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Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on the Review of Implementation of the Convention

5 - 9 September 2005, Montreal, Canada

Africa regional joint preparatory meeting for the seventeenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora and the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the associated meetings of the Parties to the Protocols of the Convention on Biological Diversity

8 - 12 August 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Agreements reached on actions to integrate biodiversity in forestry, fisheries, agriculture, and tourism sectors and to achieve the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development

Annual Accounts – BE, BY, BZ, VB, BG, BH, BI Trust Funds

Reference: SCBD/RMCS/MR-H/85220 (2015-137)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Asia Regional Workshop on Biodiversity and Finance in support of the Nagoya Outcomes

8 - 9 April 2011, Da Lat City, Viet Nam

Asia regional joint preparatory meeting for the seventeenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora and the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the associated meetings of the Parties to the Protocols of the Convention on Biological Diversity

1 - 5 August 2016, Bangkok, Thailand

Asian Subregional Workshop on Strengthening Capacities for the Integrated Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress and the Convention on Biological Diversity

6 - 10 November 2017, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Biennium Accounts - BE, BY, BZ, BG, BH, BI Trust Funds.

Reference: SCBD/RMCS/MR-H/57515 (2007-022)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Attached please find the audited financial statements (related to the following Trust Funds) for the biennium 2004-2005 ended 31 December 2005.

Biennium Accounts – BE, BY, BZ, VB, BG, BH, BI Trust Funds

Reference: SCBD/RMCS/MR-H/80461 (2013-105)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Biennium Accounts – BE, BY, BZ, VB, BG, BH, BI Trust Funds

Reference: SCBD/RMCS/MR-H/80461 (2014-101)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Call tor Posters - National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans and the 2010 Biodiversity Target.

Reference: SCBD/ITS/DC/CI 58146 (2007-050)
To: all CBD National Focal Points and relevant organizations

The Secretariat is pleased to announce that a poster session will be held during the second meeting of the Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention (WGRI-2) on the theme of implementation of national biodiversity strategies and action plans and their contribution (NBSAPs) to t ...

Recommendation 1/6

Cooperation

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Annex A

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Information Note for Participants

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Information Note for Participants

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Invitation to Organizations

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Gestión de fondos ambientales para la sostenibilidad financiera de la biodiversidad

Documents for the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention (WGRI-2), 9-13 July 2007, Paris

Reference: SCBD/ITS/DC/58443 (2007-064)
To: all CBD National Focal Points

I wish to inform you that documents for the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation (WGRI-2) to be held in Paris, France on 9-13 July 2007 are now being made available in final form on the Convention’s website at: < a href='/doc/meeting.aspx?mtg=WGRI-02' ...

EXTENSION OF DEADLINE: Review of experience in convening the meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol, and the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol concurrently

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/KNM/86308 (2017-028)
To: CBD, CPB and ABS National Focal Points

Eastern Europe Regional Workshop on Biodiversity and Finance in support of the Nagoya Outcomes

25 - 26 March 2011, Kiev, Ukraine

Fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention

16 - 20 June 2014, Montreal, Canada

Financial Statements of the Trust Funds of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing of Genetic Resources

Reference: SCBD/AFC/MRH/87024 (2017-139)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Financial Statements of the Trust Funds of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing of Genetic Resources

Reference: SCBD/AFC/MRH/86053 (2016-135)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Decision I/6

Financing of and budget for the Convention

Decision II/20

Financing of and budget for the Convention

First meeting of the Advisory Group for the preparation of the third edition of the Global Biodiversity Outlook

24 - 25 May 2008, Bonn, Germany

First session of Ad Hoc Working Group of Experts on Biological Diversity

16 - 18 November 1988, Geneva, Switzerland

Fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP 14)

7 - 18 October 2019, New Delhi, India

Fourth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention

7 - 11 May 2012, Montreal, Canada

Recommendation 1/8

Framework for monitoring implementation of the Convention and achievement of the 2010 targets, and for review of the programmes of work

Funding for Parties from Developing Countries and Economies in Transition to attend (i) the twelfth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-12); and (ii) the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention (WGRI-2), Paris, France, 2 to 6 July and 9 to 13 July 2007, respectively.

Reference: SCBD/RMCS/MR-H/58546 (2007-060)
To: All CBD National Focal Points

Pursuant to Decision VIII/31 paragraph 22 of the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, I have the honour to inform you that the Secretariat has received, to date, a total of US$191,117 from donors in support of the participation of developing country Parties and Parties with economies ...

Recommendation 2/1

Implementation of goals 2 and 3 of the Strategic Plan

Recommendation 5/2

Improving the efficiency of structures and processes under the Convention and its Protocols

Intergovernmental meeting to discuss implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Montreal 2 September 2005 –Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) meet in Montreal from 5 to 9 September 2005, to consider a variety of issues relating to the effective implementation of the objectives of the CBD including its Strategic Plan and the 2010 Biodiversity Target.

International Expert Workshop on Mainstreaming Biodiversity in the Sectors of Energy and Mining, Infrastructure, and Manufacturing and Processing

20 - 22 June 2018, Cairo, Egypt

Intersessional Meeting on the Operations of the Convention

28 - 30 June 1999, Montreal, Canada

Decision I/10

Location of the Secretariat

Recommendation 1/4

Mechanisms for implementation: financial resources and financial mechanism

Recommendation 1/5

Mechanisms for implementation: review of the Global Initiative on Communication, Education and Public Awareness

Recommendation 1/3

Mechanisms for implementation: review of the clearing-house mechanism

Meeting of Subnational Governments in support of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets

24 - 27 April 2012, Curitiba, Brazil

Meeting to Review Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity Concludes its Second Session.

Meeting to Review Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity Concludes its Second Session.

Paris – 13 July 2007. The second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (WGRI-2), held with 360 participants at the headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris from 9 to 13 J ...

Meeting to Review the Implementation on the Convention on Biological Diversity Opens in Paris.

<br>View also the Communiqué <a href='/doc/press/2007/pr-2007-07-10-wgri-fr.pdf'>in French</a>.

Meeting to Review the Implementation on the Convention on Biological Diversity Opens in Paris.

Paris – 10 July 2007: The second meeting of the Working Group on the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (WGRI 2) opened yesterday at UNESCO headquarters, in Paris with more than 320 participants from around the world. The meeting was opened by Mr. Antônio José Rezende Castro from Br ...

Recommendation 1/9

National reporting

New Quarterly Report on the Administration of the Convention on Biological Diversity (January - March and April - June 2006).

OBSERVATION OF MARINE BIODIVERSITY (FEAT. JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE-EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY)

The human beings live with bio-resources. However, we do not know a proper solution for sustainable use of these bio-resources. The information of ocean biodiversity is still scant.　In the term of the land, detailed analysis and prediction on the biodiversity are necessary to understand the conn ...

Open-ended online forum on the long-term strategic approach on mainstreaming and associated action plan

12 - 22 December 2023, Online

Recommendation 2/5

Operations of the Convention

Operations of the Convention: Retirement of Decisions

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/LG/lb/70894 (2010-067)
To: National Focal Points and relevant international organizations

In Section III paragraph 14 of Decision IX/29, the Conference of the Parties inter alia requested the Executive Secretary to make proposals to its tenth meeting regarding the retirement of decisions and elements of decisions taken at its fifth and sixth meetings and to communicate such proposals ...

Operations of the Convention: Retirement of Decisions

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/LG/lb/77910 (2011-225)
To: National Focal Points and relevant international organizations

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, Governm ...

Operations of the Convention: retirement of decisions

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/LG/CR/60783 (2007-146)
To: National Focal Points and relevant international organizations

In Section V paragraph 36 of Decision VIII/10, the Conference of the Parties inter alia requested the Executive Secretary to make proposals to its ninth meeting regarding the retirement of decisions and elements of decisions taken at its fifth meeting and to communicate such proposals to Parties ...

Recommendation 2/2

Options and a draft strategy for resource mobilization in support of the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Pacific subregional joint preparatory meeting for the seventeenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora and the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the associated meetings of the Parties to the Protocols of the Convention on Biological Diversity

15 - 19 August 2016, Apia, Samoa

Recommendation III/7

Participation of Parties in the Convention process

Decision I/11

Preparation for the second meeting of the Conference of the Parties

Recommendation 1/7

Private-sector engagement

Regional Workshop for Eastern Africa on Updating National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans

27 - 30 June 2011, Kigali, Rwanda

Regional Workshop for the Middle East and North Africa on the updating and revision of the Strategic Plan of the Convention for the post-2010 period

10 - 11 January 2010, Cairo, Egypt

Regional Workshop on Valuation and Incentive Measures for South America

15 - 17 May 2012, Santiago, Chile

Regional joint preparatory meeting for Latin America and the Caribbean for the seventeenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora and the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the associated meetings of the Parties to the Protocols of the Convention on Biological Diversity

22 - 26 August 2016, Antigua, Guatemala

Report of the Second Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention (WGRI-2)

Reference: SCBD/ITS/LC/59714 (2007-109)
To: CBD National Focal Points, The Global Environment Facility (GEF), Donor Agencies

I am pleased to bring to your kind attention that the report of the Second Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention (WGRI-2) held at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France, from 9 to 13 July 2007, has been cleared by the Rapporteur and is now ava ...

Report on Activities of the Secretariat on the Implementation of the Work Programme of the Convention and its Protocol

Review of experience in convening the meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol, and the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol concurrently

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/KNM/86308 (2017-016)
To: CBD, CPB and ABS National Focal Points

Recommendation 1/2

Review of processes

Roundtable discussion: Initiative of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity on “Biodiversity for Poverty Eradication and Development, 2015-2018”

28 - 29 October 2015, Brussels, Belgium

Decision I/1

Rules of procedure for the Conference of the Parties

Second Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention

9 - 13 July 2007, Paris, France

Second Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention (WGRI-2), 9 - 13 July 2007, UNESCO, Paris, France.

Reference: SCBD/ITS/DC/CI/57046 (2007-001)
To: CBD National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the 2nd meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention (WGRI-2) will be held in Paris, France at the Headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) from 9 to 13 July 2007. ...

Decision I/4

Selection of a competent international organization to carry out the functions of the Secretariat of the Convention

Seminar on transformational change for the biodiversity agenda

8 - 9 July 2018, Montreal, Canada

Seventh meeting of the Liaison Group of the Biodiversity-related Conventions

9 - 10 April 2009, Paris, France

South-South Cooperation Forum on Biodiversity for Development

17 - 19 October 2010, Nagoya, Japan

Statement by Dr. Hamdallah Zedan, Acting Executive Secretary, to the Opening Session

Statement by Hamdallah Zedan, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity to the Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working group on the the Review of Implementation of the Convention

Montreal, Canada, 5 - 9 September 2005

Recommendation 2/4

Status of national reporting and proposals on the scope and format of the third edition of Global Biodiversity Outlook

Recommendation 2/3

Streamlining the guidance provided to the Global Environment Facility as the institutional structure operating the financial mechanism of the convention

Strengthening National Implementation of the Convention on Life on Earth, Paris, 9-13 July 2007.

<br>View also the Communiqué <a href='/doc/press/2007/pr-2007-06-29-wgri-fr.pdf'>in French</a>.

Strengthening National Implementation of the Convention on Life on Earth, Paris, 9-13 July 2007.

Over 500 delegates representing 190 Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will meet in Paris at the headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) from 9 to 13 July 2007 to look at ways to enhance tools for implementing the Convent ...

Subregional Capacity-building Workshop on Financial Reporting and Resource Mobilization for Eastern European and Central and West Asian Countries

25 - 26 February 2016, Tbilisi, Georgia

Decision I/5

Support to the Secretariat by international organizations

The CBD Voluntary Peer Review Pilot Phase 2012-2014

WGRI-5 recommended to establish a pilot phase for a voluntary peer review process to better understand opportunities and challenges for implementation of National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plans which contribute to the Strate4gic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020. WGRI-5 requested the Exe ...

Third Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (WGRI-3), 24 - 28 May 2010, UNEP, Nairobi

Reference: SCBD/ITS/NP/fb/69027 (2009-127)
To: all CBD National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the third meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention (WGRI-3) will be held in Nairobi, Kenya, at the headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) from 24 to 28 May 2010. You will find attached t ...

Third meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention

24 - 28 May 2010, Nairobi, Kenya

Third meeting of the Informal Consultations on the Development of the Strategy for Resource Mobilization

16 - 17 February 2008, Rome, Italy

Training Programme prior to the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention (WGRI-2), on 8 July 2007, Muséum national d’Histoire Naturelle, 57, rue Cuvier, Paris, 5th District.

Reference: SCBD/ITS/DC/58140 (2007-048)
To: all CBD and SBSTTA National Focal Points

The Secretariat is pleased to announce that, in cooperation with UNEP and UNDP, as well as the courtesy of the Museum d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris, a training workshop on National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) will be organized on Sunday, 8th July 2007, for the participants ...

Training and Information Events on Innovative Financing for WGRI-3 Participants, Nairobi, 24-27 May 2010

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/fb/71531 (2010-088)
To: CBD National Focal Points and Resource Mobilization Focal Points and Relevant Organizations. cc: WGRI-3 Pre-registered participants

I am pleased to announce that a series of Training and Information Events on Innovative Financing for participants of the Third meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention (WGRI-3) will be jointly organized by Business and Biodiversity Offsets Pro ...

Decision I/13

Tribute to the Government of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas

UNEP/Bio.Div/INC.3/1/ADD1

Articles of the revised draft Convention on Biological Diversity agreed by the WG1

UNEP/Bio.Div/INC.3/2/DRAFT3

Third revised draft Convention on Biological Diversity

UNEP/Bio.Div/INC.4/2/DRAFT2

Second revised draft Convention on Biological Diversity

UNEP/Bio.Div/INC.4/2/DRAFT4

Fourth revised draft Convention on Biological Diversity

UNEP/Bio.Div/INC.5/2/DRAFT5

Fifth revised draft Convention on Biological Diversity

UNEP/CBD/COP/1/10

Item 6.6 of the Provisional Agenda <br> Draft Financial Rules Governing the Funding of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity

UNEP/CBD/COP/1/12

Item 8 of the Provisional Agenda <br> Preparation of the Participation of the Convention on Biological Diversity in the Third Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development

UNEP/CBD/COP/1/14

Item 10 of the Provisional Agenda <br> Budget for the Secretariat of the Convention

UNEP/CBD/COP/1/7

Item 6.3 of the Provisional Agenda <br> List of Developed Country Parties and Other Parties Which Voluntarily Assume the Obligations of Developed Country Parties

UNEP/CBD/COP/1/9

Item 6.5 of the Provisional Agenda <br> Selection of a Competent International Organization to Carry out the Functions of the Secretariat of the Convention

UNEP/CBD/COP/1/INF/2

The interim Secretariat for the Convention on Biological Diversity<br>Report of the Executive Director of UNEP