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The Report of the Compliance Committee under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety on the Work of Its Tenth Meeting is now available.




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University spinouts: processes, benefits and risks of the system

Spinout founders, investors and insiders give their tips on turning academic research into successful businesses




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CBD News: Decisions adopted by the Conference of the Parties at its Ninth Meeting (advance version-subject to final clearance).




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CBD News: State of Parana delivers on its Commitment to offset Carbon Emissions of the Operations of the CBD Secretariat.




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CBD News: International Treaty on Biosafety marks its Fifth Anniversary.




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CBD News: Report on activities of the Secretariat on the implementation of the work programme of the Convention on Biological Diversity and its Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety now available.




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CBD News: Director of the Biodiversity and Policy Division, Ministry of the Environment, Japan, visits the Secretariat.




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CBD News: The Executive Secretary of the CBD invites you to participate in the peer review of the draft report of scientific synthesis on ocean acidification and its impacts on marine biodiversity and habitats. Please submit your comments and suggestions




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CBD News: A draft of the updated Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC) 2011-2020, prepared by the Liaison Group on the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation in its third meeting held from 26 to 28 May 2009 in Dublin, Ireland, is now available for




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CBD News: Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, to the Second Committee of the General Assembly of the United Nations at Its Sixty-Fourth Session, New York, 3 November 2009.




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CBD Communiqué: Establishment of a Vibrant Partnership between the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Civil Society of its Host Country: Signature of an MOU with the Canadian Environmental Network




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CBD News: The Natural History Museum (United Kingdom) launches its official International Year of Biodiversity website: www.biodiversityislife.net

http://www.biodiversityislife.net/




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CBD Communiqué: TEEB Appoints the Executive Secretary to its Advisory Board.




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CBD News: The CBD, through the generous support of the Government of the Netherlands, is pleased to announce the release of the brochure: "Case Studies Illustrating the Socio-economic Benefits of Ecological Networks". Ecological networks provide




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CBD Press Release: Governments Discuss Text of Protocol for the Sharing of Benefits from the Genetic Resources of the Planet.




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CBD Communiqué: The President of the Philippines Declares 2010 its National Year of Biodiversity.




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CBD Communiqué: President-Elect of the Sixty-Fifth Session of the United Nations General Assembly Visits the Secretariat.




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CBD Communiqué: Iraq Submits First National Report to SCBD




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CBD Communiqué: China expedites finalization of its new biodiversity strategy and action plan




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CBD News: Executive Secretary offers CBD support through biodiversiy information to the REDD-plus Partnership, based on results of Nairobi Global Expert Workshop on REDD Biodiversity Benefits.




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CBD News: Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from Their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Nagoya, 29 October 2010 Will Be Opened for Signature by Parties to the Conven




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CBD Notification: Report of the Second Committee of the United Nations General Assembly. Sustainable development: report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on its eleventh special session.




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CBD News: Opening for Signature of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity




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CBD Communiqué: Rwanda Launches a Revision of Its National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan.




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CBD "REDD-plus Benefits: Biodiversity and Livelihoods": Joint publication of CBD Secretariat and GIZ now available in English, French and Spanish.




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CBD Communiqué: Gabon Signs the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from Their Utilization




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CBD Press Release: The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity expands its offices in Montreal




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CBD News: Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive, on the occasion of the first meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits arising from their util




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CBD Communique: Mayor of Montpellier, France, visits Convention Secretariat




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CBD Press Release: European Union and 12 Member States sign the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization




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CBD Communiqué: Antigua and Barbuda becomes the first Caribbean island country to sign the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from Their Utilization




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CBD News: The Society for Ecological Restoration has conferred its 2011 Special Recognition Award to the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) at the Gala Awards Banquet on 23 August 2011 in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico, on the marg




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CBD News: Guinea and Morocco, on 9 December 2011, became the latest signatories to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity (




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CBD News: On 29 December 2011, Lithuania, became the seventy-first signatory of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD




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CBD News: Cyprus, on 29 December 2011, became the seventy-second signatory of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity and th




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CBD Press Release: New insights in biodiversity and sustainability awareness around the world: UEBT launches 2012 edition of its Biodiversity Barometer




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CBD Press Release: Montreal, 27 September 2012 - Lao Peoples' Democratic Republic is the sixth country to ratify the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from Their Utilization to the Co




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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: Fiji and Ethiopia have become the 8th and 9th Parties to the CBD respectively to deposit their instruments of ratification for the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from Their U




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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: 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 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: Honduras and Tajikistan became the most recent countries 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 Biological Diversity.




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CBD News: With five new ratifications, the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization has taken a big step towards entry into force.




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CBD News: The Natural Capital Declaration (NCD) has been declared a Biodiversity Champion by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in recognition of its important contribution to the implementation of the Convention's Strateg




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CBD News: The World Public Health Nutrition Association (WPHNA) has been declared a Biodiversity Champion by the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in recognition of its important contribution to the implementation of th




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CBD News: The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has welcomed the Warsaw Framework for REDD+ for its potential to contribute both to climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation.




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CBD News: Montreal, 20 December 2013 - With a new ratification, the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization is ending the year with another step toward entry into force.




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CBD News: Three new ratifications to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization provide significant momentum towards its entry into force. The recent ratifications by Be




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CBD News: Governments have established firm foundations for the operation of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing of Genetic Resources, contributing to the momentum towards entry into force and setting the agenda for the first meeting of its