2025 2025-04-16
| 2025-052 (SCBD/SSSF/JL/SS/MAQ/MS/92217)
Notification to: National focal points for CBD 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
Training course for Pacific small island developing States on invasive alien species, 15-17 July 2025 - Apia, Samoa
Subject(s): Invasive Alien Species
Action required by 2025-05-09 |
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2025-04-16
| 2025-051 (SCBD/CPU/WM/AMC/MW/92210)
Notification to: Cartagena Protocol national focal points, relevant organizations and indigenous peoples and local communities, cc: CBD national focal points, BCH national focal points, SBSTTA national focal points
Nomination of experts to participate in the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Risk Assessment
Subject(s): Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
Action required by 2025-05-09 |
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2025-04-10
| 2025-050 (SCBD/OES/JGh/FD/92132)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, ABS focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, SBSTTA focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations
Logo of the International Day for Biological Diversity 2025
Subject(s): International Day for Biological Diversity |
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2025-04-10
| 2025-049 (SCBD/SSSF/BSPG/JL/TT/MAQ/JG/92055)
Notification to: CBD Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations
Extension of Deadline: Invitation to submit information for the development of indicators, metrics and progress measurement tools on Biodiversity and Health
Subject(s): Health and Biodiversity
Action required by 2025-05-06 |
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2025-04-09
| 2025-048 (SCBD/SSSF/JL/SS/JA/RKi/92114)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA focal points, GSPC focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations
Extension of Deadline: Submission of views and information relating to the strategic review and analysis of the current expanded forest biodiversity programme of work in the context of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
Subject(s): Forest Biodiversity
Action required by 2025-05-05 |
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2025-04-03
| 2025-047 (SCBD/IMS/NP/JC/LC/AC/92158)
Notification to: National focal points for CBD and its Protocols of the following countries: Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Namibia, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe; National focal points of the FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture of member States of the Southern African Development Community and the East African Community
Regional dialogue for member States of the Southern African Development Community and the East African Community on the update or revision of national and regional biodiversity strategies and action plans, 19-23 May 2025, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject(s): Identification, Monitoring and Indicators, Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAP), National Reports
Action required by 2025-04-14 |
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2025-04-03
| 2025-046 (SCBD/IMS/NP/JEC/KM/92146)
Notification to: CBD national focal points and SBSTTA focal points, cc: Indigenous peoples and local communities
Invitation to submit inputs and relevant information to support the development of a methodology for headline indicator 22.1 of the monitoring framework for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
Subject(s): Identification, Monitoring and Indicators, Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, National Reports, National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAP)
Action required by 2025-05-30 |
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2025-04-03
| 2025-045 (SCBD/IMS/NP/JEC/KM/92145)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA focal points
Invitation to submit inputs and relevant information to support the development of a methodology for additional component indicators for headline indicators 18.1 and 18.2 of the monitoring framework for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
Subject(s): Identification, Monitoring and Indicators, Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, National Reports, National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAP)
Action required by 2025-05-30 |
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2025-04-03
| 2025-044 (SCBD/IMS/NP/JEC/KM/92144)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, ABS focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, SBSTTA focal points, cc: Indigenous peoples and local communities, relevant organizations
Invitation to submit information on the inclusion of additional headline, component and complementary indicators for the monitoring framework for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
Subject(s): Identification, Monitoring and Indicators, Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, National Reports, National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAP)
Action required by 2025-05-30 |
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2025-04-02
| 2025-043 (SCBD/OES/TS/CGA/KB/NF/91971)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, ABS national focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations
Operationalization of the Cali Fund for the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits from the Use of Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources: Composition of the Steering Committee
Subject(s): Digital sequence information on genetic resources |
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2025-04-01
| 2025-042 (SCBD/IMS/NP/JEC/LJ/92091)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, ABS focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, SBSTTA focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations
Extension of deadline: Nomination of experts for the ad hoc scientific and technical advisory group for the preparation of the global report on collective progress in the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
Subject(s): Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, Identification, Monitoring and Indicators, Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity
Action required by 2025-04-11 |
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2025-03-28
| 2025-041 (SCBD/SSSF/JL/JA/JG/92135)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, Marine and Coastal Biodiversity Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant global and regional organizations and initiatives
Registration for an information webinar to provide an overview of the modalities for the modification of existing descriptions of ecologically or biologically significant marine areas and the description of new areas
Subject(s): Marine and Coastal Biodiversity |
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2025-03-28
| 2025-039 (SCBD/OES/ABS/TS/BGC/GT/92100)
Notification to: ABS national focal points, TK focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and other relevant organizations
Launch of the "ABS Small Grants Project"
Subject(s): Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing |
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2025-03-25
| 2025-040 (UNEP/SCBD/IMS/NP/JC/AC/92157)
Notification to: National focal points for CBD and its Protocols and UNFCCC 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 workshop and dialogue for the Pacific small island developing States: Workshop on strengthening national contributions to global environmental commitments through the synergistic implementation of multilateral environmental agreements, Dialogue on biodiversity monitoring and reporting, 26 to 30 May 2025, Apia, Samoa
Subject(s): Identification, Monitoring and Indicators, Climate Change and Biodiversity, Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAP), National Reports
Action required by 2025-04-11 |
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2025-03-25
| 2025-038 (SCBD/IMS/NP/JC/LC/AC/92152)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, ABS focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, SBSTTA focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations
Regional and/or subregional dialogues on enhancing monitoring and reporting of the implementation of national biodiversity strategies and action plans and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
Subject(s): Identification, Monitoring and Indicators, Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAP), National Reports |
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2025-03-25
| 2025-037 (SCBD/IMS/NP/JEC/KM/92168)
Notification to: CBD national focal points and SBSTTA focal points, cc: ABS focal points and Cartagena Protocol focal points
Invitation to join the Global Biodiversity Information Facility and to make use of its information for monitoring and implementing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
Subject(s): Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, Identification, Monitoring and Indicators |
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2025-03-24
| 2025-036 (SCBD/SSSF/JL/MAQ/MS/92056)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations
Change of Dates-Online Forum on Invasive Alien Species, 7-25 April 2025
Subject(s): Invasive Alien Species
Action required by 2025-04-01 |
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2025-03-24
| 2025-035 (SCBD/SSSF/JL/SS/JA/RKi/92121)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA focal points, GSPC focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations
Nomination of experts to participate in the Global Workshop on Forest Ecosystem Restoration Initiative in Seoul, Republic of Korea, 26 to 28 August 2025
Subject(s): Forest Biodiversity
Action required by 2025-04-21 |
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2025-03-17
| 2025-034 (SCBD/SSSF/JL/SS/JA/JG/92135)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, Marine and Coastal Biodiversity Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant global and regional organizations and initiatives
Submission of new descriptions, and modifications to existing descriptions, of ecologically or biologically significant marine areas, and webinar and handbook regarding the process for these submissions
Subject(s): Marine and Coastal Biodiversity |
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2025-03-14
| 2025-033 (SCBD/ABS/TS/NF/92154)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, and relevant organizations
Submission of views and information with regard to specialized international access and benefit-sharing instruments in the context of Article 4, paragraph 4, of the Nagoya Protocol (Decision NP-5/8)
Subject(s): Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing
Action required by 2025-10-03 |
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2025-03-13
| 2025-032 (SCBD/IMS/NP/JEC/NS/AC/92075)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, ABS focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, SBSTTA national focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations
Further operationalising the voluntary peer review of national biodiversity strategies and action plans: call for reviewees and reviewers and updating the methodology
Subject(s): National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAP), Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity
Action required by 2025-04-25 |
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2025-03-12
| 2025-031 (SCBD/SSSF/JL/SS/JA/RKi/92114)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA focal points, GSPC focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations
Submission of views and information relating to the strategic review and analysis of the current expanded forest biodiversity programme of work in the context of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
Subject(s): Forest Biodiversity, Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
Action required by 2025-04-14 |
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2025-03-10
| 2025-030 (SCBD/OES/JG/FD/92132)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, ABS focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, SBSTTA focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations
Theme of the International Day for Biological Diversity 2025 and information on the related global campaign
Subject(s): International Day for Biological Diversity
Action required by 2025-05-15 |
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2025-03-07
| 2025-029 (SCBD/CPU/WM/AMC/MW/92052)
Notification to: Cartagena Protocol national focal points, CBD national focal points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), relevant organizations, and indigenous peoples and local communities
Nomination of experts to participate in the Open-ended Online Forum on Risk Assessment and Risk Management
Subject(s): Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
Action required by 2025-04-11 |
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2025-03-06
| 2025-028 (SCBD/OES/TS/CGA/KB/91971)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, ABS national focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations
Operationalization of the Cali Fund for the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits from the Use of Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources: Extension of deadline for nominations to the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Allocation Methodology
Subject(s): Digital sequence information on genetic resources, Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing
Action required by 2025-03-28 |
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