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#846272011-12-19
2011-2020 United Nations Biodiversity Decade Launched in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
Montreal, 19 December 2011 – A future of life in harmony with nature is possible, if the world takes action now. The United Nations Decade on Biodiversity (UNDB) was launched in Kanazawa, Japan, on 17 December 2011, in a ceremony organized by the United Nations University, in collaboration with ...
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#846002011-12-16
UN Decade on Biodiversity launched at Meso-American workshop on National Biodiversity Strategies
Montreal, 16 December 2011 – Costa Rica was the host for the launch of the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity for the Central American Region, setting in motion a process to build a future of life in harmony with nature. In addition to the launch, 40 participants from nine countries attended ...
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#836832011-11-14
UNESCO launch of the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity takes place in Paris
Montreal, 14 November 2011 – The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) joined with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to launch the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity at its headquarters in Paris.
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#828792011-10-14
World Association of Zoos and Aquariums mobilized for the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity
Montreal, 14 October 2011 – At its annual conference, and in a unanimous resolution, the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) formally endorsed the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity (UNDB) and decided to develop a framework to guide the participation of zoos and aquariums in the ac ...
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#828092011-10-12
Japan Airlines introduces United Nations Decade on Biodiversity logo on special “Eco Jet”
Montreal, 12 October 2011 – To symbolize its passion for living life in harmony with nature and to help raise biodiversity awareness, Japan Airlines (JAL) today announced at a press conference in Tokyo’s Haneda Airport that it has added the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity (UNDB) logo to it ...
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#823582011-09-27
Nature at the service of the noble objectives of the United Nations
Montreal, 27 September 2011 – Through the Convention Secretariat’s partnership with the Conseil Général de Moselle, marked apples have been produced with the logo of the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity and offered to the signatories of the Convention’s Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic ...
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#814092011-08-19
Biodiversity community comes together in Geneva to launch the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity
Montreal, 19 August 2011 – In conjunction with the 61st meeting of the Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the Government of Switzerland, in partnership with the Japanese presidency of the tenth meeting of the Confere ...
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#809242011-07-27
UN decades on biodiversity and desertification launched in Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa/Montreal, 27 July 2011 – The United Nations system joined together at the offices of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa on 22 July 2011 for the regional launch for Africa of the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity (UNDB) and to mark the United Nations ...
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#803832011-07-06
United Nations Decade on Biodiversity launched in Havana for the countries of the Caribbean
Montreal/Havana, 6 July 2011 –On the occasion of the 8th International Convention on Environment and Development, being held in Havana from 4 to 8 July, Cuba launched the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity 2011-2020 in Caribbean countries.
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#793762011-05-30
Philippines President hosts South-East Asian launch of the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity
Montreal 30 May 2011— The United Nations Decade on Biodiversity has been launched in South-East Asia by the President of the Philippines, Benigno S. Aquino III, who also issued a Presidential Proclamation declaring a National Decade. The event took place on 30 May 2011 at the Malacanang Palace w ...
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#791872011-05-23
India Launches Biodiversity Decade for Asia and the Pacific
Montreal, 23 May 2011— With a guest list that included Ministers, Ambassadors, business leaders and celebrities, India held on 23 May 2011 in New Delhi the Asia and Pacific launch of the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity, with the goal of raising awareness of the importance of the variety of ...
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#791432011-05-20
The Republic of Korea, the Champion of the Green Growth, Now also a Champion for the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity
Montreal 20 May 2011. The Republic of Korea celebrated the International Day for Biological Diversity in Sangju City today with the participation of more than 1,000 people. This year’s celebration of the International Day coincides with the celebration of the International Year of Forests and is ...
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#791232011-05-19
UN Biodiversity Chief Becomes Honorary Councillor of World Future Council
Hamburg, 19 May 2011 – United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Executive Secretary Ahmed Djoghlaf has become an Honorary Councillor of the World Future Council (WFC). Using the slogan “Biodiversity is Life. Biodiversity is Our Life”, Mr. Djoghlaf was instrumental in leading the U ...