Search Results

Fifth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation

16 - 18 October 2024, Cali, Colombia

Fourth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation

21 - 29 May 2024, Nairobi, Kenya

Selected representatives of indigenous peoples and local communities to receive funding for their participation in the Twenty-sixth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice and the Fourth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/OR/QC/TM/91510 (2024-032)
To: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA focal points, TK focal points, indigenous peoples and local community organizations, and relevant organizations

Registration for the twenty-sixth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 26), 13–18 May 2024 and the fourth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI 4), 21 to 29 May 2024, Nairobi, Kenya

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/IMS/JL/NP/91510 (2024-012)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations

Extension of deadline: Open-ended Online Forum: Long-term approach on mainstreaming and associated Action Plan

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/ML/BB/GD/91319 (2023-136)
To: CBD national focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, relevant initiatives and stakeholders, cc: Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points

Open-ended Online Forum: Long-term approach on mainstreaming and associated Action Plan

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/ML/BB/GD/91319 (2023-122)
To: CBD national focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, relevant initiatives and stakeholders, cc: Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points

Extension of deadline - Call for Submissions: Long-term strategic approach to mainstreaming biodiversity within and across sector

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/ML/BB/GD/90873 (2023-048)
To: CBD National Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, relevant initiatives and stakeholders, cc: Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points

Call for Submissions: Long-term strategic approach to mainstreaming biodiversity within and across sectors

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/ML/BB/GD/90873 (2023-028)
To: CBD National Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, relevant initiatives and stakeholders, cc: Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points

SBI 3 agenda item 11: Mainstreaming of biodiversity within and across sectors and other strategic actions to enhance implementation of the Long-Term Strategic Approach to Mainstreaming

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/ML/OH/GD/90250 (2022-025)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

SBI-3 agenda item 9: Extension of peer review of proposed annexes A, B, C and D

Reference: SCBD/IMS/JMF/JC/MC/90056 (2022-018)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Governments advance negotiations on ambitious global biodiversity framework but require more time

29 March 2022 – Following 15 days of negotiation in Geneva, world governments have produced a strong basis for a post 2020 global biodiversity framework to safeguard the health of the planet, scheduled for final agreement at UN Biodiversity Conference in Kunming, China this year.

Governments advance negotiations on ambitious global biodiversity framework but require more time

Statement by Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive secretary of the convention on biological diversity, at the joint opening plenary of the twenty-fourth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (part II); the third meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (part II); and the third meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (part II), 14 March 2022

Statement by Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive secretary of the convention on biological diversity, at the joint opening plenary of the twenty-fourth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (part II); the third meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (part II); and the third meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (part II), 14 March 2022

Third meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation

14 - 29 March 2022, Geneva, Switzerland

Third meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (Resumed)

13 - 29 March 2022, Geneva, Switzerland

Nations Convene in Geneva to Set Stage for UN Biodiversity Conference (COP-15), Advance Text of Proposed Framework to Safeguard Nature

Nations Convene in Geneva to Set Stage for UN Biodiversity Conference (COP-15), Advance Text of Proposed Framework to Safeguard Nature

13 March 2022 – Three meetings critical to developing an ambitious and transformative post-2020 global biodiversity framework to safeguard nature resume in-person sessions on Monday, 14 March in Geneva, Switzerland.

Code of Conduct to Prevent Harassment at CBD Events

Reference: SCBD/OES/WY/90182 (2022-016)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, international organizations, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, and relevant organizations

Webinar: Introduction to new SBI documents related to the financial mechanism (SBI item 6)

24 February 2022, Online

Updated information: Resumed sessions of SBSTTA 24, SBI 3 and WG2020-3, Geneva, Switzerland

Reference: SCBD/EM/DC/90155 (2022-014)
To: CBD Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Briefing webinar on the joint meeting agenda and organization of work of the resumed sessions of SBSTTA-24, SBI-3 and WG2020-3

8 February 2022, Online

Further information: Resumed sessions of SBSTTA 24, SBI 3 and WG2020-3, Geneva, Switzerland

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/89916 (2022-006)
To: CBD Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

NEW DATES: Resumed sessions of SBSTTA 24, SBI 3 and WG2020-3, 13-29 March 2022 - Geneva, Switzerland

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/89916 (2021-085)
To: CBD Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

New dates announced for resumed sessions of UN Biodiversity Convention’s two subsidiary bodies and post-2020 global biodiversity framework working group

22 December 2021 – The physical meeting of the resumed sessions of the Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD) scientific and implementation bodies, and the working group tasked with developing the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, have been rescheduled for March 2022 in Geneva, Switze ...

UN Biodiversity Convention postpones in-person resumed sessions of its two subsidiary bodies and working group on post-2020 global biodiversity framework

Uncertainties posed by the Omicron variant and resulting travel measures and restrictions force postponement of physical meetings of resumed sessions for SBSTTA-24, SBI-3 and WG2020-3, scheduled to be held in Geneva in January 2022

UN Biodiversity Convention postpones in-person resumed sessions of its two subsidiary bodies and working group on post-2020 global biodiversity framework

2 December 2021 – Due to the uncertainties posed by the recent emergence of the Omicron variant, and the resulting travel measures and restrictions imposed in certain countries, the resumed sessions of the Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD) scientific and implementation bodies, as well a ...

Postponement: Resumed sessions of SBSTTA 24, SBI 3 and WG2020-3

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/89916 (2021-082)
To: CBD Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

UN Biodiversity Convention postpones in-person resumed sessions of its two subsidiary bodies and working group on post-2020 global biodiversity framework.

Resumed sessions of SBSTTA 24, SBI 3 and WG2020-3, 12-28 January 2022 - Geneva, Switzerland

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/89916 (2021-069)
To: CBD Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

UN Biodiversity Convention pauses virtual meetings essential to development of post-2020 global biodiversity framework

UN Biodiversity Convention pauses virtual meetings essential to development of post-2020 global biodiversity framework

Montreal, 14 June 2021 – Following six weeks of virtual meetings, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has completed the first part of the meetings of its scientific and implementation subsidiary bodies, essential to the development of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework due f ...

Statement by Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, at the opening of the third meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation, 16 May 2021

Statement by Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, at the opening of the third meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation, 16 May 2021

UN Biodiversity Convention holds virtual meetings essential to development of post-2020 global biodiversity framework

UN Biodiversity Convention holds virtual meetings essential to development of post-2020 global biodiversity framework

Montreal, 2 May 2021 - UN Biodiversity Convention’s two subsidiary bodies holding virtual meetings over May and June.

Scenario Notes - SBSTTA 24 and SBI 3

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/89184 (2021-027)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Formal meetings of the Twenty-fourth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice and the Third meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/89184 (2021-026)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

UN Biodiversity Convention confirms dates for subsidiary body meetings critical to development of post-2020 global biodiversity framework

UN Biodiversity Convention confirms dates for subsidiary body meetings critical to development of post-2020 global biodiversity framework

Montreal, 9 April 2021– Dates and modalities have been confirmed for the twenty-fourth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-24), and the third meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI-3), two meetings essential to the development o ...

Preparation for the formal meetings of SBSTTA 24 and SBI 3

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/89184 (2021-023)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Statement by Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the opening of the informal session in preparation for SBI-3, 8 March 2021

Statement by Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the opening of the informal session in preparation for SBI-3, 8 March 2021

Informal session in preparation for SBI 3

8 - 14 March 2021, Online

Informal sessions of SBSTTA 24 and SBI 3: Organization of Work

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/89372 (2021-009)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points

Briefing webinar 2 on agenda item 9 on enhancing reporting and review mechanisms with a view to strengthening the implementation of the Convention, of the third meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation

21 January 2021, Online

Briefing webinar 1 on agenda item 5 relating to the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework process of the third meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation

19 January 2021, Online

Informal sessions of SBSTTA 24 and SBI 3 (CORRECTION)

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/89372 (2021-005)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points

Briefing Webinars for SBSTTA 24 and SBI 3

Reference: SCBD/IMS/SSSF/AS/JMF/JB/89296 (2021-004)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations, cc: Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points

Government pandemic spending measures continue to harm biodiversity: UN Biodiversity Convention discusses biodiversity, One Health and response to COVID-19

Statement by Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the special virtual session for SBSTTA-24 and SBI-03 on biodiversity, One Health and the response to COVID-19, Online, 15 December 2020

Government pandemic spending measures continue to harm biodiversity: UN Biodiversity Convention discusses biodiversity, One Health and response to COVID-19

15 December 2020 – Government recovery spending continues to harm biodiversity, even as scientists show the importance of halting the loss of nature to prevent future pandemics, the global body charged with protecting the variety of life on Earth heard today.

Statement by Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the special virtual session for SBSTTA-24 and SBI-03 on biodiversity, One Health and the response to COVID-19, Online, 15 December 2020

Special virtual session for SBSTTA-24 and SBI-03 on biodiversity, One Health and COVID-19

15 - 16 December 2020, Online

Results of the Survey on the Trial Phase of an Open-Ended Forum on Review of Implementation held on 16-17 September 2020

Reference: SCBD/IMS/JEC/MC/89183 (2020-094)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations, cc: Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points

Special Virtual Session for SBSTTA 24 and SBI 3 on Biodiversity, One Health and COVID-19, 15-16 December 2020

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/89287 (2020-091)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations, cc: Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points

Results of the Survey on the User Experience during the Special Virtual Sessions held on 15-18 September 2020

Reference: SCBD/IMS/JMF/FVO/89183 (2020-086)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities and relevant organizations, cc: Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points

Surveys on the Special Virtual Sessions for SBSTTA 24 and SBI 3, including the Trial Phase of an Open-Ended Forum on Review of Implementation, held from 15 to 18 September 2020

Reference: SCBD/IMS/JMF/JB/89183 (2020-078)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations, cc: Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points

Statement by Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, at the opening of the special virtual session of SBI-3, In-session review of implementation: Testing of a Party-led review process, through an Open-Ended Forum and the Strategy for Resource Mobilization, Wednesday, 16 September, to Thursday, 17 September 2020

Statement by Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, at the opening of the special virtual session of SBI-3, In-session review of implementation: Testing of a Party-led review process, through an Open-Ended Forum and the Strategy for Resource Mobilization, Wednesday, 16 September, to Thursday, 17 September 2020

Special virtual sessions for SBSTTA-24 and SBI-3

15 - 18 September 2020, Online

Further information on modalities: Special Virtual Sessions for SBSTTA 24 and SBI 3, 15-18 September 2020

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/JMF/89063 (2020-066)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations, cc: Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points

Revised arrangements for the meetings of SBSTTA 24 and SBI 3

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/88946 (2020-065)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations, cc: Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points

Briefing session on Agenda item 3 of the third meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation

Reference: SCBD/IMS/JMF/JB/89078 (2020-063)
To: CBD National Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations, cc: Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points

Special Virtual Sessions for SBSTTA 24 and SBI 3, 15-18 September 2020

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/JMF/89063 (2020-058)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations cc: Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points

Trial Phase of an Open-ended Forum for Review of Implementation (to be held online on 16 and 17 September 2020)

Reference: SCBD/IMS/JMF/JC/88541 (2020-059)
To: CBD National Focal Points cc: ABS Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, Resource Mobilization Focal Points

New dates announced for UN Biodiversity Convention meetings crucial to development of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework

Revised schedule for meetings of the Convention on Biological Diversity and its Protocols

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/88946 (2020-050)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Further postponement: Twenty-fourth Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 24), and Third Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI 3)

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/88923 (2020-038)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Inspired by discussions on the possibilities of transformational change, a keynote address by Canadian astronaut Roberta Bondar, and a celebration of indigenous culture, more than 1,000 delegates from around the world concluded two critical meetings of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Montreal, Canada.

Governments embark on transformative agenda to achieve global biodiversity targets and prepare the way forward beyond 2020

18 July 2018 – Inspired by discussions on the possibilities of transformational change, a keynote address by Canadian astronaut Roberta Bondar, and a celebration of indigenous culture, more than 1,000 delegates from around the world concluded two critical meetings of the UN Convention on Biologi ...

Statement by Dr. Cristiana Pașca Palmer, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the second meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation, 9-13 July 2018, Montreal, Canada

Statement by Dr. Cristiana Pașca Palmer, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the second meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation, 9-13 July 2018, Montreal, Canada

Second meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation

9 - 13 July 2018, Montreal, Canada

Over the next two weeks, the Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD) bodies on science and implementation will meet to provide further guidance on accelerated efforts to achieve the Aichi Biodiversity Targets by the end of the year 2020, and to lay the groundwork for negotiations to achieve an ambitious and effective post-2020 global biodiversity framework.

UN Biodiversity Convention’s science and implementation bodies meet to lay groundwork for post-2020 global biodiversity framework negotiations

2 July 2018 – Over the next two weeks, the Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD) bodies on science and implementation will meet to provide further guidance on accelerated efforts to achieve the Aichi Biodiversity Targets by the end of the year 2020, and to lay the groundwork for negotiation ...

Registration and Documentation for the Twenty-second meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 22), 2 to 7 July 2018, and Second meeting of the Subsidiary Body on implementation (SBI 2), 9 to 13 July 2018 in Montreal, Canada

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/moc/87154 (2018-023)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, UN Organizations and Specialized Agencies, IGOs, NGOs, and Indigenous Organizations

Peer review of information documents on scenarios for the 2050 Vision for Biodiversity and the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development

Reference: SCBD/OES/CPP/DC/KNM/87069 (2018-001)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, relevant organizations

Peer review of draft documents for the twenty-second meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 22) and the second meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI 2) of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/CPP/DC/KNM/87012 (2017-134)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, relevant organizations

First meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation

2 - 6 May 2016, Montreal, Canada

Peer review of documentation regarding the review progress in the implementation of the Convention and the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 at the first meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/LZ/85338 (2016-010)
To: : CBD National Focal Points