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CBD Press Release: Managing biodiversity data from local government: Guidance for local authorities on publishing through the GBIF network, helping preserve knowledge about biodiversity




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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: 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 Press Release: Opening of the Base Camp of 1000 Days for the Planet, an expedition led by Jean Lemire, Honorary Ambassador to the The Green Wave for biodiversity




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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 News: The New Delhi ASEAN-India Ministerial Statement on Biodiversity: Ministers responsible for the environment and their representatives of India and ASEAN countries have agreed to enhance awareness among all stakeholders, strive towards mainstreami




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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: UN biodiversity meeting to discuss progress made and challenges to implement the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011 - 2020.




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CBD Press Release: The UN Meeting on Biosafety Ends with An Agreement to Advance Work on the Issue of Socioeconomic Considerations Regarding Living Modified Organisms




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CBD News: The Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, and the National Biodiversity Authority are hosting an International Biodiversity Film Festival and Forum in Hyderabad as part of COP-11 in association with CMS Environment. The festi




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CBD Press Release: Action in support of Biodiversity urgently needed: UN Meeting on Biodiversity opens in Hyderabad India




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CBD Press Release: Biodiversity Conservation can Improve Human Health in World's Growing Cities, says UN assessment




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CBD News: At COP 11, the CBD Executive Secretary has invited Parties and partners to become Biodiversity Champions by making pledges to suport the achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets.




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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: 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 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: Biodiversity at the centre of sustainable development: CBD Executive Secretary Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias briefs UN Secretary-General, senior UN officials.




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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 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: Statement by Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, at the opening of the Global Taxonomy Initiative Capacity Building Workshop towards Achieving Aichi Biodiversity Targets 9 and 19 for Western and Central Africa, Dakar, Senegal,




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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




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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: To better inform policymakers on what needs to be done to secure the ecosystems and species in the Arctic that people rely on for life and livelihood, the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), the biodiversity working group of the Arcti




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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: The Co-Chair Report of the Seventh Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity, Trondheim, Norway, 27-31 May 2013




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CBD News: Biodiversity Indicator Facilitators are now available to support the development and use of biodiversity indicators as part of NBSAP updating in their countries and regions. The Facilitators have been selected and trained by the Biodiversity Ind




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CBD News: Braulio F. de Souza Dias participates in event "Biodiversity and Business: Perspectives from the Region" and pays a visit to Uruguayan state officials.




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CBD News: New initiative promotes implementation of Strategic Plan and Aichi Biodiversity Targets




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CBD News: Under the theme, 10 Years of Promoting Safety in the Use of Biotechnology, the international community is marking the tenth anniversary of the entry into force of the international agreement governing the movement of living modified organisms (L




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CBD News: Germany and Cambodia, on 27 and 30 August 2013 respectively, became the most recent countries to ratify/accede to the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.




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CBD News: In Windhoek, World Builds Synergies for Sustainable Land Management, Biodiversity Protection and Climate Change.




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CBD News: Narrated by Edward Norton, United Nations Goodwill Ambassador for Biodiversity, the video outlines the opportunities for biodiversity protection presented by future urbanization.




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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




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CBD News: Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the Occasion of the Global Workshop on Reviewing Progress and Building Capacity for the National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans Revision Process, Nairobi, Ken




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CBD News: To focus attention on the global extinction crises and advance implementation of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, the LifeWeb initiative of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is launching the Zero Extinction Campaign.




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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




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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.




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CBD News: Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Second Session of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Antalya, Turkey, 9 To 14 De




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CBD News: Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Capacity-Building Workshop for West Asia and North Africa on Ecosystem Conservation and Restoration to Support Achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity




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CBD News: Speaking Notes of Mr. Braulio F. de Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, at the Biodiversity Offsets Conference, 13 February 2014, Ottawa, Canada




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CBD News: Nominations are now invited for The MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity 2014, a biennial international prize co-organized by the AEON Environmental Foundation and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The Prize honours indiv




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CBD News: Bringing international recognition and a substantial monetary prize to three outstanding individuals, nominations are now invited for The MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity 2014. The call for nominations remains open from 1 March to 31 May 2014.




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CBD News: Montreal, 7 March 2014 - South Sudan deposited its instrument of accession to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) on 17 February 2014, thus becoming the 194th Party to the global treaty on biodiversity and sustainable development. With




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CBD News: As the world community works to address the growing need for water and energy, and develops an integrated framework of Sustainable Development Goals, let us work together and ensure that water, biodiversity and energy are used sustainably, to he




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CBD News: While 87% of consumers surveyed worldwide want companies to adopt sourcing policies that respect biodiversity, only 27% of the top 100 beauty and personal care companies actually mention biodiversity on their websites or in their corporate socia




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CBD News: Introductory Remarks by Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, to the Dialogue Seminar on Scaling Up Biodiversity Finance, Quito, Ecuador, 9 April 2014




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CBD News: In preparation of a major international biodiversity conference in October 2014, Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) are currently submitting their fifth national reports that will enable a global assessment of progress made