at the Closing Session of the Expert Meeting on Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Development Cooperation, Montreal, 15 May 2009

Communiqué: Expert Meeting on Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Development Cooperation concludes in Montreal.

Expert Meeting on Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Development Cooperation concludes in Montreal

Montreal, 19 May 2009 – More than 45 development cooperation agencies, development banks, United Nations agencies and international non-governmental development organizations participated in the Expert Meeting on Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Development Cooperation, held at the premises of the ...

Release of CBD Biodiversity for Development Newsletter (Issue n°4)

Reference: SCBD/ITS/EB/67728 (2009-065)
To: CBD National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the fourth issue of the Secretariat’s newsletter on Biodiversity for Development and Poverty Alleviation has been posted on the CBD website. It can be downloaded at the following address: https://www.cbd.int/development/newsletters/newsletter-bd-04-en.pdf

Subject: Release of CBD Biodiversity for Development Newsletter (Issue n°5)

Reference: SCBD/ITS/EB/68514 (2009-104)
To: CBD National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the fifth issue of the Secretariat’s newsletter on Biodiversity for Development and Poverty Alleviation has been posted on the CBD website.

High Level Conference on "Visions for Biodiversity Beyond 2010 - People, Ecosystems Services and the Climate Crisis"

7 - 9 September 2009, Stromstad, Sweden

ASEAN Conference on Biodiversity

21 - 23 October 2009, Singapore, Singapore

UNEP/CBD/SSC-SC/1/1/3

Report of the Steering Committee for South-South Cooperation on Biodiversity for Development on the Work of its First Meeting

Statement by Mr Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of Africa Environment Day, 3 March 2010, Arusha, Tanzania.

Statement by Mr Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of Africa Environment Day, 3 March 2010, Arusha, Tanzania

Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the Second Meeting of the Commission for Biodiversity, Ecosystems, Finance and Development, New York, 12 April 2010.

Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the Second Meeting of the Commission for Biodiversity, Ecosystems, Finance and Development, New York, 12 April 2010

International Day for Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/DA/fd/71745 (2010-092)
To: All CBD National Focal Points and International Organizations

This year’s International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) carries special significance as 2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity. In keeping with the spirit of the on-going global celebrations, the Secretariat encourages all governments and international organizations to take advanta ...

Invitation for Proposals - The Rio Conventions’ Ecosystems snd Climate Change Pavilion: Promoting synergies between biodiversity, land management and climate change, to be held at the CBD COP 10 and the UNFCCC COP 16

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/AW/71840 (2010-101)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and International Organizations

The secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), in consultation with the secretariats of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), will convene the Rio Conventions’ Ecosystems and Clima ...

UNEP/CBD/EM-SSC/2/1/ADD1

Annotations to the Provisional Agenda (unedited)

Statement by Mr Ahmed Djoghlaf, the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the Reception at the London Zoo in Anticipation of the International Day for Biological Diversity, 17 May 2010, London, England.

Statement by Mr Ahmed Djoghlaf, the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the Reception at the London Zoo in Anticipation of the International Day for Biological Diversity, 17 May 2010, London, England

Statement by Mr Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the Public Lecture on Integrating Biodiversity and Development, 20 May 2010, Nairobi, Kenya.

Statement by Mr Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the Public Lecture on Integrating Biodiversity and Development, 20 May 2010, Nairobi, Kenya

World Celebrates Biodiversity as a Major Tool for Achieving Development and Alleviating Poverty

Montreal, 24 May 2010. Stakeholders in over 70 countries in all regions of the world celebrated last Saturday’s International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) under the theme of biodiversity for development and poverty alleviation. Celebrations coincided with activities in over 50 countries ...

Recommendation 3/3

Integration of biodiversity into poverty eradication and development

The Second Expert Meeting for South-South Cooperation on Biodiversity for Development

29 - 30 May 2010, Nairobi, Kenya

International Conference on Biological and Cultural Diversity: Diversity for Development – Development for Diversity

8 - 10 June 2010, Montreal, Canada

International Congress on Biological and Cultural Diversity (CIDBC/ICBCD): Diversity for Development - Development for Diversity

19 - 23 July 2010, Montreal, Canada

Conférence panafricaine de haut niveau - Biodiversité et lutte contre la pauvreté: quelles opportunités pour l'Afrique?

12 - 17 September 2010, Libreville, Gabon

Statement by Mr Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Conference on Delivering Global Food Security: Global Biological Diversity for Development in the Post-2010 Era, 13 September 2010, Cordoba, Spain.

Statement by Mr Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Conference on Delivering Global Food Security: Global Biological Diversity for Development in the Post-2010 Era, 13 September 2010, Cordoba, Spain.

Discours de m. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Secrétaire exécutif de la CDB, à l’occasion de la premiere conférence panafricaine sur «La biodiversité et la lutte contre la pauvreté en afrique », 16 septembre 2010, Libreville, Gabon.

Discours de m. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Secrétaire exécutif de la CDB, à l’occasion de la premiere conférence panafricaine sur «La biodiversité et la lutte contre la pauvreté en afrique », 16 septembre 2010, Libreville, Gabon

Latin American and Caribbean Indigenous and Local Community Capacity-building Workshop on the CBD including issues relevant to Article 8(j), Traditional Knowledge and ABS

23 - 25 September 2010, Bogota, Colombia

South-South Cooperation Forum on Biodiversity for Development

17 - 19 October 2010, Nagoya, Japan

Interlinkage between REDD mechanism and Biodiversity conservation

The main objective of the proposed side event is to discuss how we can incorporate the concept of biodiversity conservation to the REDD (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation), namely as REDD+ or REDD ++ which is now key issue for the protection of pristine forest particula ...

Assessing implementation of CBD National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans

Since 2008 UNU-IAS has been undertaking an assessment of the preparation, content, adequacy and effectiveness of national biodiversity strategies and action plans. One of the objectives of this project is to provide COP, Parties and others with an assessment of the extent to which objectives 3.1 ...

SGP / UNDP-GEF SUPPORT TO BIODIVERSITY-BASED PRODUCTS AND SUPPLY CHAINS

The UNDP/GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP), established in 1992, has implemented more than 6,500 biodiversity projects at the community level in 120 countries worldwide. The side event will profile a joint initiative of the SGP and UNDP/GEF to capture and profile the portfolio of biodiversity-bas ...

Landcare International: Local Action-Global Progress

A gathering of professionals, practitioners and supporters of Landcare international initiatives. Landcare is a a community-based approach to natural resouce management, based on broad partnerships between communities, governments and the private sector to address key NRM and livelihood challen ...

BIODIVERSITY, HUMAN SECURITY AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

During this International Year of Biodiversity, UNDESA/UNCRD intends to address the nexus of Biodiversity and Human Security in the context of Regional Development. In many developing countries, people’s livelihood directly depend on natural resources generated from biodiversity and ecosystem ...

Toward achieving the Post 2010 Biodiversity Target

Presentations and panel discussion by multistakeholders for promoting the implementation of post-2010 target, including the discussion of "UN Decade on Biodiversity".

The GEF and Indigenous Peoples

The GEF has been working with the local and indigenous communities on many of its projects and programs. The side event will be a forum to have an interactive dialogue with the indigenous peoples on biodiversity issues, including introduction of the GEF’s experience on projects and approaches r ...

Driving Innovation for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Asia and the Pacific

Innovative policy measures and local actions are key to promoting biodiversity/ecosystem service conservation and sustainable use of biological resources for environmental sustainability and human well-being. Panellists address key factors for driving innovation through enhanced macro-policy and ...

THE ROLE OF "SATOUMI" FOR MARINE BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION

"Sato-umi" is a coastal zone where the livelihood of human-beings and the blessings of nature coexist in harmony with coastal area eco-systems. The objective of this side event is to promote a better understanding of the Sato-umi concept and of the significance of Sato-umi creation.　Experts will ...

TEEB – The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity: National Policy findings and options – and examples of best valuation practice from Japan

This session explores key findings from the TEEB for National and International Policy Makers report. The panel will include national policymakers and is supported by examples of best valuation practice in Japan for the protection and sustainable use of biodiversity.

UNDERSTANDING AND APPLYING THE ECOSYSTEM APPROACH FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND POVERTY REDUCTION UNDER GLOBAL CHANGE

This side event will present a new volume of the CBD Technical Series dedicated to an analysis of the systemic character of global change, biodiversity and human development, and the relationships between them. The papers describe and evaluate the complicated relationships and dynamics between h ...

Indigenous Wisdom for Agrobiodiversity and Food Security

Timeless and resilient practices and new initiatives presented by indigenous communities and their partners to achieve agrobiodiversity and food security