2024 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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2024-02-02
| 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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2019 2019-08-08
| 2019-067 (SCBD/OES/DC/AC/88272)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, relevant organizations
Opportunities to provide inputs to the work of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Subject(s): Ecosystem Approach, Scientific Assessment, Agricultural Biodiversity, Inland Waters Biodiversity, Health and Biodiversity, Global Biodiversity Outlook, Cooperation and Partnerships |
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2015 2015-03-04
| 2015-024 (SCBD/SAM/DC/SS/AC/84397)
Notification to: CBD NFPs from: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cote d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Senegal and Togo
Nominations for the West Africa Regional Workshop of the UN-Water Initiative "Capacity Development to Support National Drought Management Policies", 4 to 7 May 2015, Accra, Ghana
Subject(s): Dry and Sub-Humid Lands Biodiversity, Inland Waters Biodiversity
Action required by 2015-03-31 |
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2015-01-27
| 2015-009 (SCBD/SAM/DC/SK/AC/84276)
Notification to: CBD NFPs and SBSTTA FPs of Africa
Webinar on increasing awareness of soil biodiversity and carbon, titled "Learning from wetlands – the case for dry soils", on 12 February 2015
Subject(s): Dry and Sub-Humid Lands Biodiversity, Climate Change and Biodiversity, Inland Waters Biodiversity
Action required by 2015-02-06 |
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2014 2014-09-17
| 2014-118 (SCBD/SAM/SS/ac/va/83889)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points
Nominations for the joint workshop of the secretariats of the Convention on Biological Diversity and of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification on synergies for the design, development and implementation of National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans and National Action Programmes, from 21 to 22 November 2014, in Cairo, Egypt
Subject(s): Dry and Sub-Humid Lands Biodiversity, Inland Waters Biodiversity
Action required by 2014-10-10 |
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2014-09-17
| 2014-117 (SCBD/SAM/SS/ac/va/83888)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points of the following countries: Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Iran, Jordan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Sudan, Tunisia and Yemen
Nominations for the North Africa Regional Workshop of the UN-Water Initiative “Capacity Development to Support National Drought Management Policies”, to be held from 17 to 20 November 2014, in Cairo, Egypt
Subject(s): Dry and Sub-Humid Lands Biodiversity, Inland Waters Biodiversity
Action required by 2014-10-10 |
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2014-05-30
| 2014-079 (SCBD/SAM/SS/ac/83607)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points of the following countries: Botswana, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Nominations for the Eastern Africa Regional Workshop of the UN-Water Initiative "Capacity Development to Support National Drought Management Policies", from 5 to 8 August 2014, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Subject(s): Dry and Sub-Humid Lands Biodiversity, Inland Waters Biodiversity
Action required by 2014-06-19 |
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2014-05-02
| 2014-066 (SCBD/MPO/DA/DC/VA/83503)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points and relevant organizations
Call for nominations for the Ramsar Wetland Conservation Awards 2015
Subject(s): Inland Waters Biodiversity
Action required by 2014-07-15 |
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2014-02-19
| 2014-024 (SCBD/SAM/SS/ac/83189)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points of the following countries: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam
Nominations for the Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop of the UN-Water Initiative “Capacity Development to Support National Drought Management Policies”, to be held from 6 to 9 May 2014, in Hanoi, Vietnam
Subject(s): Dry and Sub-Humid Lands Biodiversity, Inland Waters Biodiversity
Action required by 2014-03-21 |
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2012 2012-11-06
| 2012-138 (SCBD/OMG/DA/fd/80749)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points and relevant organizations
Theme of the International Day for Biological Diversity 2013
Subject(s): International Day for Biological Diversity, Inland Waters Biodiversity |
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2010 2010-05-13
| 2010-101 (SCBD/STTM/JM/AW/71840)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and International Organizations
Invitation for Proposals - The Rio Conventions’ Ecosystems snd Climate Change Pavilion: Promoting synergies between biodiversity, land management and climate change, to be held at the CBD COP 10 and the UNFCCC COP 16
The secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), in consultation with the secretariats of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), will convene the Rio Conventions’ Ecosystems and Climate Change Pavilion at CBD COP 10 (18-29 October 2010) in Nagoya, Japan.
Subject(s): Climate Change and Biodiversity, Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing, Biodiversity for Development, Communication, Education and Public Awareness, Economics, Trade and Incentive Measures, Dry and Sub-Humid Lands Biodiversity, Forest Biodiversity, Island Biodiversity, Inland Waters Biodiversity, Marine and Coastal Biodiversity, Mountain Biodiversity, Protected Areas / In-Situ Conservation, Conference of the Parties
Action required by 2010-06-20 |
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2008 2008-09-25
| 2008-125 (SCBD/STTM/DCO/va/65040)
Notification to: All CBD National Focal Points
Streamlining and making more explicit the roles of the CBD and Ramsar Convention
The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands acts as the CBD's lead implementation partner on wetland issues. This is implemented through the CBD/Ramsar Joint Work Plan. The current (4th) plan was endorsed by the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 9) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) -- para 4 of decision IX/19 -- and by the Ramsar Standing Committee, and is available in the annex to document UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/13/5 at https://www.cbd.int/doc/?mtg=sbstta-13 .
Subject(s): Inland Waters Biodiversity
Action required by 2009-02-28 |
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2008-09-18
| 2008-119 (SCBD/STTM/DCO/va/64933)
Notification to: All CBD National Focal Points, Relevant international and non-governmental organisations
Voluntary reports for the in-depth review of implementation of the programme of work on the biological diversity of inland water ecosystems
The purpose of this notification is to invite Parties and relevant organizations to provide inputs into the in-depth review of implementation of the programme of work on the biological diversity of inland waters by the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) at its fourteenth meeting, tentatively scheduled to be held in May/June 2010 in Bonn, Germany.
Subject(s): Inland Waters Biodiversity
Action required by 2009-02-28 |
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2005 2005-09-12
| 2005-099 (SCBD/STTM/DCO/va/50452)
Notification to: National Focal Points of CBD, UNFCCC, UNCCD,
Ramsar Convention, International Agencies, NGOs
In the revised Programme of Work on the Biological Diversity of Inland Water Ecosystems (annex to decision VII/4) Parties are requested to provide to the Executive Secretary advice and case studies in relation to activities 1.1.7 and 1.4.2 (see annex I to this notification for further details). In addition, in the same decision, the Executive Secretary is requested to compile information and case studies in relation to activities 1.2.7, 1.1.12(a), 1.1.12(b), 2.1.5 and 2.3.6(a) (see annex II to this notification for further details). To this end, the Secretariat is requesting the submission of case studies and related information on all these subjects (annexes I and II) by Parties, other Governments, international organizations and agencies and other interested stakeholders, as appropriate.
Subject(s): Inland Waters Biodiversity
Action required by 2005-11-30 |
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2005-02-28
| 2005-021 (SCBD/STTM/DCO/va/46806)
Notification to: the National Focal Points of the CBD, UNFCCC, UNCCD, Ramsar Conventions
Decision VII/4, paragraph 12, of the Conference of the Parties, urges Parties to share information and lessons learned from the application of national and regional policies, plans and best practices, from the application of water frameworks, including specific examples of successful policy interventions to conserve and sustainably use inland waters, and requests the Executive Secretary to summarize this and related available information for the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties.
Subject(s): Inland Waters Biodiversity
Action required by 2005-04-30 |
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2005-02-07
| 2005-014 (SCBD/STTM/DCO/va/46806)
Notification to: National Focal Points of CBD, UNFCCC and UNCCD, Rasmar Convention
Paragraph 14(a) of decision VII/4, requests the Executive Secretary to compile, for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its eighth meeting, information on mountain ecosystems and their role as water suppliers and examples of transferable technologies relevant to the implementation of the revised programme of work on inland water biodiversity also relevant to mountain ecosystems, and ensure that this information is considered in the implementation of the programme of work on mountain biological diversity and taking into account, inter alia, the work of the Committee on Forestry of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Subject(s): Inland Waters Biodiversity, Ecosystem Approach
Action required by 2005-03-31 |
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2004 2004-10-19
| 2004-085 (SCBD/STTM/MV/DCo/va/45481)
Notification to: CBD & SBSTTA National Focal Points
List of selected experts for the expert group meeting on outcome oriented targets for the programmes of work on the biological diversity of inland water ecosystems and marine and coastal ecosystems - Montreal, Canada, 25 - 27 October 2004
Subject(s): Inland Waters Biodiversity, Marine and Coastal Biodiversity |
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2004-07-26
| 2004-061 (SCBD/STTM/LR/RH/44424)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points
Review of assessment of the impact of invasive alien species on inland water and island ecosystems
Subject(s): Invasive Alien Species, Inland Waters Biodiversity
Action required by 2004-09-30 |
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2004-05-31
| 2004-045 (SCBD/STTM/DCO/43901)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points
Expert meeting on outcome oriented targets for the programmes of work on the biological diversity of inland water ecosystems and marine and coastal ecosystems (Montreal, Canada, 25 - 27 October 2004)
Subject(s): Inland Waters Biodiversity
Action required by 2004-06-25 |
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2004-02-05
| 2004-016 (SCBD/DC/MV/va/42189)
Notification to: CBD and SBSTTA National Focal Points, Interested International Organizations
CBD Technical Series Number 11 - "Status and Trends of Biodiversity of Inland Water Ecosystems" now on line. This publication has been prepared to provide technical information to delegates of the seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
Subject(s): Inland Waters Biodiversity |
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2003 2003-09-04
| 2003-092 (UNEP/CBD/STTM/RH/va/38037)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points
Governments are invited to submit to the Secretariat their comments and proposed text changes to the compilation of goals and targets for the implementation of the programme of work on inland water biological diversity
Subject(s): Inland Waters Biodiversity
Action required by 2003-09-30 |
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2002 2002-10-31
| 2002-091
Parties, other governments, organizations and individuals, are invited to contribute poster papers on inland waters biodiversity
Subject(s): Inland Waters Biodiversity
Action required by 2002-12-01 |
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2002-10-09
| 2002-078 (UNEP/CBD/STTM/JM/dh/31245)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points
Expert meeting on methods and guidelines for the rapid assessment of biological diversity of inland water ecosystems
Subject(s): Inland Waters Biodiversity
Action required by 2002-11-01 |
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2002-09-25
| 2002-074 (UNEP/CBD/STTM/JM/dh/32029)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points
Parties and other Governments are reminded to inform the Secretariat whether their inland waters suffer from ecological disasters
Subject(s): Inland Waters Biodiversity |
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