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CBD Communiqué: UN Decade on Biodiversity launched at Meso-American workshop on National Biodiversity Strategies




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CBD News: The UN Secretary-General's Message on the Launch of the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity, Kanazawa, Japan, 17 December 2011




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CBD Press Release: 2011-2020 United Nations Biodiversity Decade Launched in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan




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CBD Communiqué: Partnership forged between Japan Committee for the International Union for Conservation of Nature and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity




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CBD Communiqué: The MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity at the service of the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity




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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 Communiqué: Somalia becomes seventy-third signatory of the Nagoya Protocol




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CBD Communiqué: Biodiversity on top of the environmental agenda in the Arab region




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CBD Communiqué: The Green Wave to support forest rehabilitation in the devastated region of Tohoku, Japan




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CBD Communiqué: The Federated States of Micronesia becomes seventy-fifth signatory of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing




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CBD Communiqué: Global alliance of cities and governments to save biodiversity of the Mediterranean region




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CBD Communiqué: Australia becomes 76th signatory of the Nagoya Protocol




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CBD News: Message by Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary on the occasion of World Wetlands Day "Wetlands and Tourism", 2 February 2012




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CBD Press Release: Nagoya Protocol on genetic resources achieves 92 signatories




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CBD Press Release: Theme of Future Policy Award 2012: Oceans and Coasts. World Future Council partners with CBD, GEF and FAO to present awards in Hyderabad, India




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CBD Communiqué: International symposium to be held to share experiences and support effective implementation of the Nagoya Protocol on Genetic Resources




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CBD News: Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of Regional Workshop for Africa on Updating National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 27 February, 2012




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CBD Press Release: Nominations open for the 2012 Midori Prize for Biodiversity




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CBD News: Message of Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of Africa Environment Day (Wangari Maathai Day), 3 March 2012




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CBD News: Message from Braulio Ferreira De Souza Dias, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity on the Occasion of International Women's Day 2012, "Empower Rural Women - End Hunger and Poverty", 8 March 2012




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CBD News: Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Sub-Regional Workshop for Latin America on Capacity-Building for Implementation of the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas, Bogotá, Colomb




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CBD News: Message of the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, on the occasion of World Water Day 2012 "Water and Food Security", 22 March 2012




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CBD News: Statement by Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of World Health Day, 7 April 2012




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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 News: Statement by Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of International Mother Earth Day, 22 April 2012




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CBD News: Message of the CBD Executive Secretary, Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, on the occasion of Weeds across Borders 2020 -Meeting the Challenge of the Future, in Cancun, Mexico, 24-27 April 2012




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CBD Communiqué: Meeting of sub-national governments opens new chapter in implementation of the CBD




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CBD News: Statement by Mr Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the sixteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-16), 30 April 2012, in Montreal




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CBD News: Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the fourth meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Review of Implementation of the Convention, Montreal, Canada, 7 May 2012




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CBD News: Message by Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of World Migratory Bird Day 2012, 12 - 13 May 2012: "Migratory birds and people-together through time"




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CBD News: Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the International Day for Biological Diversity, 22 May 2012, Hotel GRT, Chennai, India




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CBD News: Remarks by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary at the Special evening event with the participation of school and college students, on the occasion of the International Day for Biological Diversity, 22 May 2012, Marina Bea




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CBD News: Statement by Braulio F. De Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the 65th Session of the World Health Assembly, 21-26 May 2012, Geneva




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CBD News: Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Sustainable Ocean Initiative High-Level Meeting, 5 June 2012, EXPO Hall, Yeosu, Republic of Korea




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CBD News: Finance for biodiversity could be scaled up from around USD 52 billion in 2010 to as high as USD 160 billion by 2020, if the public and private sectors work together to implement a range of financing approaches, according to the new Little Biod




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CBD News: As the world celebrates World Environment Day and prepares to gather in Rio for the Rio+20 Conference, the Collaborative Partnership on Forests, a voluntary arrangement consisting of 14 international organizations, institutions and secretariats,




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CBD Press Release: Future Policy Award celebrates solutions to save oceans and coasts: 31 policies from 22 countries and regions nominated




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CBD News: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 13 June 2012 - At the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), the secretariats of the biodiversity, climate change and desertification conventions and the Global Environment Facility are joining fo




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CBD News: Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of Special Event Celebrating the Twentieth Anniversary of the 1992 Earth Summit, 15 June 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil




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CBD News: Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the World Summit of Legislators, 16 June 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil




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CBD News: Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Biotrade Congress, 18 June 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil




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CBD News: Message de Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, Secrétaire exécutif de la CDB, à l'occasion du lancement du Camp de base de 1000 Jours pour la planète, Espace pour la vie, 20 Juin 2012




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CBD Press Release: 20 years after their birth, three sister Rio Conventions reaffirm their collective responsibility for sustainable development




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CBD News: Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Roundtable at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, 21 June 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil




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CBD News: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 22 June 2012 - Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), launched the report, Our Planet, Our Health, Our Future. Human Health and the Rio Conventions: Biological Diversity, Climate Change




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CBD News: Rio de Janeiro 22 June 2012. The nations of the world have recognized the crucial role of biodiversity in ensuring sustainable development in the outcome document of the Rio + 20 conference and called for greater efforts to implement the Convent




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CBD News: Statement by Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, at the Opening of the Global Biodiversity Informatics Conference, 2-4 July 2012




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CBD Press Release: Montreal, 6 July 2012. With a spirit of compromise and constructive engagement, Governments concluded a week-long meeting where they advanced in the preparations for the entry into force of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-shar