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CBD News: "Ecological Civilization: Building a Shared Future for All Life on Earth" is set to frame next year's UN Biodiversity Conference, to be held in October in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China.




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CBD News: Two major pieces of research reveal the clear and present danger biodiversity loss and climate change pose to the health, security and well-being of humanity.




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CBD News: This year, World Food Day calls for action across sectors to make healthy and sustainable diets affordable and accessible to everyone. It is a reminder that without healthy nature and biodiversity, we cannot have quality nutrition, and without q




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CBD News: Rural women are an indisputable force behind efforts to conserve and sustainably use biodiversity all over the world, and as such they are critical players in building climate resilience.




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CBD News: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 2019: Acting Together to Achieving the three objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity will ensure that the children of today and tomorrow, along with their families and communities, ca




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CBD News: In the "Beijing Call for Biodiversity Conservation and Climate Change", French President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese President Xi Jinping on 6 November reaffirmed their commitments to enhance international cooperation on climate change




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CBD Notification SCBD/OES/EM/DC/KM/88491 (2019-102): Workshop on the Evidence Base for the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework: Fifth Edition of the Global Biodiversity Outlook and IPBES Global Assessment, 23 November 2019 - Montreal, Canada




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CBD Notification SCBD/OES/EM/DC/JMF/88496 (2019-104): Informal briefing by the Co-chairs of the Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, 24 November 2019 - Montreal, Canada




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CBD News: Eleventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Inter-Sessional Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity (20 - 22 November 2019 - Montréal, Canada)




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CBD Notification SCBD/OES/EM/DC/KM/88511 (2019-105): Peer review of the fifth edition of the Global Biodiversity Outlook




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CBD News: Opening statement of Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Officer-in-Charge, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the eleventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on




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CBD News: Delegates to the eleventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions (11WG8J) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) agreed on a set of recommendations for consideration by the Subsidiary Body




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CBD News: Statement for the opening of the twenty-third meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Officer-in-Charge, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, 25-29 November




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CBD News: Over the next five days, the Convention on Biological Diversity's (CBD) body on science will meet to lay the groundwork for negotiations to prepare the next year's UN Biodiversity Conference in Kunming, China and achieve an ambitious and




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CBD News: The Secretariats of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the Convention on Biological Diversity, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Environment Programme and Ja




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CBD News: Nominations are now invited for The MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity 2020. The call for nominations remains open until 30 March 2020.




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CBD News: A new guide now available, Addressing Gender Issues and Actions in Biodiversity Objectives, provides biodiversity professionals concrete ideas and actions for progress in their work towards achieving gender and biodiversity objectives, goals and




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CBD News: Statement by Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Officer-in-Charge, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the closing of the twenty-third meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, 29 November 2




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CBD News: The Convention on Biological Diversity's (CBD) subsidiary body on science suggested elements of the science base that will be used at next year's biennial UN Biodiversity Conference in Kunming, China that will include discussions on an




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CBD News: Statement by Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the opening of the Thematic Workshop on Area-Based Conservation Measures, La Prairie, Canada, 1-3 December 2019




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CBD News: Statement by Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Acting Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Invasive Alien Species, Montreal, 2-4 December 2019




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CBD Notification SCBD/OES/DC/KM/88539 (2019-108): Submission of views on possible targets, indicators and baselines for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework and peer review of a document on indicators




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CBD News: Statement by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Acting Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of World Soil Day 2019




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CBD News: Agriculture and biodiversity have been inextricably linked for as long as we humans have been producing our own food. As the source of all variety in our crops and livestock, biodiversity is the very foundation of agriculture.




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CBD News: Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, CBD Acting Executive Secretary, welcomes announcement that biodiversity will be theme of the next year's World Environment Day: "We are delighted to see that biodiversity will be the focus of World Environment Da




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CBD Notification SCBD/SSSF/AS/ML/GD/88414 (2019-114): Tracking Economic Instruments and Finance for Biodiversity: Invitation to contribute data on positive incentives relevant to Aichi Biodiversity Target 3 to the OECD PINE database




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CBD Notification SCBD/IMS/JMF/NVW/86292 (2019-117): Follow-up invitation to participate in and/or contribute to the piloting and further development of a methodology for the voluntary peer review of national biodiversity strategies and action plans




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CBD News: Statement by Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Acting Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, at the fifty-seventh meeting of the Council of the Global Environment Facility, Wednesday, 18 December 2019, Washington D.C., United States




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CBD Notification SCBD/OES/DC/AC/88568 (2019-115): Submission of views on possible targets and indicators for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework related to the interlinkages and interdependencies between biodiversity and climate change




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CBD Notification SCBD/IMS/JMF/ET/CPa/88555 (2020-001): Invitation to provide additional views and suggestions regarding the draft proposals to strengthen technical and scientific cooperation in support of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework




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CBD Notification SCBD/IMS/JMF/JBM/88603 (2020-004): Documentation for the Second Meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework




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CBD Notification SCBD/IMS/JMF/JBF/NP/CR/WS/IH/88601 (2020-006): Call for Applications: 2020 Global Youth Biodiversity Summit in Miyazaki




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CBD Notification SCBD/SSSF/AS/CC/VA/88615 (2020-009): Thematic Consultation on the Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity for the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, 30 March - 1 April 2020 - Bern, Switzerland




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CBD Notification SCBD/OES/DAIN/MB/FD/88610 (2020-007): Theme for the International Day for Biological Diversity 2020




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CBD Notification SCBD/OES/EM/DC/KNM/88511 (2020-011): Peer review of the fifth edition of the Global Biodiversity Outlook




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CBD Notification SCBD/SSSF/AS/CR/TM/88642 (2020-013): Regional Capacity-Building Workshop on Biodiversity and Health for the SEARO region




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CBD News: Twenty years ago, on 29 January 2000, Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. The Cartagena Protocol entered into force on 11 September 2003.




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CBD Notification SCBD/OES/EM/DC/JMF/88471 (2020-014): Change in venue: Second meeting of the Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, 24-29 February 2020 - Rome, Italy




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CBD News: Statement by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Acting Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of World Wetlands Day




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CBD News: Due to the ongoing situation following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus 2019, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), in consultation with the Government of the People's Republic of China, the COP (Conference of




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CBD Notification SCBD/OES/EM/DC/88471 (2020-017): Updated Information Note for Participants: Second meeting of the Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and related thematic consultations, 24-29 February 2020 - Rome, Italy




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CBD Notification SCBD/IMS/JMF/NP/OH/SM/88701 (2020-020): Workshop for Subnational, Regional and Local Governments on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, 1-3 April 2020, Edinburgh, Scotland




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CBD News: Statement by Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Acting Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, for the opening of the Second Meeting of the Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, Monday, 24 February 2020, Rome




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CBD News: Over 1000 delegates from more than 140 countries started negotiations today at FAO headquarters, Rome on the zero draft of a landmark post-2020 global biodiversity framework and targets for nature to 2030.




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CBD Notification SCBD/IMS/JMF/JBF/NP/CR/WS/IH/88601 (2020-023): Postponement of the 2020 Global Youth Biodiversity Summit in Miyazaki




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CBD News: Governments advance in the preparation of a New UN Biodiversity Framework; Negotiations in Rome demonstrate engagement across government and society




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CBD Notification SCBD/OES/EM/DC/88726 (2020-025): Registration and Credentials for Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 15), Tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting




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CBD Notification SCBD/IMS/JMF/NP/CR/IH/88710 (2020-027): Final Call for Nominations for the MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity 2020




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CBD News: Statement by Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the opening of the Subregional Exchange for the Caribbean on the Restoration of Forests and Other Ecosystems, 9-13 March 2020




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CBD News: Due to the evolving nature of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has moved to hold many meetings virtually and has postponed others.