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2024 Biodiversity Capacity-Building and Development Forum

19 October 2024, Cali, Colombia

Call for expression of interest to host a regional and/or subregional technical and scientific cooperation support centre to support implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/ET/CPA/91150 (2023-080)
To: CBD national focal points, ABS focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, SBSTTA focal points, and relevant organizations and stakeholders

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

Communication update on the branding of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

Reference: SCBD/OES/DAIN/FD/91459 (2024-101)
To: CBD national focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations

Extension of Deadline: Invitation to participate in a survey on capacity needs of Parties with respect to the headline indicators of the monitoring framework for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/JC/LJ/91530 (2024-030)
To: CBD focal points, ABS national focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, SBSTTA focal points, cc: Indigenous peoples and local communities, relevant organizations

Extension of deadline: 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 (2023-127)
To: CBD focal points, ABS national focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, SBSTTA focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Indicators for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

29 January 2024, Online

First online information session on the global partnership to support the achievement of Target 3 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

29 November 2023, Online

First programming tranche of the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/91580 (2024-024)
To: CBD national focal points, ABS focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points

Fourth meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Indicators for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

4 December 2023, Online

Integrating traditional and scientific knowledge for biodiversity conservation

21 November 2023, Online

International dialogue with indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant stakeholders on the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and the Gender Plan of Action

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/OR/QC/TM/91284 (2023-106)
To: CBD national focal points, Traditional Knowledge national focal points, Gender national focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations, cc: ABS national focal points

Invitation to Parties to assist in the testing of the online reporting tool for national reporting

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/JC/MC/91153 (2023-076)
To: CBD national focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points, SBSTTA focal Points

Invitation to engage with the Global Ecosystems Atlas

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/JC/LJ/91856 (2024-095)
To: CBD national focal points, ABS national focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, SBSTTA focal points

Invitation to participate in a survey on capacity needs of Parties with respect to the headline indicators of the monitoring framework for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/JC/MC/91530 (2024-013)
To: CBD focal points, ABS national focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, SBSTTA focal points cc: Indigenous peoples and local communities, relevant organization

Invitation to participate in and/or contribute to the implementation of the voluntary peer review of national biodiversity strategies and action plans

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NVW/MC/91151 (2023-075)
To: CBD national focal points

Invitation to participate in the peer review of the draft Knowledge Management Strategy to support the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/ET/AP/FV/DM/91417 (2024-010)
To: CBD national focal points, ABS focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, SBSTTA national focal points, CHM focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Invitation to participate in the peer review of two draft documents of guidance related to revising and updating national biodiversity strategies and action plans (NBSAPs)

Reference: SCBD/IMS/JEC/MC/91000 (2023-055)
To: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA national focal points, ABS focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Invitation to submit views on concrete procedures for a global review of collective progress in the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework to be conducted by the Conference of the Parties at its seventeenth meeting

Reference: SCBD/IMS/JEC/MC/91124 (2023-069)
To: CBD national focal points

Launch and invitation to join the Action Initiative for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/LG/91495 (2024-005)
To: CBD national focal points, ABS focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Launch of the Biodiversity Knowledge Hub of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

19 December 2023, Online

Launch of the Biodiversity Plan campaign, a tool to help reach and educate the broader public on the importance of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

Reference: SCBD/OES/DAIN/FD/91459 (2023-137)
To: CBD national focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations

Launch of the online reporting tool for submitting national targets

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/JC/MC/91353 (2023-117)
To: CBD national focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points, SBSTTA focal points

NBSAP Forum 2.0

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/JEC/MC/91142 (2023-073)
To: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA national focal points, ABS focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

NEW DATE: International Forum facilitated by the Forest Ecosystem Restoration Initiative: Workshop on ecosystem restoration-related planning and capacity-building needs for the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/SK/JA/LJ/91100 (2023-074)
To: CBD national focal points and SBSTTA focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant global and regional organizations and initiatives

Nomination of experts for the ad hoc technical expert group on indicators for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/JC/KM/90718 (2023-001)
To: CBD Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Nominations open for the MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity 2024

Nominations open for the MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity 2024

Online discussion of the Liaison Group on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

7 - 21 February 2024, Online

Regional Dialogue on National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans for Middle East and North Africa, 16-19 January 2024 - Amman, Jordan

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/JEC/MC/91357 (2023-116)
To: National Focal Points for CBD and its Protocols of the following countries: Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, State of Palestine, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen

Regional Dialogue on National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans for South and East Asia

23 - 26 January 2024, Tokyo, Japan

Regional Dialogue on National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans for South and East Asia, 23-26 January 2024 - Tokyo, Japan

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/JEC/MC/91349 (2023-114)
To: National focal points for CBD and its Protocols of the following countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, India, Japan, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Republic of Korea, and Sri Lanka

Regional Dialogue on National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans for countries in the Middle East and North Africa

16 - 19 January 2024, Amman, Jordan

Regional Dialogues on National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans for African Countries, 30 May to 2 June 2024, Nairobi, Kenya

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/JEC/MC/91545 (2024-016)
To: National focal points for CBD and its Protocols of the following countries: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, the Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania (United Republic of), Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe

Regional Dialogues on National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans for Latin America

25 - 28 June 2024, Lima, Peru

Regional dialogue on national biodiversity strategies and action plans for anglophone African countries

30 May - 2 June 2024, Nairobi, Kenya

Regional dialogue on national biodiversity strategies and action plans for francophone African countries

30 May - 2 June 2024, Nairobi, Kenya

Second online information session on the global partnership to support the achievement of Target 3 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

30 November 2023, Online

Selection of participants for the Meeting to develop a Target 3 Partnership, Cambridge, United Kingdom - 12-14 June 2023

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/SK/MC/90867 (2023-060)
To: CBD focal points, SBSTTA focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Sixth meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Indicators for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

12 - 15 March 2024, Cambridge, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Statement by Astrid Schomaker, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Opening ceremony of the fifth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation, 16 October 2024, Cali, Colombia

Statement by Astrid Schomaker, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Opening ceremony of the fifth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation, 16 October 2024, Cali, Colombia

Statement by Astrid Schomaker, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the closing ceremony of the fifth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation, 18 October 2024

Statement by Astrid Schomaker, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the closing ceremony of the fifth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation, 18 October 2024

Statement by David Cooper, Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the International Mother Earth Day 22 April 2024

Statement by David Cooper, Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the International Mother Earth Day 22 April 2024

Sub-regional Dialogue on National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs), 14-17 August 2023 - Manila, Philippines

Reference: SCBD/IMS/JEC/MC/91105 (2023-068)
To: National focal points for CBD and its Protocols of ASEAN member States (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam) and Timor Leste

Sub-regional Dialogue on National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans, Workshop on Target 3 of the GBF and UNEP Technical Workshop on the GEF Early Action Support Project for the Pacific Countries, 18-26 March 2024 - Nadi, Fiji

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/JEC/MC/91406 (2023-125)
To: National focal points for CBD and its Protocols of the following countries: Cook Islands, Fiji, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu

Sub-regional Dialogue on National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans, and Workshop on Target 3 of the GBF for the Caribbean Countries, 15-19 April 2024 - Georgetown, Guyana

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/JEC/MC/91504 (2024-009)
To: National focal points for CBD and its Protocols of the following countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago