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UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/16/16

Reports on Collaborative Work on Biodiversity and Agriculture, Forests, and Biodiversity and Health

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/16/INF/27

Summary Report on the Rio Conventions Pavilion

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/16/INF/33

Report on Collaborative Work on Biodiversity and Agriculture

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/16/INF/5

Report of Joint OSPAR/NEAFC/CBD Scientific Workshop on EBSAs

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/16/INF/5/ADD1

Review of the Report of the joint OSPAR/NEAFC/CBD Scientific Workshop on EBSAs in the Northeast Atlantic (Addendum)

"Biodiversity and Health: strengthening our synergies and seeking collaboration" by SCBD, WHO, DIVERSITAS, EcoHealth Alliance and partners.

Biodiversity and human health have inextricable links, as biodiversity can offer critical health-supporting ecosystem services and benefits. It is also increasingly acknowledged that public health arguments are an opportunity for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. Anthropogeni ...

10th World Wilderness Congress (WILD10)

4 - 10 October 2013, Salamanca, Spain

11th session of the Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITWG-PGRFA)

18 - 20 April 2023, Rome, Italy

15th session of the UN Forum on Forests

4 - 8 May 2020, New York, United States of America

164th Session of the FAO Council

8 - 12 June 2020, Rome, Italy

165th session of the FAO Council

30 November - 4 December 2020, Rome, Italy

166th session of the FAO Council

26 - 30 April 2021, Rome, Italy

17th Session of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

18 - 22 February 2019, Rome, Italy

19th Regular Session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA)

24 - 28 July 2023, Rome, Italy

20 years after their birth, three sister Rio Conventions reaffirm their collective responsibility for sustainable development

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 21 June 2012 – The heads of the secretariats of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) reaffirmed their determination to work to g ...

2014 UEBT Biodiversity Barometer report says consumers expect companies to respect biodiversity

While 87% of consumers surveyed worldwide want companies to adopt sourcing policies that respect biodiversity, only 27% of the top 100 beauty and personal care companies actually mention biodiversity on their websites or in their corporate sociability reports, according to the newly launched 201 ...

30th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (Ozone Secretariat)

5 - 9 November 2018, Quito, Ecuador

37th session of the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

4 - 19 November 2013, Paris, France

40th Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (Ozone Secretariat)

11 - 14 July 2018, Vienna, Austria

58th GEF Council Meeting (Global Environment Facility)

2 - 4 June 2020, Wahington, United States of America

59th GEF Council Meeting (Global Environment Facility)

8 - 10 December 2020, Washington, United States of America

5th Intergovernmental Biodiversity in Europe Conference - Post 2010: Enhancing Pan-European Implementation of CBD Decisions

22 - 24 September 2009, Liege, Belgium

61st GEF Council Meeting (global Environment Facility)

7 - 9 December 2021, Washington, United States of America

6th European Congress of Conservation Biology: “Biodiversity crisis in a changing world”

22 - 26 August 2022, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czechia

6th Session of the Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Forest Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (FAO)

13 - 15 April 2021, Rome, Italy

73rd meeting of the Standing Committee (SC73) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)

5 - 7 May 2021, Online

77th meeting of the Standing Committee (CITES)

6 - 10 November 2023, Geneva, Switzerland

85th Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol

25 - 29 May 2020, Montreal, Canada

8th session of the Global Soil Partnership Plenary Assembly (FAO)

4 - 5 June 2020, Rome, Italy

8th technical assessment of REDD+ forest reference (emission) levels (UNFCCC)

22 - 26 March 2021, Online/ virtual, Bonn, Germany

A Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) geared towards enhancing cooperation between the Secretariats of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture was signed today on the margins of the second meeting of CBD’s Subsidiary Body on Implementation, being held in Montreal, Canada.

A partnership to save our Reef

Already we’re making an impact, delivering more than 100 Reef-saving projects right now, including the world’s largest coral reefs restoration program kickstarted by $100 million from the partnership.

ASEAN Joint Statement to the Thirteenth Meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/BD/AR/ab/86167 (2016-145)
To: All CBD National Focal Points, relevant organizations

ASEAN conference calls for acceleration in climate cooperation

The ASEAN Secretariat has organised the 17th Coordinating Conference on the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (SOC-COM) via video teleconference to discuss the future of climate change cooperation in the region.

Address Delivered by Mr. Jacques Chirac, President of the French Republic to the International Conference on "Biodiversity: Science and Governance"

UNESCO, 24 – 28 January 2005

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

Africa: New Consortium to Reduce Environmental Footprint of Rice Production

A new global consortium, the Sustainable Rice Landscapes Initiative, will bring together expertise from international organizations, research institutions and business groups with significant market influence to tackle the enormous environmental footprint of rice production, members of the partn ...

Agencies and partners join forces to promote the implementation of environmental law through enhanced knowledge sharing and new tools

Aichi biodiversity heads of agencies task force established with 27 global partners

Montreal, 21 September 2011 – At a signing ceremony organized by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), a Memorandum of Cooperation was signed with 27 of the largest international agencies, organizations and environmental conventions for implementation and achievement o ...

Alliance for Zero Extinction and the Convention on Biological Diversity Join Forces

Washington, D.C., 11 June, 2010 – Two of the world’s premier institutions promoting biodiversity conservation—the Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE), a global alliance to prevent extinction of species, and the Convention on Biological Diversity and its 193 Parties—are entering into a partnership ...

Announcement of the International University of Andalusia (Spain): The 9th Master's Degree in Management, Access and Conservation of Species in Trade: The International Framework (April-June 2010).

Announcement: On behalf of the European Commission and in collaboration with EU Member States, STELLA Consulting is organising annual information sessions on preparing LIFE+ project proposals and managing LIFE+ projects. LIFE+ is the Financial Instrument for the Environment of the European Commission. The next Call for Proposals will be launched in February 2011, with up to €265.36 million available for co-financing projects.

Articles are presently being sought from members of civil society (including NGOs, social movements, indigenous organizations and representatives, local communities) for the ninth issue of the CBD newsletter for civil society, [square brackets], being prepared to coincide with the Eighteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 18), being held 23-28 June 2014 in Montreal, Canada.

Articles are presently being sought from members of civil society and indigenous peoples and local communities for the tenth edition of the CBD newsletter for civil society, [square brackets], being prepared to coincide with the twentieth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 20), being held in Montreal 25-30 April 2016, and the first meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation, being held 2-6 May 2016 in Montreal.

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

Asia-Pacific Biodiversity Observation Network and its contribution to CBD and IPBES

Since 2009, Asia-Pacific Biodiversity Observation Network, a regional network of GEO BON, has been developed to gather and share information of biodiversity and ecosystem services. In this event, the achievements of this network, including the success of Korean BON and the application of the GEO ...

Asia-Pacific Climate Week (APCW) - UNFCCC

24 - 28 August 2020, Yokohama, Japan

Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop of the UN-Water Initiative “Capacity Development to Support National Drought Management Policies”

6 - 9 May 2014, Hanoi, Viet Nam

Australia and Southern Africa can work together on climate action and energy transition

The year 2020 tested the strength of our communities and the resilience of our countries. It was a year dominated by the Covid-19 pandemic, but for Australians it started with the most devastating bushfires in our history. The messages and offers of support from our friends in Southern Africa in ...

BRICS nations' pact on environmental cooperation gets Cabinet nod

The Centre Wednesday gave its ex-post facto approval to a pact signed among BRICS nations on environmental cooperation, a move which is expected to bring in latest technologies and best practices for better environmental protection.

Belgium joins international coalition against biodiversity loss

Belgium has joined the High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People (HAC), an intergovernmental group of 60 countries co-chaired by Costa Rica and France and by the United Kingdom as Ocean co-chair, with the goal of protecting at least 30 percent of the world’s land and ocean by 2030.

Bhutan, India and Nepal to strengthen trans-border conservation

Beginning next year, a large-scale transborder conservation of biodiversity will be strengthened through community involvement in the Manas and Kangchenjunga landscapes within Bhutan, India, and Nepal.

Bio-Bridge Initiative funding agreement signed to promote technical and scientific cooperation on biodiversity

Montreal, 19 May 2015 – The Republic of Korea and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), with the purpose of promoting technical and scientific co-operation and to support achievement of the goals and targets of the Convention, have today signed a funding agreement for ...

Biodiversity Champions in Southeast Asia

Nagoya, 21 October 2010 – While the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region is home to 20 per cent of all known plant and animal species, it is losing biodiversity at alarming rates. Unfortunately, this threat has not attracted enough attention from leaders, the public and the med ...

Biodiversity Convention Secretariat Signs Historic Agreement with Brazilian State of Paraná to Offset Emissions

Bonn, 27 May — To meet its pledge to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and work toward carbon neutrality, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity entered into a partnership today with the Brazilian State of Paraná to replant native trees and contribute to the regeneration of ...

Biodiversity Convention Secretariat Signs Historic Agreement with Brazilian State of Paraná to Offset Emissions.

Biodiversity Convention and International Tropical Timber Organization renew collaboration to 2025

Biodiversity Convention and International Tropical Timber Organization renew collaboration to 2025

5 February 2021: The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) have renewed their longstanding collaboration for another five years, with the aim of supporting CBD Parties and ITTO member countries in the tropics in their efforts to conser ...

Biodiversity Convention and WWF champion biodiversity awareness, Sign MOU in support of Aichi Biodiversity Target 1

14 December 2016 -The Secretariat of the Convention on Biodiversity (SCBD) and WWF International have signed an MoU to collaborate in implementing CBD’s Global Communications Strategy together with CBD Parties, partners and the broader conservation community to achieve Aichi Biodiversity Target ...

Biodiversity Convention signs Memorandum of Understanding with UN-Habitat

Montreal, 26 September 2011 – The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and UN-HABITAT signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in New York last week on the margins of the sixty-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly.

Biodiversity Indicators Partnership – Steering Committee Meeting

8 - 9 February 2013, Teleconference

Biodiversity added to the agenda of Hokkaido Toyako G8 Summit

Bonn - 26 May 2008 — G8 environment ministers at the Kobe meeting adopted, for the first time a call for action for biodiversity elevating biodiversity to a key item on the agenda of the upcoming Hokkaido Toyako Summit. Since the establishment of the G8 summit in 1975 in Rambouillet, France bi ...

Recommendation XIII/6

Biodiversity and climate change: options for mutually supportive actions addressing climate change within the three Rio conventions

Biodiversity and sustainable development are inextricably linked. Biodiversity, at the level of ecosystems, species and genes, forms the foundation of the Earth’s life support systems and provides the services that underpin human lives and prosperity. Our social and economic well-being depends on biodiversity, as does our future.

Biodiversity community agrees a common approach to protect life on Earth

Montreal, 7 September 2010. The heads and representatives of five international conventions on biodiversity and major conservation organizations agreed last week to a common approach to address the biodiversity crisis, based on the Strategic Plan of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

Biodiversity in European Development Cooperation

19 - 21 September 2006, Paris, France

Biological Diversity and Cultural Diversity or the Components of Life on Earth, Address by Dr Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, to the 47th Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, Westin Hotel, Ottawa March 16th, 2007.

I would like to congratulate the Canadian Commission for UNESCO on its fiftieth anniversary at the service of the ideals of peace and justice through multilateral cooperation in the key areas of culture, science and education. The celebration of this important event could not have found a better ...

Biological Diversity and Cultural Diversity or the Components of Life on Earth, Address by Dr Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, to the 47th Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, Westin Hotel, Ottawa March 16th, 2007.

<br>View also the statement <a href='/doc/speech/2007/sp-2007-03-16-unesco-fr.pdf'>in French</a>.

Blu Hope to reverse environmental damage in Sabah

This state, located on the East coast of Borneo, is arguably one of the most precious pieces of real estate, biodiversity-wise left on the planet. Such a status means that any inspired action taken to help reverse its slow but sure death would make a huge difference anywhere else across the world.

Botswana's Okavango Delta: World Heritage Site under threat

Environmental organizations are raising the alarm over mining for oil and gas in the world's largest cross-border nature reserve, known for its biodiversity and unique landscapes.

Brainstorming session on South-South cooperation

6 - 8 November 2006, Montreal, Canada

Brainstorming session on South-South cooperation and the Convention on Biological Diversity: Working together to protect life on Earth

Montreal – 6 November 2006 – Under the leadership of South Africa, the group of 131 developing countries, known as the Group of 77 and China, is launching the first initiative in the history of multilateral environmental agreements aimed at preparing a multi-year plan of action on South-South co ...

Building A Coalition For the Defence and Nurturance of Biodiversity

The way modern science and technology is usually backed by outside powers in Asia, Africa and Latin America has unfolded in a manner that it has created a negative environment for the nurturance and continuity of plants diversity. The undermining has been very severe and comprehensive, and most ...

Business for the Environment (B4E) Global Summit

15 - 16 April 2013, New Delhi, India

CBD Participation in the Global South-South Development Expo, 28 October to 1 November 2013, Nairobi, Kenya

Reference: SCBD/MPO/AF/NP/OH/cr/82753 (2013-091)
To: CBD National Focal Points

CBD Secretariat activities at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20, including the Rio Conventions Pavilion

Reference: SCBD/STTM/TC/JSt/79452 (2012-053)
To: CBD National Focal Points and Relevant Organizations

CBD Secretariat and IUCN sign supplementary agreement for the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 regarding invasive species

Montreal, 8 November 2011 –At the margins of the fifteenth meeting of Subsidiary Body on Scientific Technical and Technological Advice, the Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Global Director, Biodiversity Conservation Group, of the Inte ...

CBD Secretariat and IUCN—The World Conservation Union Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Enhance Cooperation.

CBD Secretariat and IUCN—The World Conservation Union Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Enhance Cooperation.

Paris – 11 July 2007. A Memorandum of Understanding geared towards enhancing the cooperation and collaboration between the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity and IUCN–The World Conservation Union was signed today by the two organizations on the margins of the second meeting o ...

CBD Secretariat and the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany Sign Memorandum of Understanding on “Biodiversity and Poverty Alleviation”

CBD Secretariat and the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany Sign Memorandum of Understanding on “Biodiversity and Poverty Alleviation”

Montreal – 2 January 2008. An Agreement in the amount of € 1.000.000,00 EURO to support the project “Linking implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity and Poverty Alleviation” was signed between the Executive Secretary of the Convention and on HEM Thomas Matussek, the Ambassado ...

CBD Secretariat and the Institute of Energy and Environment of La Francophonie join Forces to Raise Awareness in French-Speaking Countries

Montreal, 17 November 2009 – The Institute of Energy and Environment of La Francophonie (IEPF) and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) have joined forces to support promotion of the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity (IYB) and the 2011 International Year of Forests.

CBD Secretariat and the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre strengthen links for the preparation of the 2010 Nagoya Biodiversity Summit

Montreal, 3 September 2009 – Further steps have been taken to strengthen the support provided by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP-WCMC) to the implementation of the work programme of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) as adopted ...

CBD Secretariat and the United Nations Regional Economic and Social Commissions Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Mainstream the Objectives of the Convention and Enhance Cooperation

New York – 25 October 2007. A memorandum of understanding geared towards enhancing the cooperation and collaboration between the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the United Nations regional economic and social commissions for Africa (ECA), Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), ...

CBD Secretariat and the United Nations Regional Economic and Social Commissions Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Mainstream the Objectives of the Convention and Enhance Cooperation.

CBD and CEDRIE Partner for a 2-day Symposium on the Enhanced Phase of Implementation of the CBD.

CBD joins IUCN and partners in presenting a short film on biodiversity

To mark the opening of the IUCN World Conservation Forum in Bangkok Thailand, 18 November 2004, with the support of IUCN, CBD, Bellagio Forum for Sustainable Development; Shell Foundation; The Global Environment Facility; and UNESCO World Heritage Centre, a short film urging all to act for the c ...

CBD teams up with UNEP-WCMC to build capacity for achieving the 2010 Biodiversity Target.

CBD welcomes the appointment of Yvo de Boer as new Executive Secretary of UNFCCC.

CBD’s Ahmed Djoghlaf Welcomes Zoellick Appointment at the World Bank.

CBD’s Ahmed Djoghlaf Welcomes Zoellick Appointment at the World Bank.

CBD Executive Secretary Ahmed Djoghlaf welcomed the appointment of Mr. Robert B. Zoellick as President of the World Bank. The decision to appoint Mr. Zoellick was made yesterday by the unanimous vote of the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors.

CIC Markhor Award: Finland Leading the Way in Wetland Conservation

21 November 2018 - The two-year wait is over! Amidst the beating sun of Sharm-el-Sheikh comes a project from the cold, dark winter of Northern Europe.

CITES Secretary-General delivers the Biodiversity Liaison Group’s statement at CMS COP13

I have the honour to speak on behalf of the members of the Liaison Group of Biodiversity-related Conventions: the Heads of the Secretariats of the CBD, CITES, CMS, the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, the International P ...

Call for nomination of experts to contribute to the 2014 - 2018 Work Programme of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/SS/ac/83682 (2014-088)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and relevant organizations

Call for nomination of experts to contribute to the 2014 – 2018 Work Programme of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/SS/ac/83122 (2014-013)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Point and relevant organizations

Call for nominations for a workshop to develop a road map for supporting the implementation and monitoring of and capacity development for ecosystem restoration under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, 22-24 November 2023 - Rome, Italy

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/SK/JA/LJ/91211 (2023-090)
To: CBD and SBSTTA national focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant global and regional organizations and initiatives

Call for nominations of experts for a meeting to develop a methodology for Headline indicator 7.2 (pesticide environmental concentration) under the monitoring framework of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, 23-24 January 2024 - Rome, Italy

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/JC/MC/91382 (2023-123)
To: CBD focal points, ABS national focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, SBSTTA focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Call for submissions for the 2016 GBIF Ebbe Nielsen Challenge

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/RH/85880 (2016-098)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, GTI National Focal Points

Calling Children and Youth to Action: Message from Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, to children and youth of the world

18 February 2006<br><i>Montreal Canada

Canadian universities and research centres plan enhanced cooperation for the implementation of the objectives of the Convention at meeting held at Secretariat on September 26