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UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/16/10

Technical and Regulatory Matters on Geoengineering in Relation to the Convention on Biological Diversity

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/16/2

Ways and Means to Improve the Effectiveness of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/16/COP/11/3

Report of the Sixteenth Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice

10 official working documents and 14 information documents for the twenty-first meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-21), being held in Montreal, Canada, 11 – 14 December 2017, are now available on the SBSTTA website.

A Guide for Working Group Chairs at COP and SBSTTA Meetings, May 2008. This guide provides COP and SBSTTA working group chairs with a general overview of Convention processes at the working group level and background on such things as the conduct of work, smaller informal groups and documentation.

Activities at the Margins of SBSTTA-16

Reference: SCBD/STTM/DC/KC/CRm/79464 (2012-056)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, GTI Focal Points, relevant organizations and GTI Coordination Mechanism.

Recommendation VI/1

Ad hoc technical expert groups

Recommendation VII/1

Ad hoc technical expert groups

Recommendation V/14

Ad hoc technical expert groups: terms of reference, and roster of experts and proposal on a uniform methodology for their use

Recommendation III/1

Agenda Item 3, 7.1 and 7.2

Recommendation II/11

Agenda item 4: Modus operandi of the subsidiary body on scientific, technical and technological advice

Recommendation III/3

Agenda item 5: Scientific, technical and technological advice on forest biological diversity, taking account of research and technical priorities previously identified

Recommendation II/12

Agenda item 6: Draft provisional agenda of the third meeting of the SBSTTA

Recommendation II/1

Agenda items

Recommendation VII/2

Assessment processes: progress report on ongoing assessments

Avian Flu May Prove Big Threat to Biological Diversity.

Experts at Convention on Biological Diversity Meeting Call for More Action to Curb Rise in Infectious Diseases

Biodiversity meeting to examine effectiveness of measures to implement global biodiversity plan

Montreal, 30 October 2015 – Some 600 delegates from around the world will gather together in Montreal, Canada, next week to examine the effectiveness of measures taken by Governments to implement the global biodiversity agenda and mainstream biodiversity into sustainable development through impl ...

Biofuel e-forum: the Secretariat is seeking your opinion. To participate click here (login and password: biofuel07).

<br>Please, see the notification (<a href='/doc/notifications/2007/ntf-2007-015-eforum-en.pdf'>English</a>, <a href='/doc/notifications/2007/ntf-2007-015-eforum-fr.pdf'>French</a> and <a href='/doc/notifications/2007/ntf-2007-015-eforum-es.pdf'>Spanish</a>) for more details.

Brainstorming meeting of SBSTTA Chairs on ways and means to improve the effectiveness of the Subsidiary Body

24 - 25 July 2006, Paris, France

Brainstorming session of the eight past, present and future Chairs of SBSTTA, 24 & 25 July 2006, and Meeting of the SBSTTA Bureau, 26 July 2006, Paris, France

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/VA/55171 (2006-068)
To: all SBSTTA National Focal Points

The purpose of this notification is to inform you that, in consultation with the Chair of SBSTTA-12 and with the generous financial support of UNEP’s Division of Environmental Conventions, a brainstorming meeting of the past, present and future Chairs of SBSTTA is being convened on 24 and 25 Jul ...

Brainstorming session of the eight past, present and future Chairs of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA), held on 24 and 25 July 2006 in Paris, France

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/VA/55171 (2006-092)
To: SBSTTA National Focal Points

The purpose of this notification is to inform you that the report of the Brainstorming meeting of the Past, Present and Future Chairs of SBSTTA (convened on 24 and 25 July 2006, at the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France) is now available on the Secretariat’s website at the follo ...

Bridging Scales and Epistemologies: Linking Local Knowledge with Global Science in Multi-Scale Assessments

23 - 26 June 2002, Kunming, China

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

Briefing webinar 3 on agenda item 3 on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework: scientific and technical information to support the review of the updated goals and targets, and related indicators and baselines of the Twenty-fourth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice

26 January 2021, Online

Briefing webinar 4 ( part 1) on agenda items 4 , 5 and 6: 4. (Synthetic biology), 5. (Risk assessment and risk management of living modified organisms), and 6. (Marine and coastal biodiversity) of the Twenty-fourth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice

28 January 2021, Online

Briefing webinar 4 (part 2) on agenda items 7, 8, 9 and 10 : 7. (Biodiversity and agriculture), 8. (Programme of work of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services), 9. (Biodiversity and health), and 10. (Invasive alien species) of the Twenty-fourth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice

2 February 2021, Online

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

Briefings on pre-session documents for SBSTTA 24 on agenda item 3 related to the post-2020 global biodiversity framework

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/AS/VA/88886 (2020-043)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Building a Global Scientific Alliance on Biodiversity and Climate Change, Paris, 2-6 July 2007.

<br>View also the Communiqué<a href='/doc/press/2007/pr-2007-06-27-sbstta-fr.pdf'> in French</a>

Building a Global Scientific Alliance on Biodiversity and Climate Change, Paris, 2-6 July 2007.

International scientific experts and policy makers will gather at UNESCO headquarters in Paris from 2 to 6 July 2007 for the twelfth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Central to their discussions ...

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

CBD/SBSTTA/21/1

Provisional Agenda

Call for Poster Papers - Emerging Issues for Biodiversity Conservation in a Changing Climate.

Reference: SCBD/STTM/LJ/57297 (2007-019)
To: all CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and relevant organizations

The theme of the poster session at the twelfth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to be held in Paris, France from 2 to 6 July 2007, is “Emerging issues for biodiversity conservation in a chang ...

Call for Poster Papers - Mainstreaming Biodiversity Issues into Forestry and Agriculture

Reference: SCBD/STTM/LJ/59826 (2007-114)
To: all CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and relevant organizations

The theme of the poster session for the thirteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical, and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to be held in Rome, Italy from 18 to 22 February 2008, is "Mainstreaming Biodiversity Issues into Forestry ...

Call for Posters: Fourteenth Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical, and Technological Advice, 10 – 21 May 2010, Nairobi, Kenya

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/JG/70362 (2010-026)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, POWPA Focal Points and relevant organizations

The theme of the poster session for the fourteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical, and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), to be held in Nairobi, Kenya from 10 to 21 May 2010, is: “Biodiversity and Climate Change: Achieving the ...

Call for posters for the Fifteenth Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical, and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-15)

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBSTTA15/JM/jg/77096 (2011-140)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, POWPA Focal Points and relevant organizations

I have the pleasure to announce that the theme of the poster session for the fifteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical, and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), to be held in Montréal, Canada, from 7 to 11 November 2011, is: "Cont ...

Call for posters for the Sixteenth Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical, and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-16)

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBSTTA15/DC/JG/78811 (2012-020)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, POWPA Focal Points and relevant organizations

Capacity Building Workshops for delegates to the Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protect Areas (WGPA-2), Rome, Italy, 11 – 15 February 2008 and the Thirteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body of Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-13), Rome, Italy, 18 – 22 February 2008

Reference: SCBD/ITS/DC/SM/61305 (2007-158)
To: All CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points

The Secretariat is pleased to announce that, in collaboration with various partner organizations, capacity building workshops will be held prior to and during the above-mentioned meetings.

Capacity-Building Workshop for SBSTTA-12 Participants

1 July 2007, Paris, France

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

Communiqué: Scientific body of global biodiversity treaty adopts eight recommendations

Compilation of Information on the Impacts on Biodiversity of the Production and Use of Biofuel.

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/lj/59120 (2007-082)
To: All CBD Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points

In recommendation XII/7, the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) requested the Executive Secretary inter alia to invite Parties and other Governments to provide relevant information on the impacts on biodiversity along the full life cycle of the production ...

Concrete actions to preserve world’s forest ecosystems should be accelerated

Montreal, 8 November 2001 – Experts from the 182 Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity are meeting in Montreal from 12 to 16 November to assess the threats facing the world’s forests and to identify practical solutions

Congreso Mundial de Derecho Ambiental/World Congress on Envrionmental Law

8 - 12 January 2001, San José de Costa Rica, Costa Rica

Consultation of draft documents on National Reporting and the Guidelines for the Sixth National Reports and Peer review of draft documents for the twentieth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advic

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/RH/85278 (2015-153)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and relevant organizations

Convention on Biological Diversity to discuss island biodiversity, 2010 biodiversity target and Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

The Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) of the Convention on Biological Diversity will hold its tenth meeting from 7 to 11 February 2005 at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok, with generous support from the government of Thailand.

Dates and venue: Twenty-fourth Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 24), 17 to 22 August 2020, and Third Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI 3), 24 to 29 August 2020, Montreal, Canada

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/88792 (2020-033)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Dates of the Intersessional Meetings of the Convention on Biological Diversity for the biennium 2019-2020

Reference: SCBD/OES/CPP/DC/87949 (2019-026)
To: All CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, Traditional Knowledge Focal Points, and relevant organizations and stakeholders

Deadline extension for submission of poster proposals and extended abstracts for the Fifteenth Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical, and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-15) to be held in Montréal, Canada, from 7 to 11 November 2011

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBSTTA15/JM/JG/77096 (2011-169)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, POWPA Focal Points and relevant organizations

The purpose of this notification is to announce that the deadline for submission of poster proposals requested in notification 2011-140 of 28 July 2011, available on the Secretariat’s website at http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-140-sbstta15-en.pdf, has been extended from 30 Aug ...

Deadline extension for submission of poster proposals and extended abstracts for the SBSTTA-16 poster session Montréal, Canada - 30 April - 5 May 2012

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SBSTTA16/DC/JG/78811 (2012-038)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, POWPA Focal Points and relevant organizations