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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 Communiqué:Cities and the United Nations pulling together for biodiversity: Global partnership meets in Bonn




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CBD News: 53rd edition of the Quarterly Report on the Administration of the Convention on Biological Diversity (April-June 2011)




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CBD Communiqué: The Preparation of the Global City and Biodiversity Outlook launched




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CBD Communiqué: The Secretary General of the Ramsar Convention joins forces for the implementation of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets




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CBD Press Release: Aichi biodiversity heads of agencies task force established with 27 global partners




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CBD News: Statement by Mr Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the African Regional Consultation and Capacity Building Workshop on REDD-Plus, Including on Relevant Biodiversity Safeguards, Cape Town, 20-23 September 2011




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CBD Communiqué: Biodiversity Convention signs Memorandum of Understanding with UN-Habitat




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CBD Communiqué: The 132 Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Group of 77 and China call for implementation of Aichi Biodiversity Targets




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CBD Communiqué: Cooperating for nature: South Africa as a regional hub for South-South cooperation on biodiversity for development




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CBD Communiqué: Regional workshop for Pacific on updating national biodiversity strategies and action plans celebration of the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity




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CBD Communiqué: United Nations University launches Master of Science programme in nvironmental Governance with specialization in Biodiversity




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CBD Communiqué: Hyderabad ready to host the world biodiversity community




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CBD Communiqué: Japan Airlines introduces United Nations Decade on Biodiversity logo on special "Eco Jet"




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CBD Communiqué: World Association of Zoos and Aquariums mobilized for the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity




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CBD News: Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Eastern Africa Regional Workshop on Biodiversity and Finance in Support of the Nagoya Outcome, Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, 28 October 2011




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CBD Communiqué: Benin becomes sixty-sixth signatory of the Nagoya Protocol and the thirty-sixth signatory of the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress




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CBD Press Release: Indigenous and local communities meet with governments to discuss traditional knowledge and the implementation of the global Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020




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CBD Communiqué: Uruguay ratifies the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety




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CBD Press Release: Scientific body of global biodiversity treaty discusses biodiversity indicators at Montreal meeting




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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




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CBD Communiqué: CBD Secretariat and IUCN sign supplementary agreement for the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 regarding invasive species




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CBD Communiqué: UNESCO launch of the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity takes place in Paris




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CBD News: 54th edition of the Quarterly Report on the Administration of the Convention on Biological Diversity (July-September 2011)




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CBD News: Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Western South Pacific Regional Workshop to Facilitate the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas, Nada, Fiji, 22 November 2011




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CBD Communiqué: Scientific body of global biodiversity treaty adopts eight recommendations




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CBD News: Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of Joint Expert Meeting on Addressing Biodiversity Concerns in Sustainable Fishery, Bergen, Norway, 7 December 2011




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CBD Press Release: Latvia becomes the first country to ratify the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress




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CBD Press Release: UN Biodiversity Chief Signs Memorandum of Understanding with World Future Council




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CBD News: Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Meeting of the Expert Group on Biodiversity for Poverty Eradication and Development, 12 December 2011, Dehradun, India




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CBD News: It is with deep regret and profound sadness that we announce the passing away of a valued staff member of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Marie Aminata Khan, on 12 December 2011. Since joining the CBD, Marie has great




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




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CBD News: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, a national of Brazil, as Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Assistant Secretary




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CBD Press Release: Latest initiative under joint ITTO/CBD programme-a new project to support sustainable forest management (SFM) and biodiversity conservation in Africa




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CBD Press Release: Bahrain to become the 163rd Party to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety




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CBD Press Release: Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias assumes helm at Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity




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CBD Press Release: Capacity-building workshop for North Africa and the Middle East on mainstreaming the economics of ecosystems and biodiversity (TEEB) into national planning and decision-making




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CBD Press Release: Atlantic seamount becomes the first case added to international repository of ecologically or biologically significant marine areas




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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 News: Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Wider Caribbean and Western Mid-Atlantic Regional Workshop to Facilitate the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas,