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CBD Communiqué: Hyderabad, 27 September 2012 - Some 2000 delegates from more than 150 countries will convene this coming Monday in Hyderabad, India, for the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the C




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CBD Press Release: UN biodiversity meeting to discuss progress made and challenges to implement the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011 - 2020.




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CBD News: The Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, and the National Biodiversity Authority are hosting an International Biodiversity Film Festival and Forum in Hyderabad as part of COP-11 in association with CMS Environment. The festi




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CBD News: Opening remarks by Braulio Ferreira De Souza Dias, Executive Secretary of the CBD to the eleventh meeting of the COP, Hyderabad, India, 8 October 2012




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CBD News: In its inaugural remarks at the High-Level Segment of COP 11, Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India, launched the Hyderabad Pledge by announcing that the Government of India has earmarked US$ 50 million to strengthen the institutional mech




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CBD News: At COP 11, the CBD Executive Secretary has invited Parties and partners to become Biodiversity Champions by making pledges to suport the achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets.




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CBD Press Release: At United Nations Biodiversity Conference, countries agree to double resources for biodiversity protection by 2015 - Special attention for biodiversity-rich marine areas among other key outcomes.




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CBD News: Statement by Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, to the 43rd Meeting of the Council of the GEF, Washington DC, US, 13 November 2012




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CBD News: Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Annual Meeting of the United Nations Inter-Agency Support Group on Indigenous Peoples' Issues, Montreal, Canada, 28 November 2012




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CBD News: Statement by Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, to the Montreal Council of Foreign Relations, Montreal, Canada, 28 November 2012




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CBD News: Statement by Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, to the Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON) All-Hands Meeting, Asilomar, California, 3 December 2012




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CBD News: Statement by Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, to the Biodiversity Indicators Partnership Meeting, Cambridge, UK, 10 December 2012




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CBD News: Message from Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of International Mountain Day 2012, "Celebrating Mountain Life"




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CBD Press Release: Panama and Mauritius have become the 10th and 11th countries respectively to ratify the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Bi




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CBD News: Ireland ratified the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress on 14 January 2013.




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CBD News: South Africa 12th state to ratify Nagoya Protocol




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CBD News: Statement by Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, at the Opening of Sustainable Ocean Initiative (SOI) Capacity-Building Workshop for West Africa, Dakar, Senegal, 4 to 8 February 2013




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CBD News: Joint letter from the COP 11 President and the CBD Executive Secretary to reinforce the call for pledges




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CBD News: Statement by Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, to the Subregional Capacity-Building Workshop to Address Invasive Alien Species and to Achieve Aichi Biodiversity Target 9 in the Arab Region, 11 - 14 February 2013, Dubai, Unit




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CBD News: Statement by Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, to the Kick-Off Meeting for the EU BON (Building the European Biodiversity Observation Network) Project, 11 - 15 February 2013, Berlin, Germany




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CBD News: Lebanon deposited its instrument of accession to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity on 6 February 2013 and will become the 165th Party to the Protocol on 7 May 2013.




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CBD Press Release: Maldives responds to Hyderabad Call for Biodiversity Champions: Entire country to become UNESCO Biosphere Reserve by 2017




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CBD News: Message from Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive secretary, on the occasion of Africa Environment Day 3 March 2013




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CBD News: Albania, Botswana and the Federated States of Micronesia have become the 13th 14th and 15th countries to ratify the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to t




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CBD News: An informal meeting for government experts and relevant stakeholders to discuss model contractual clauses, voluntary codes of conduct, guidelines and best practices and/or standards, as set out in Articles 19 and 20 of the Nagoya Protocol on Acc




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CBD News: Statement by Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, at the opening of the Global Taxonomy Initiative Capacity Building Workshop towards Achieving Aichi Biodiversity Targets 9 and 19 for Western and Central Africa, Dakar, Senegal,




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CBD News: Message of the CBD Executive Secretary, Dr. Braulio F. de Souza, on the occasion of the International Women's Day: March 8, 2013




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CBD News: Message of the CBD Executive Secretary, Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, on the occasion of the AMERICANA 2013, 19 March 2013, Montreal Canada




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CBD News: Message of the CBD Executive Secretary, Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, on the occasion of the International Day of Forests, 21 March 2013




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CBD News: Message of the CBD Executive Secretary, Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, on the occasion of World Water Day, "Water Cooperation", 22 March 2013




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CBD News: Statement by Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, at the Opening of South-Eastern Atlantic Regional Workshop to Facilitate the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas, Swakopmund, Namibia, 8 to 12 A




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CBD News: Statement by CBD Executive Secretary, Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, at the 14th Meeting of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, FAO, Rome, 15-19 April, 2013




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CBD Press Release: New report highlights growing biodiversity awareness worldwide - UEBT launches 2013 Biodiversity Barometer




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CBD News: Message from the CBD Executive Secretary, Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, on the occasion of World Migratory Bird Day 11-12 May 2013: Raising Awareness for Migratory Birds




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CBD News: Message of the UN Secretary-General on the occasion of the International Day for Biological Diversity, 22 May 2013.




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CBD News: Advancing Strategic Goal A of the Aichi Targets, Statement by the CBD Executive Secretary, Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, on the occasion of the Conference on Ecology and Economy for a Sustainable Society, 27-31 May, 2013, Trondheim, Norway




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CBD News: Message of the CBD Executive Secretary, Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, on the occasion of World Environment Day, 5 June 2013




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CBD News: The Co-Chair Report of the Seventh Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity, Trondheim, Norway, 27-31 May 2013




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CBD News: Message of the CBD Executive Secretary, Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, on the occasion of the World Oceans Day, 8 June 2013




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CBD News: Message of the CBD Executive Secretary, Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, on the occasion of World Day to Combat Desertification, 17June 2013




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CBD News: Statement by Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the International Conference "Global Implementation Programme for the SEEA", 17-19 June 2013, New York City




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CBD News: Statement by the CBD Executive Secretary, Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, on the occasion of the 14th Meeting of the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea, 17 to 20 June 2013, UNHQ, New York




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CBD News: Statement by Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, to the 44th Meeting of the Council of the Global Environment Facility, Washington DC, United States of America, Wednesday, 19 June 2013




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CBD News: Statement by Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, to the National Workshop on Indicators and NBSAP for Iraq, Amman, Jordan, 1-4 July 2013




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CBD News: Message of the CBD Executive Secretary, Dr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, on the occasion of the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples - 9 August 2013




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CBD News: Statement of the CBD Executive Secretary, Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, on the occasion of the 3rd ABS Business Dialogue, September 4, 2013, Copenhagen, Denmark




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CBD News: Under the theme, 10 Years of Promoting Safety in the Use of Biotechnology, the international community is marking the tenth anniversary of the entry into force of the international agreement governing the movement of living modified organisms (L




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CBD News: Message of the CBD Executive Secretary, Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, on the occasion of the United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation, 12 September 2013




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CBD News: Germany and Cambodia, on 27 and 30 August 2013 respectively, became the most recent countries to ratify/accede to the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.




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CBD News: Message of the CBD Executive Secretary, Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, on the occasion of the World Tourism Day, 27 September 2013 - "Tourism and Water: Protecting our Common Future"