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CBD News: The High-Level Panel (HLP), co-sponsored by the Governments of India and the United Kingdom, has organized a one-day open consultation with Parties. The Webinar will take place on 2 August 2012 from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (U.K. time)




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CBD News: Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of FAO Regional Workshop on Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VMES) in the Indian Ocean, Flic en Flac, Mauritius, 25 July 2012




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CBD News: Message from the CBD Executive Secretary, Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, on the occasion of the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, 9 August 2012




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CBD Press Release: How can we save the world's oceans and coasts? Five countries' ocean and coastal policies shortlisted for the 2012 Future Policy Award.




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CBD News: Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the 14th Session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN), 10 - 14 September 2012, Rusha, Tanzania




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CBD Press Release: Tokyo/Montreal 20 September 2012 - The winners of the MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity have been announced today in Tokyo.




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CBD Press release: Saving oceans and coasts - outstanding political solutions: Future Policy Award 2012 goes to Palau




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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 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: 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 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: Opening Remarks by Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, to the Ad Hoc Expert Group Meeting on Validating the Africa Review Reports on Biodiversity, Forests, Mountains, Biotechnology and Tourism, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 22-23 Nov




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CBD News: Statement by Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, to the International Seminar "Towards Linking Ecosystems and Ecosystem Services to Economic and Human Activity", New York, United States of America, 27 - 29 November 2




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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 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: 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: 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: 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 Communiqué: European Union approves Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress




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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 News: Allocution de m. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, Secrétaire exécutif de la CDB, à l'occasion de l'ouverture du deuxième atelier régional pour les pays moins avancés d'Afrique sur la préparation des cinqui




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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: Get ready to celebrate the International Day for Biological Diversity on 22 May. The logo, booklet and messages for the day are available for use in the celebrations by Parties and organizations.




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CBD News: Thanks to the collaborative effort of the Biodiversity Indicators Partnership (BIP) and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, a set of 20 icons representing the Aichi Biodiversity Targets is now available for use by Parties




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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