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Statement by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of World Wetlands Day, 2 February 2023

Statement by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity on the occasion of World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

Statement by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of World Water Day

Statement by Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, at the opening of the Webinar on Building Back Better: Protecting Biodiversity, Combating Land Degradation and Mitigating Climate Change, 10 September 2020

Statement by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Acting Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of World Wetlands Day

Statement by Ms. Cristiana Pașca Palmer, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the African Ministerial Summit on Biodiversity: “Land and ecosystem degradation and restoration: Priorities for increased investments in biodiversity and resilience in Africa”; Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt, 13 November 2018

Message of the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Dr. Cristiana Paşca Palmer, on the occasion of the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, 17 June 2018

Message of the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Dr. Cristiana Paşca Palmer, on the occasion of World Wetlands Day

Message of the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Dr. Cristiana Paşca Palmer, on the occasion of World Soil Day

Message of the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, on the occasion of the World Day to Combat Desertification 17 June 2016 - “Protect Earth. Restore Land. Engage People

Message of the CBD Executive Secretary, Braulio F. de Souza Dias, on the occasion of the World Day to Combat Desertification, 17 June 2015

Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of Désertif’Actions 2015: Forum international « Désertification et société civile », Montpellier, France, 10-13 June 2015

Message of the Executive Secretary on the occasion of World Wetlands Day 2 Februry 2015

Message of the CBD Executive Secretary, Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, on the occasion of the World Day to Combat Desertification, 17 June 2014

Message of the CBD Executive Secretary, Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, on the occasion of World Day to Combat Desertification, 17June 2013

Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD, Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the World Day to Combat Desertification, 17 June 2011

Message by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the World Day to Combat Desertification, 17 June 2010

The World Day to Combat Desertification, 17 June 2010

Message from Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of World Wetlands Day, 2 February 2010

Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of at the Ministerial Round Table of the Ninth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, 28 September 2009, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the World Day to Combat Desertification 2009: Conserving land and water = Securing our common future

Message from Mr. Ahmed djoghlaf, Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the World Day to Combat Desertification: Combating Land Degradation for Sustainable Agriculture

Statement of Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the Occasion of the High-level Segment of the Eighth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, 13 September 2007, Madrid, Spain

Message from the Executive Secretary Ahmed Djoghlaf on the Occasion of World Day to Combat Desertification, 17 June 2007.

Dry and sub-humid lands represent a unique repository of biodiversity, culture and traditional knowledge. Home to two billion people, many of whom rely on biodiversity resources for their daily lives, dry and sub-humid lands contain extraordinarily high levels of endemism and are the origin of m ...

Contribution from Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, to the Seminar on Desertification and its Implications, 2 – 4 April 2007.

Dry and sub-humid ecosystems cover 47% of the Earth’s land surface. They are not barren land or dead landscapes; rather they contain a number of important well-adapted species. Indeed some of the world’s most important food crops originated in dry and sub-humid lands including wheat and olives. ...

Message from Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the Occasion of the Tenth Anniversary of the Entry into Force of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, 26 December, 2006

It is with great pleasure that I extend my congratulations to you and your staff, on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the entry into force of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), for the many achievements of the past 10 years. The successful world wide celebra ...

Message of Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, to the Participants in the First International Congress on Oasis and Sustainable Tourism, Elche, Spain, 14-16 December 2006.

I am very pleased to have an opportunity to commend the initiative of Spain, and the objectives of this event, to contribute to the preservation and promotion of the world’s oasis through the promotion of sustainable tourism. This congress comes towards the end of what the General Assembly of th ...

Statement by Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, to the International Scientific Conference on Desertification and Drylands Research Commemorating 50 years of Drylands Research –Tunis (Tunisia) 19 – 21 June 2006 (in French)

Les pressions exercées du fait des activités humaines sur les fonctions naturelles de la planète ont atteint un tel degré que les capacités des écosystèmes à répondre aux besoins des générations futures sont désormais sérieusement, et peut-être irréversiblement, compromises. Les changements anth ...

Message of Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary to the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the Occasion of World Day to combat desertification, 17 June, 2006

This year’s celebration of the World Day to Combat Desertification is of special significance as it coincides with the celebration of the International Year on Deserts and Desertification. The theme chosen for this years’ celebration—the beauty of deserts, the challenge of desertification—is we ...

Developments in the framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity of relevance to the Convention to Combat Desertification

Statement by Dr. Hamdallah Zedan during the opening session of the Forth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention to Combat Desertification