cl CBD Communiqué: Expanding scientific expertise for implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 at the margins of the seventh meeting of Working Group on Article 8(j) and the fifteenth meeting of SBSTTA By www.cbd.int Published On :: Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl CBD News: The Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety closed for signature yesterday with a total of 51 signatories. By www.cbd.int Published On :: Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl CBD News: Statement by the CBD Executive Secretary on the occasion of the Third Meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group of the Whole on the Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment, including Socio-economic As By www.cbd.int Published On :: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl 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 By www.cbd.int Published On :: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl 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 By www.cbd.int Published On :: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl 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 By www.cbd.int Published On :: Fri, 06 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl CBD Press Release: The 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly has recognized the importance of recent decisions adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), including those dealing with implemen By www.cbd.int Published On :: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl 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 By www.cbd.int Published On :: Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl CBD News: Statement from Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Sub-Regional Workshop for Anglophone Africa on the Integration of Climate Change and Ecosystem-Based Adaptation in National Biodiversity Planning Proce By www.cbd.int Published On :: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl CBD News: Articles are presently being sought from members of civil society (including NGOs, social movements, indigenous organizations and representatives, local communities) for the eighth issue of the CBD newsletter for civil society, [square brackets] By www.cbd.int Published On :: Mon, 05 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl CBD News: In Windhoek, World Builds Synergies for Sustainable Land Management, Biodiversity Protection and Climate Change. By www.cbd.int Published On :: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl CBD News: Increasing urbanization over the next decades presents not only unprecedented challenges for humanity, but also opportunities to curb climate change, reduce water scarcity and improve food security, according to the world's first global asse By www.cbd.int Published On :: Fri, 04 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl CBD News: Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferrera de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, to the Eighth Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions, Montreal, 7 October 2013 By www.cbd.int Published On :: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl CBD News: Governments and indigenous and local communities at the Eighth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions, held in Montreal, Canada, have reaffirmed the need to recognize and integrate traditional knowl By www.cbd.int Published On :: Sat, 12 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl 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 By www.cbd.int Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl 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 By www.cbd.int Published On :: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl 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. By www.cbd.int Published On :: Mon, 02 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl CBD News: The Collaborative Partnership on Sustainable Wildlife Management (CPW) welcomes the United Nations General Assembly decision to proclaim 3 March as World Wildlife Day, as a means of celebrating the importance of the world's flora and fauna, By www.cbd.int Published On :: Mon, 03 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl CBD News: Articles are presently being sought from members of civil society (including NGOs, social movements, indigenous organizations and representatives, local communities) for the ninth issue of the CBD newsletter for civil society, [square brackets], By www.cbd.int Published On :: Wed, 09 Apr 2014 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl CBD News: Statement by Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, at the opening of the Regional Workshop for African Countries on the Clearing-House Mechanism and the Coordination Meeting of the Belgian Partnership on the Clearing-House Mecha By www.cbd.int Published On :: Tue, 06 May 2014 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl CBD News: The June 2014 edition of the CBD's business.2020 magazine puts the focus on Canada, looking at some of the issues affecting business and biodiversity in the host country of the Secretariat, and includes a feature interview with Pierre Gratto By www.cbd.int Published On :: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl CBD News: Opening video statement by Shri Prakash Javadekar, CBD COP President, Minister of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, India, on the occasion of the Fifth Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Conv By www.youtube.com Published On :: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl CBD News: As the global population increases in the years to come, and as climate change affects the availability of water, with consequences for water and food security, land will become even more important. Drylands hold a significant proportion of th By www.cbd.int Published On :: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl CBD News: Déclaration de M. Braulio ferreira de Souza Dias, Secrétaire exécutif de la CDB, à l'occasion de l'atelier sur les synergies entre redd + et la conservation et restauration des écosystèmes dans les strat By www.cbd.int Published On :: Tue, 08 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl CBD News: Montreal, 12 September 2014 - The Secretary to the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) has become the seventh member of the Liaison Group of the Biodiversity-related Conventions (BLG), which includes the Convention on Biological Div By www.cbd.int Published On :: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl CBD News: The High Level Segment of the 12th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity adopted the Gangwon Declaration on Biodiversity for Sustainable Development By www.cbd.int Published On :: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl CBD News: The Convention on Biological Diversity closed the 12th meeting of the Conference of the Parties today with Governments committing to step up actions to achieve, by the end of the decade, the Aichi Biodiversity Targets agreed four years ago, and By www.cbd.int Published On :: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl CBD News: A group of scientists and policymakers delivered a declaration to the Minister of the Environment of Peru, Manuel Pulgar Vidal, the president of UNFCCC Cop-20,that calls for integrated research on biodiversity and climate change and increased re By www.cbd.int Published On :: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl CBD News: This year, declared International Year of Family Farming by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, International Mountain Day is being celebrated under the theme of "Mountain Farming". Mountain agriculture, which By www.cbd.int Published On :: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl CBD News: This year, International Women's Day highlights the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action that twenty years' after its adoption remains an essential roadmap for the achievement of gender equality and women's rights. By www.cbd.int Published On :: Sun, 08 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl CBD News: Healthy communities rely on well-functioning ecosystems. They provide clean air, fresh water, medicines and food security. They also limit disease and stabilize the climate. But biodiversity loss is happening at unprecedented rates, impacting hu By www.cbd.int Published On :: Thu, 04 Jun 2015 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl CBD News: As we celebrate this year's World Day to Combat Desertification, the message could not be clearer; in order to attain food security for all through sustainable food systems we must invest in our land. Soils represent at least a quarter of g By www.cbd.int Published On :: Tue, 16 Jun 2015 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl CBD News: The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity welcomes Pope Francis' call to action in the face of global biodiversity loss, climate change and environmental degradation. By www.cbd.int Published On :: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl CBD News: On 10 June, HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco closed a historic meeting of biodiversity and Antarctic experts. The purpose of the meeting was to examine the extent to which conservation of the biodiversity of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean is re By www.cbd.int Published On :: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl CBD News: Articles are presently being sought from members of civil society and indigenous peoples and local communities for the tenth edition of the CBD newsletter for civil society, [square brackets], being prepared to coincide with the nineteenth meeti By www.cbd.int Published On :: Fri, 21 Aug 2015 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl CBD News: With continued growth and deepening diversification, tourism has become one of the fastest growing economic sectors in the world. And because tourism is closely linked to development, it has become a key driver for socio-economic progress. By www.cbd.int Published On :: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl CBD News: Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Technical Workshop on Ecosystem-Based Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction, Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa, 28 S By www.cbd.int Published On :: Mon, 28 Sep 2015 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl CBD News: The first internationally recognized certificate of compliance was issued on 1 October 2015, following a permit made available to the Access and Benefit-sharing (ABS) Clearing-House by India. By www.cbd.int Published On :: Wed, 07 Oct 2015 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl CBD News: Celebrating World Food Day, under the theme "Social protection and agriculture: breaking the cycle of rural poverty", provides an opportunity to emphasize in food systems how biodiversity underpins social protection. By www.cbd.int Published On :: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl CBD News: Biodiversity and the ecosystem services it underpins can be the basis for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction strategies as they can deliver benefits that will, according to the outcomes of a recent technical workshop on ecosys By www.cbd.int Published On :: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl CBD News: Governments encouraged to use biodiversity and ecosystem services as strategy for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction By www.cbd.int Published On :: Wed, 09 Dec 2015 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl CBD News: Articles are presently being sought from members of civil society and indigenous peoples and local communities for the tenth edition of the CBD newsletter for civil society, [square brackets], being prepared to coincide with the twentieth meetin By www.cbd.int Published On :: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl CBD News: Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Expert Group Meeting on Article 10 of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing, Montreal, Canada, 1 - 3 February 2016 By www.cbd.int Published On :: Mon, 01 Feb 2016 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl CBD News: Déclaration de M. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, Secrétaire exécutif de la CDB, lors de l'ouverture de l'atelier de renforcement des capacités des pays francophones partenaires du centre d'echange d'informations (C By www.cbd.int Published On :: Mon, 01 Feb 2016 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl CBD News: The theme of this conference, "biodiversity for sustainable development", could not come at a better time. Finally, the world is waking up to the essential role of biodiversity and healthy ecosystems for all life on earth, including hu By www.cbd.int Published On :: Sun, 14 Feb 2016 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl CBD News: First, I would like to congratulate the Arab Society for Fungal Conservation for declaring 20 February as Egyptian Fungus Day. This initiative truly demonstrates commitment towards conservation of biodiversity and promoting the objectives of the By www.cbd.int Published On :: Sat, 20 Feb 2016 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl CBD News: This year, International Mother Earth Day coincides with the signing ceremony for the Paris Agreement on Climate Change at UN Headquarters in New York, where world governments will demonstrate their commitment to meet the challenges of climate c By www.cbd.int Published On :: Tue, 19 Apr 2016 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl CBD News: Germany is the latest country to ratify the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization, bringing the total number of ratifications to 74. This includes 73 countrie By www.cbd.int Published On :: Fri, 22 Apr 2016 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl CBD News: The twentieth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-20) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) came to a close on 30 April 2016 with the adoption of a number of key recommendations that By www.cbd.int Published On :: Wed, 04 May 2016 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
cl CBD News: As a vital part of biodiversity, migratory birds play key functions in the interconnected systems that keep nature healthy, including seed dispersal of plants for human and livestock consumption, ecosystem restoration and pest regulation, in add By www.cbd.int Published On :: Fri, 06 May 2016 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
