2024 2024-03-28
| 2024-030 (SCBD/IMS/NP/JC/LJ/91530)
Notification 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: 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 Subject(s): Capacity-building, Identification, Monitoring and Indicators, Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework Action required by 2024-04-07 |
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2024-03-27
| 2024-029 (SCBD/SSSF/JL/JA/JG/91606)
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/initiatives Webinar to provide an overview of the draft modalities for modifying the descriptions of ecologically or biologically significant marine areas (EBSAs) and describing new areas, 17 April 2024 Subject(s): Marine and Coastal Biodiversity |
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2024-03-21
| 2024-028 (SCBD/IMS/NP/ET/KT/CPa/91600)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, ABS focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points Invitation to submit views on the assessment of entities and organizations under consideration to host the regional and/or subregional technical and scientific cooperation support centres Subject(s): Technical and Scientific Cooperation Action required by 2024-04-18 |
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2024-03-15
| 2024-027 (SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/AMC/MW/91589)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, relevant organizations and indigenous peoples and local communities, SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points Peer review of the outcomes and methodology of the process of broad and regular horizon scanning, monitoring and assessment of the most recent technological developments in synthetic biology Subject(s): Synthetic Biology Action required by 2024-04-12 |
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2024-03-12
| 2024-026 (SCBD/SSSF/JL/SS/ESE/91587)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, PoWPA focal points, SBSTTA focal points Protected Planet Report 2024: Call for submission of data to inform the preparation of the report on progress toward Target 3 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework Subject(s): Protected Areas / In-Situ Conservation Action required by 2024-06-01 |
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2024-03-08
| 2024-025 (SCBD/ABS/DC/TS/CGA/AC/RKi/91510)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations Informal Discussions on Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources, 19 May 2024 - Nairobi, Kenya Subject(s): Digital sequence information on genetic resources Action required by 2024-04-15 |
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2024-03-05
| 2024-024 (SCBD/IMS/NP/91580)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, ABS focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points First programming tranche of the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund Subject(s): Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, Financial Resources and Mechanism |
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2024-03-03
| 2024-023 (SCBD/OES/DAIN/FD/91541)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations Theme of the International Day for Biological Diversity (22 May 2024) Subject(s): International Day for Biological Diversity |
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2024-02-29
| 2024-022 (SCBD/NPU/DC/TS/MD/GT/91532)
Notification to: CBD national focal points and ABS national focal points Global capacity-building workshop on operationalizing access and benefit-sharing national frameworks under the Nagoya Protocol, 30 September to 3 October 2024 - Bonn, Germany Subject(s): Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing Action required by 2024-03-29 |
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2024-02-29
| 2024-021 (SCBD/IMS/NP/ET/KT/CPa/91470)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, ABS focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, SBSTTA national focal points, Clearing-House Mechanism national focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations Extension of Deadline: Fifth Call for Proposals under the Bio-Bridge Initiative Subject(s): Bio-Bridge Initiative Action required by 2024-03-22 |
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2024-02-28
| 2024-020 (SCBD/SSSF/IMS/JL/NP/MK/91533)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations; Convention on Wetlands Focal Points and international organization partners Extension of Deadline: 6th Joint Work Plan of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Convention on Wetlands Subject(s): Inland Waters Biodiversity Action required by 2024-03-14 |
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2024-02-23
| 2024-019 (SCBD/IMS/NP/JC/91497)
Notification to: CBD focal points, SBSTTA focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations Extension of deadline: Submission of views related to the work programme of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services and its contribution to support the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework Subject(s): Scientific Assessment, Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice Action required by 2024-03-01 |
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2024-02-20
| 2024-018 (SCBD/SSSF/IMS/JL/NP/91510)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations Registration for side-events at 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), 21-29 May 2024, Nairobi, Kenya Subject(s): Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice Action required by 2024-03-20 |
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2024-02-20
| 2024-017 (SCBD/SSSF/JL/VA/91510)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations Information workshop on the work of the ad hoc technical expert groups on the monitoring framework, synthetic biology and risk assessment, 11 May 2024 – Nairobi, Kenya Subject(s): Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice Action required by 2024-04-15 |
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2024-02-15
| 2024-016 (SCBD/IMS/NP/JEC/MC/91545)
Notification 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 African Countries, 30 May to 2 June 2024, Nairobi, Kenya Subject(s): National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAP), Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing, Capacity-building, Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Financial Resources and Mechanism, Identification, Monitoring and Indicators, Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework Action required by 2024-03-15 |
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2024-02-15
| 2024-015 (SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MW/91494)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA national focal points, Cartagena Protocol national focal points, ABS national focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations Extension of deadline: Peer review of the draft literature review of trends and issues in synthetic biology (2012–2023) Subject(s): Synthetic Biology Action required by 2024-03-01 |
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2024-02-13
| 2024-014 (SCBD/SSSF/JL/SK/JA/LJ/91539)
Notification to: CBD national focal points and SBSTTA focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant global and regional organizations and initiatives, cc: Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points Webinar to celebrate 10 years of the Forest Ecosystem Restoration Initiative
on the occasion of the International Day of Forests, 21 March 2024, online Subject(s): Forest Biodiversity |
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2024-02-08
| 2024-013 (SCBD/IMS/NP/JC/MC/91530)
Notification 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 a survey on capacity needs of Parties with respect to the headline indicators of the monitoring framework for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework Subject(s): Capacity-building, Identification, Monitoring and Indicators, Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework Action required by 2024-03-01 |
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2024-02-02
| 2024-012 (SCBD/SSSF/IMS/JL/NP/91510)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, 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 Subject(s): Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, Subsidiary Body on Implementation Action required by 2024-04-30 |
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2024-02-02
| 2024-011 (SCBD/SSSF/IMS/JL/NP/MK/91533)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations; Convention on Wetlands Focal Points and international organization partners 6th Joint Work Plan of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Convention on Wetlands Subject(s): Inland Waters Biodiversity Action required by 2024-02-29 |
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2024-01-31
| 2024-010 (SCBD/IMS/NP/ET/AP/FV/DM/91417)
Notification 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 the draft Knowledge Management Strategy to support the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework Subject(s): Knowledge Management, Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework Action required by 2024-02-29 |
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2024-01-25
| 2024-009 (SCBD/IMS/NP/JEC/MC/91504)
Notification 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 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 Subject(s): National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAP), Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing, Capacity-building, Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Financial Resources and Mechanism, Identification, Monitoring and Indicators, Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, Protected Areas / In-Situ Conservation, Agricultural Biodiversity, Marine and Coastal Biodiversity Action required by 2024-02-16 |
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2024-01-25
| 2024-008 (SCBD/SSSF/JL/SS/MCa/VA/91359)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations Extension of deadline: Submission of information on best practices for sustainable wildlife management and views on areas that require complementary guidance Subject(s): Sustainable Wildlife Management Action required by 2024-01-31 |
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2024-01-22
| 2024-007 (SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/AB/91486)
Notification to: Cartagena Protocol national focal points, CBD national focal points (where Cartagena Protocol Focal Points have not yet been designated), BCH focal points Invitation to participate in the Survey on establishing linkages between the Biosafety Clearing-House and national websites Subject(s): Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety Action required by 2024-02-23 |
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2024-01-19
| 2024-006 (SCBD/IMS/NP/JC/91497)
Notification to: CBD focal points, SBSTTA focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations Submission of views related to the work programme of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services and its contribution to support the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework Subject(s): Scientific Assessment, Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice Action required by 2024-02-23 |
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