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Biodiversity: The lost decade – The Agenda in full

This year the United Nations released a devastating report revealing how the world failed to meet a single one of the 20 Aichi biodiversity targets agreed in Japan in 2010.

China ready to lead world's fight to meet biodiversity targets

China has been at the center of biodiversity talks this year. In September, President Xi Jinping announced the country would be carbon neutral by 2060 and next year the COP15 will take place in Kunming.

Why world leaders can't afford to fail 2030 biodiversity targets

Biodiversity is the word used to describe all types of life on Earth, from bacteria at the bottom of the sea to human beings in big cities.

Fundamental Shifts for the Recovery of Indonesia's Biodiversity

Thanks to a unique combination of geographical location and geological formations, diversity of life is evolving for millions of years and thriving on the Indonesian archipelago. The region represents one of the world’s centers in the biological richness of flora and fauna.

Five unconventional issues to be addressed while developing the new CBD strategic plan

The rush to develop elements for the new Strategic Plan for the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and related global biodiversity targets have already started. A large number of stakeholders are currently working on making the plan robust, responsive and implementable with more chances fo ...

Operationalizing targets for biodiversity conservation and restoration

The Nature Map Consortium has introduced new global maps that integrate available data on biodiversity and carbon to assist country policies for biodiversity and land-based greenhouse gas emissions.

Ministers Urged To Declare National Climate Emergency In UK

Campaigners say UK will miss almost all of its 2020 nature targets and young people want changeA national climate and environment emergency should be declared immediately, the government has been told.

UK will miss almost all its 2020 nature targets, says official report

The UK will miss almost all the 2020 nature targets it signed up to a decade ago, according to a report by the government’s official advisers.

UN calls for bold actions to meet biodiversity targets

The United Nations on Thursday called on its member countries to make bold actions to meet the targets of a globally-agreed strategic plan for biodiversity by 2020.

Finland can’t keep its promise to halt biodiversity loss by 2020, admits Tiilikainen

Finland will be unable to fulfil its commitment to stop biodiversity loss by 2020, concedes Kimmo Tiilikainen (Centre), the Minister of the Environment. The Finnish government adopted an ambitious strategy for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in December 2012, stating that th ...

Regional Consultation Workshop on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework for Asia and the Pacific

28 January - 1 February 2019, Nagoya, Japan

CARICOM Secretariat releases biodiversity management ‘report card’

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has recorded a significant milestone with the release of a report on the state of biodiversity management in the region. The report examines how CARICOM member states have progressed in meeting their commitments under the Aichi Biodiversity Targets within the fr ...

Regional Consultation Workshop on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework for Asia and the Pacific, 28-31 January 2019 - Nagoya, Japan

Reference: SCBD/OES/JBF/DC/WS/NS/GT/87709 (2018-084)
To: CBD National Focal Points of: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, Cyprus, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, New Zealand, Niue, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, State of Palestine, Syrian Arab Republic,, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Viet Nam and Yemen.

Nations pledge to meet Aichi targets by 2020

In a significant development, representatives of various nations discussed the Aichi targets for their respective countries. Aichi targets include reducing direct pressure on biodiversity and promotion of sustainable use; addressing the underlying causes of biodiversity loss by mainstreaming bio ...

African Regional Training Workshop on National Arrangements on Traditional Knowledge for Achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 18 and Contributing to Aichi Biodiversity Target 16 of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

8 - 12 October 2018, Marrakesh, Morocco

Asian Regional Training Workshop on National Arrangements on Traditional Knowledge for Achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 18 and Contributing to Aichi Biodiversity Target 16 of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

27 - 31 July 2018, Kandy, Sri Lanka

Invitation for views on the preparation, scope and content of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/RH/KNM/87538 (2018-063)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, relevant organizations

Statement by Cristiana Paşca Palmer, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the CARICOM Workshop for the Development of a Regional Biodiversity Strategy for the Caribbean Community, Georgetown, Guyana, 14 June 2018

Statement by Cristiana Paşca Palmer, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the CARICOM Workshop for the Development of a Regional Biodiversity Strategy for the Caribbean Community, Georgetown, Guyana, 14 June 2018

Pacific Regional Training Workshop on National Arrangements on Traditional Knowledge for Achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 18 and Contributing to Aichi Biodiversity Target 16 of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

21 - 25 May 2018, Whangarei, New Zealand

Second meeting of the Sustainable Ocean Initiative (SOI) Global Dialogue with Regional Seas Organizations and Regional Fisheries Bodies on Accelerating Progress Towards the Aichi Biodiversity Targets and Sustainable Development Goals

10 - 13 April 2018, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Regional Training Workshop for Latin America and the Caribbean on national arrangements on traditional knowledge for achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 18 and contributing to Aichi Biodiversity Target 16 of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

2 - 6 April 2018, Tepoztlan, Mexico

Mainstreaming of biodiversity and other strategic actions to enhance implementation: request for submission of relevant information

Reference: SCBD/MCO/AF/ML/GD/86933 (2018-019)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Extension of deadline: 16 February 2018: Peer review - Proposals for a comprehensive and participatory process for the preparation of the post-2020 biodiversity framework

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/KNM/86953 (2018-006)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, relevant organizations

Online Forum in Preparation for the Capacity Development Programme on national arrangements on Traditional Knowledge for achieving Target 18 and contributing to Target 16 of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

29 - 30 November 2017, Online

Peer review - Proposals for a comprehensive and participatory process for the preparation of the post-2020 biodiversity framework

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/KNM/86953 (2017-124)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, relevant organizations

Capacity-development workshop for Central, Eastern and Southern Africa on the restoration of forests and other ecosystems to support the achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets

2 - 6 October 2017, Durban, South Africa

CBD/SBSTTA/21/2

Scenarios for the 2050 Vision for Biodiversity

CBD/SBSTTA/21/7

Tools to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Policy Instruments for the Implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

Preparations of the Post-2020 Strategic Plan

Reference: SCBD/OES/CPP/DC/CE/86582 (2017-052)
To: CBD National Focal Points; relevant organizations; and indigenous peoples and local communities, cc: SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Points

Information on measures adopted to promote ecologically sustainable boat-based marine wildlife watching

Reference: SCBD/OIC/BD/RH/86169 (2016-147)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points

Agreements reached on actions to integrate biodiversity in forestry, fisheries, agriculture, and tourism sectors and to achieve the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development

UNEP/CBD/COP/13/INF/24

Elements for a Modular Reporting Against the Aichi Biodiversity Targets

International Legislators Forum, in the margins of the UN Biodiversity Conference in Cancun, Mexico

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/MAC/86054 (2016-133)
To: CBD National Focal Points

UNEP/CBD/COP/13/13

Revised Short-Term Action Plan (2017-2020) to Enhance and Support Capacity-Building for the Implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and Its Aichi Biodiversity Targets

Call for Posters on progress achieved towards the Aichi Biodiversity Targets for the Thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity 4-17 December 2016 – Cancun, Mexico

Reference: SCBD/OES/BD/RH/MC/85928 (2016-101)
To: CBD National Focal Points and relevant organizations

Capacity-building workshop for small island developing States in the Pacific regarding Aichi Biodiversity Target 9 on invasive alien species

8 - 12 August 2016, Apia, Samoa

Capacity-building workshop for Pacific on achieving Aichi Biodiversity Targets 11 and 12

11 - 13 July 2016, Nadi, Fiji

Capacity-building workshop for selected subregions of Asia on the restoration of forests and other ecosystems to support the achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets

27 June - 1 July 2016, Bangkok, Thailand

Capacity-building workshop for Central and Eastern Europe on achieving Aichi Biodiversity Targets 11 and 12

14 - 17 June 2016, Minsk, Belarus

Online open consultation to fill gaps in the global indicator framework for the Aichi Biodiversity Targets

Reference: (2016-067)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and relevant organizations

A major series of four regional reports entitled The State of Biodiversity – a mid-term review of progress towards the Strategic Plan, have been launched.

The four reports, one each for Africa, Asia and the Pacific, West Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean offer a regional perspective of the Convention’s 2014 publication Global Biodiversity Outlook-4 (GB0-4). Using a similar approach and method of analysis to that of GBO-4, each of the regi ...

Nominations for the Capacity-building workshop for the Pacific region on achieving Aichi Biodiversity Targets 11 and 12, 11 to 13 July 2016, Nadi, Fiji

Reference: (2016-063)
To: CBD National Focal Points of: Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu

UNEP/CBD/SBI/1/5

Strategic Actions to Enhance Implementation of the Convention and the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/20/INF/40

Responding to Decision XI/24 Welcoming the IUCN World Parks Congress 2014 and Inviting the Further Development of Technical Guidance towards Achieving the Full Scope of Aichi Biodiversity Target 11

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/20/INF/27

Expert Meeting on Improving Progress Reporting and Working Towards Implementation of Aichi Biodiversity Target 6

UNEP/CBD/SBI/1/6/ADD1

Short-Term Action Plan (2017-2020) to Enhance and Support Capacity Building and Technical and Scientific Cooperation for the Implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

UNEP/CBD/SBI/1/2

Progress in the Implementation of the Convention and the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and Towards the Achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets

It gives me immense pleasure to extend a warm welcome to you all to this Capacity-building Workshop for Africa on achieving Aichi Biodiversity Targets 11 and 12. This workshop is the fourth in a series being organized by the CBD Secretariat in collaboration with partners.

Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Capacity–Building Workshop for Africa on Achieving Aichi Biodiversity Targets 11 and 12, Entebbe, Uganda, 21 March 2016