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United Nations High-Level Political Forum

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/AS/ML/OH/GD/89465 (2021-017)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points and ABS Focal Points

Tracking Economic Instruments and Finance for Biodiversity: Invitation to contribute data on positive incentives relevant to Aichi Biodiversity Target 3 to the OECD PINE database

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/AS/ML/GD/88414 (2019-114)
To: CBD National Focal Points and Resource Mobilization Focal Points

Composition of the Informal Advisory Group on Mainstreaming of Biodiversity

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/AS/ML/OH/GD/87855 (2019-045)
To: CBD, CPB and ABS National Focal Points, relevant stakeholders, organizations and initiatives

Invitation to Register for a Massive Open Online Course on Greening Consumption and Production (31 May - 12 July 2017)

Reference: SCBD/IMS/RS/ET/CP/86505 (2017-041)
To: CBD, CPB and ABS National Focal Points, other Governments, IPLCs and relevant organizations

R E M I N D E R: Decision XI/30: Incentive measures Decision XI/4: Review of implementation of the strategy for resource mobilization, including the establishment of targets

Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/81348 (2013-049)
To: CBD NFPs and relevant international organizations

Decision XI/30: Incentive measures; Decision XI/4: Review of implementation of the strategy for resource mobilization, including the establishment of targets

Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/81348 (2013-022)
To: CBD NFPs and relevant international organizations

Sub-regional Workshop on valuation and incentive measures for Sub-Saharan West Africa, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 19 to 22 February 2013

Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/80981 (2012-150)
To: CBD National Focal Points of: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo and relevant organizations

Implementation tools for valuation and incentive measures

Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/81035 (2012-144)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Regional workshop on valuation and incentive measures for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Tbilisi, Georgia, 29 to 31 May 2012

Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/79216 (2012-049)
To: CBD Focal Points of: Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech, Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and relevant organizations

Regional workshop on valuation and incentive measures for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Tbilisi, Georgia, 29 to 31 May 2012

Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/79216 (2012-048)
To: CBD Focal Points of: Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech, Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and relevant organizations

Sub-regional Workshop on Valuation and Incentive Measures for South America, Santiago, Chile, 15 to 17 May 2012

Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/79215 (2012-041)
To: CBD Focal Points of: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela and relevant organizations

Decision X/44 on Incentive measures

Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/74510 (2012-040)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Survey by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP-WCMC) and the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) to review the incorporation of biodiversity and ecosystem service values into National Biodiversity Strategies and Actions Plans (NBSAPs)

Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/79105 (2012-036)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points

TEEB (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity) Capacity-building Workshop for North Africa and the Middle East Beirut, Lebanon, 21 to 23 February 2012

Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/78209 (2011-238)
To: CBD Focal Points of: Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, and relevant organizations

I am pleased to inform you that a Capacity-building Workshop for North Africa and the Middle East on The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) will be held in Beirut, Lebanon, from 21 to 23 February 2012.

Regional Workshop for Africa on Updating National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans: Focus on the Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity as a Mainstreaming Tool, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (27 February to 1 March 2012)

Reference: SCBD/ITS/SK/mac/78199 (2011-234)
To: the CBD National Focal Points of the following countries: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Sierra Leone, Sao Tome and Principe, Sudan, Swaziland, Togo, The Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and relevant organizations

Further to my notification SCBD/ITS/SK/mac/78199 of 14 November 2011, I am pleased to inform you that the regional capacity building workshop for Southern African countries on Updating National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans will focus specifically on the economics of ecosystems and bi ...

REMINDER: Decision X/44 on Incentive measures

Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/74510 (2011-223)
To: CBD NFPs, relevant international organizations and stakeholders

Further to paragraph 15 of decision X/44 on incentive measures, notification 2011-014, sent on 18 January 2011, invited Parties, other Governments and relevant organizations and stakeholders to report to the Executive Secretary, by 5 January 2012 latest, progress made, difficulties encountered, ...

Decision X/44 on Incentive measures

Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/74510 (2011-014)
To: CBD NFPs, relevant international organizations and stakeholders

The purpose of this notification is to request your assistance pursuant to decision X/44 on incentive measures as adopted by the Conference of the Parties at its tenth meeting held from 18-29 October 2010 in Nagoya, Japan.

UNDP Report: Latin America and the Caribbean: A Biodiversity Superpower

Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/74646 (2011-002)
To: GRULAC CBD Primary Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the United Nations Development Programme released its economic report Latin America and the Caribbean: A Biodiversity Superpower. Launched in December 2010 in Argentina on occasion of the XX Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State, the report highlights the impor ...

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 ...

Invitation to participate in TEEB Survey to identify policy options to reduce the rate of biodiversity loss – by 30 April 2010

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/71283 (2010-055)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points

You will recall that a series of global studies on “The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity” (TEEB) is currently being prepared under the aegis of the Green Economy Initiative of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). This work was welcomed by the Conference of the Parties (COP) ...

Call for case-studies for Latin American and Caribbean that demonstrate the economic value of biodiversity and ecosystem services for production sectors

Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/67823 (2009-124)
To: GRULAC Primary Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points

This is further to the letter dated 3 August 2009 (Ref.: SCBD/SEL/ML/lb/67823) informing on the regional initiative advanced by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD), entitled “Biodiversity and Ecosys ...

Incentive measures: Selection of experts and observers for the International expert workshop on the removal and mitigation of perverse, and the promotion of positive, incentive measures 6-8 October 2009, Paris, France

Reference: SCBD/SEL//ML/GD/68406 (2009-098)
To: CBD NFPs, relevant international organizations and stakeholders

In paragraph 6 of decision IX/6, on incentive measures, the Conference of the Parties requested the Executive Secretary to convene an international workshop on the removal and mitigation of perverse, and the promotion of positive, incentive measures, consisting of government-nominated practition ...

International expert workshop on the removal and mitigation of perverse, and the promotion of positive, incentive measures

Reference: SCBD/SEL//ML/GD/64397 (2009-070)
To: CBD NFPs

This is with reference to notification 2009-045 dated 1 May 2009 regarding the expert workshop on the removal and mitigation of perverse and the promotion of positive incentive measures. The Secretariat has been informed by several governments that they are still in the process of selecting sui ...

Questionnaire on “The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity” (TEEB) global study

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/67387 (2009-047)
To: CBD National Focal Points

The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is a partner in the important global study on “The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity” (TEEB), which is a cooperative effort of researchers from North and South, led by Pavan Sukhdev, supported by the CBD Secretariat and funde ...

International expert workshop on the removal and mitigation of perverse, and the promotion of positive, incentive measures

Reference: SCBD/SEL//ML/GD/64397 (2009-045)
To: CBD NFPs, relevant international organizations and stakeholders

I have the pleasure to inform you that the Secretariat is convening the international expert workshop tentatively on 6-8 October 2009. The confirmed date and the venue will be communicated in due course.

REMINDER - Decision VIII/26 on incentive measures: Preparation for the in-depth review of the work on incentive measures

Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/56662 (2007-139)
To: CBD National Focal Points

The purpose of this notification is to invite Parties and Governments to contribute to the preparatory process for the in-depth review of the work on incentive measures. The in-depth review will be undertaken by the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-9).

REMINDER - Decision VIII/26 on incentive measures: Preparation for the in-depth review of the work on incentive measures

Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/56663 (2007-140)
To: International organizations and stakeholders

The purpose of this notification is to invite international organizations and stakeholders to contribute to the preparatory process for the in-depth review of the work on incentive measures. The in-depth review will be undertaken by the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-9).

Decision VIII/26 on incentive measures: preparation for the in-depth review of the work on incentive measures.

Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/56663 (2007-032)
To: International organizations and stakeholders

The purpose of this notification is to invite relevant international organizations and stakeholders to contribute to the preparatory process for the in-depth review of the work on incentive measures. The in-depth review will be undertaken by the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties.

Decision VIII/26 on incentive measures: preparation for the in-depth review of the work on incentive measures.

Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/56662 (2007-033)
To: CBD National Focal Points

The purpose of this notification is to invite Parties and Governments to contribute to the preparatory process for the in-depth review of the work on incentive measures. The in-depth review will be undertaken by the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties.

Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/47896f (2005-116)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Relevant International Organizations

The purpose of this Notification is to inform that the communications received by the Executive Secretary from Parties and international organizations on the development of definitions in the context of ongoing work on the removal or mitigation of perverse incentives are posted on the website at ...

Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/47681 (2005-066)
To: CBD National Focal Points and relevant organizations

The Secretariat has prepared the attached documents that provide the requested analysis as well as the proposals on the application of tools for valuation of biodiversity and biodiversity resources and functions. The documents are now open for peer review. The purpose of the peer review process ...

Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/49115 (2005-063)
To: CBD National Focal Points; Relevant organizations

Pursuant to paragraph 18 of decision VII/18, the Secretariat has prepared the attached documents that provide the requested analysis as well as proposals on the application of such positive incentive measures and their integration into relevant policies, programmes or strategies. The documents a ...

Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/47896 (2005-028)
To: CBD National Focal Points

The purpose of this notification is, further to notifications <a href="/doc/notifications/2004/ntf-2004-038-im-en.pdf">2004-038</a> of 6 May 2004 and <a href="/doc/notifications/2004/ntf-2004-076-cbd-en.pdf">2004-076</a> of 23 September 2004, to invite Parties to contribute to the work on incent ...

Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/47896 (2005-029)
To: Relevant International Organizations

The purpose of this notification is, further to notifications <a href="/doc/notifications/2004/ntf-2004-051-inc-en.pdf">2004-051</a> of 11 June 2004 and <a href="/doc/notifications/2004/ntf-2004-077-cbd-en.pdf">2004-077</a> of 23 September 2004, to invite relevant international organizations to ...

Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/47895 (2005-025)
To: CBD National Focal Points

The purpose of this notification is to reiterate invitation to Parties, further to notifications <a href='/doc/notifications/2004/ntf-2004-038-im-en.pdf'>2004-038</a> and <a href='/doc/notifications/2004/ntf-2004-076-cbd-en.pdf'>2004-076</a>, to take specific action in the implementation of dec ...

Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/47895 (2005-026)
To: Relevant international organizations

The purpose of this notification is to reiterate invitation to relevant international organizations, further to notifications <a href='/doc/notifications/2004/ntf-2004-051-inc-en.pdf'>2004-051</a> and <a href='/doc/notifications/2004/ntf-2004-077-cbd-en.pdf'>2004-077</a>, to take specific actio ...

Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/45455f (2004-103)
To: CBD National Focal Points

The purpose of this notification is to inform Parties on recent publications that may provide useful assistance in the implementation of Article 11 of the Convention on Biological diversity, on incentive measures.

Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/43069 (2004-076)
To: CBD National Focal Points

The purpose of this notification is to invite Parties to take specific action to assist the Secretariat in the preparation of documentation for meetings and in the dissemination of information in view of the implementation of <a href='/decisions/default.aspx?dec=VII/18'>decision VII/18</a> of th ...

Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/43980 (2004-077)
To: Relevant international organizations

The purpose of this notification is to invite international organizations to take specific action to assist the Secretariat in the preparation of documentation for meetings and in the dissemination of information with regard to the implementation of <a href='/decisions/default.aspx?dec=VII/18'>d ...

Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/43980 (2004-051)
To: Relevant international organizations

International organizations are invited to take specific action to assist the Secretariat in the preparation of documentation for meetings and in the dissemination of information with regard to the implementation of <a href='/decisions/default.aspx?dec=VII/18'>decision VII/18</a> of the seventh ...

Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/43069 (2004-038)
To: CBD National Focal Points, List of international organizations (incentive measures)

Parties are invited to take specific action to assist the Secretariat in the preparation of documentation for meetings and in the dissemination of information in view of the implementation of <a href='/decisions/default.aspx?dec=VII/18'>decision VII/18</a> on incentive measures.

Reference: SCBD/I&O/CHM/MS/42172 (2004-011)
To: CBD National Focal Points, CHM National Focal Points, CHM Informal Advisory Committee and International Thematic Focal Points

An information database on incentive measures is available on the Convention’s website at: <a href='/programmes/socio-eco/incentives/case-studies.aspx'>http://www.biodiv.org/programmes/socio-eco/incentives/case-studies.aspx</a>. The database allows to search, locate and retrieve information usin ...

Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/33014F (2003-043)
To: CBD National Focal Points

The Executive Secretary conveys the list of invited experts and representatives of international organizations to the <a href="/doc/meeting.asp?wg=WSIM-02">Second Workshop on Incentive Measures</a> (Montreal, Canada, from 3 to 5 June 2003)

Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/33014 (2003-032)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Subject to the availability of funds, a Workshop on Incentive Measures will be held from 3-5 June 2003. In this regard, the Executive Secretary would appreciate it if your Government could submit names and curriculum vitae of suitably qualified experts to the Secretariat no later than 31 March ...

Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/34154 (2003-026)
To: CBD National Focal Points and listed international organizations

Peer review of a document on the impact of trade liberalization on agricultural biological diversity

Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/33014 (2003-013)
To: National Focal points

A Workshop on Incentive Measures will be held from 3-5 June 2003. The purpose of the workshop is to elaborate proposals for the application of ways and means to remove or mitigate perverse incentives. Governments are invited to submit names and curriculum vitae of suitably qualified experts to t ...

Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/30402 (2002-058)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Parties are invited to submit to the Secretariat case studies, lessons learnt and other relevant information on incentive measures

Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/30403 (2002-059)
To: Relevant intergovernmental organizations, regional organizations, non-governmental organizations and UN agencies

Relevant organizations are invited to submit to the Secretariat case studies, lessons learnt and other relevant information on incentive measures

Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD (2001-077)
To:

Governments are requested to submit relevant information on perverse incentives as well as case studies and best practices on incentive measures and their implementation, no later than 31 January 2002, in order to make the information available to the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties

Reference: (2001-058)
To:

Notification regarding the objectives of the Workshop on Incentive Measures for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, to be held from 17-19 September 2001 in Montreal. A list of government-nominated experts and observers invited to participate in the workshop is attached.