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CBD News: A new compendium providing the latest and best professional information needed for protected area practitioner capacity development was released this week in the margins of the 6th IUCN World Parks Congress.

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Published On :: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 00:00:00 GMT


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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

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Published On :: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: The GBIF Secretariat is pleased to announce that the 2015 call for proposals of the GBIF Capacity Enhancement Support Programme is now open. This programme provides co-funding to GBIF Participants in support of international collaborative projec

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Published On :: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: The fourth addition of Global Biodiversity Outlook is now available in Japanese, courtesy of the Nature Conservation Bureau of Japan's Ministry of the Environment. This brings to eight the number of languages in which the mid-term assessment

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Published On :: Wed, 04 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT


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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.

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Published On :: Sun, 08 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: This year's World Water Day theme, "Water and sustainable development", coincides with the ongoing discussions in the United Nations of the post-2015 development agenda and the adoption of a set of new sustainable development goals

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Published On :: Thu, 19 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: Indigenous peoples and local communities often refer to this Earth as Pachamama or "Mother Earth." The fate of Pachamama and of humans has been shaped over a history that has been intertwined.

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Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2015 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: On this International Day for Biological Diversity, let us recommit to global action to reduce the rate of biodiversity loss, for people and for our planet.

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Published On :: Fri, 22 May 2015 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: As governments from around the world prepare to adopt the sustainable development goals and targets later this year, it is particularly fitting that this year's World Environment Day is being celebrated under the theme of resource efficiency

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Published On :: Fri, 05 Jun 2015 00:00:00 GMT


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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

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Published On :: Tue, 16 Jun 2015 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: To support the mobilisation and alignment of technical and financial resources for priority capacity-building needs, IPBES is developing a prototype Matchmaking Facility. This Facility aims to promote and facilitate dialogue and cooperation amon

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Published On :: Mon, 20 Jul 2015 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: Young people between the ages of 10 and 24 comprise about 1.8 billion people, or about one quarter of the global population. This, according to the United Nations Population Fund, is the largest youth population ever.

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Published On :: Tue, 11 Aug 2015 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: Montreal, 28 September 2015 - Two new ratifications this month to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization brings the total number of ratifications to the gr

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Published On :: Mon, 28 Sep 2015 00:00:00 GMT


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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

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Published On :: Sun, 14 Feb 2016 00:00:00 GMT


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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

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Published On :: Sat, 20 Feb 2016 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: The theme for this year's International Women's Day, "Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step it up for Gender Equality", is well-aligned with the ambitious Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development, which integrates gender equality and women

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Published On :: Mon, 07 Mar 2016 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: I am pleased to welcome you all to the eleventh meeting of the Liaison Group on Capacity-building for Biosafety here in Montreal. I wish to thank you all for taking time from your busy schedules to attend this meeting, which is expected to play

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Published On :: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: It gives me immense pleasure to extend a warm welcome to you all to this Capacity-building Workshop for Africa on achieving Aichi Biodiversity Targets 11 and 12. This workshop is the fourth in a series being organized by the CBD Secretariat in c

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Published On :: Mon, 21 Mar 2016 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: It is a great pleasure to welcome you all to Montreal for this inaugural meeting of the Compliance Committee under the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization.

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Published On :: Wed, 06 Apr 2016 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: In anticipation of the discussions to take place at the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP 13) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) later this year, Latin American and Caribbean Ministers of Environment have adopted

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Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2016 00:00:00 GMT


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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

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Published On :: Tue, 19 Apr 2016 00:00:00 GMT


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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

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Published On :: Fri, 22 Apr 2016 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: It is my pleasure to welcome you all to this Technical Workshop on Monitoring of Marine and Coastal Biodiversity, being held on the margins of the twentieth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice.

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Published On :: Sun, 24 Apr 2016 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: This is a historic day in the life of our Convention on Biological Diversity for two reasons. First, we open the first meeting of this body, the Subsidiary Body on Implementation. Second, the Secretariat celebrates 20 years in this beautiful and

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Published On :: Mon, 02 May 2016 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: This year's World Day to Combat Desertification shows the importance of being inclusive as we cooperate to restore and rehabilitate degraded land. It also points to the convergence of international action and landmark agreements recently ado

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Published On :: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: It is my great pleasure to open this important meeting, the Sustainable Ocean Initiative Global Dialogue with Regional Seas Organizations and Regional Fisheries Bodies on Accelerating Progress towards the Aichi Biodiversity Targets.

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Published On :: Mon, 26 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: This week marks the two-year anniversary of the entry into force 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.

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Published On :: Fri, 14 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: Ministers from around the world committed to working together to save biodiversity and take urgent action to achieve the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, and backed this with a host of specific commitments.

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Published On :: Sun, 04 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: I am honoured to have this opportunity to address you on the occasion of the visit of His Excellency Enrique Peña Nieto, President of Mexico at this United Nations Biodiversity Conference, in Cancun, Mexico, 2016.

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Published On :: Mon, 05 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to this first Clearing-House Mechanism Award Ceremony.

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Published On :: Fri, 09 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: I am honoured to speak this morning at the opening of this unique and powerful initiative, the "Muuchtanbal" Summit on Indigenous and Local Experiences - Traditional knowledge, biological and cultural diversity.

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Published On :: Sat, 10 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: I am honoured to address this fifth Global Biodiversity Summit of Cities, as we also celebrate 10 years of very productive cooperation with ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability as a valued partner.

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Published On :: Sat, 10 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: It is a great pleasure to participate in this session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and to discuss opportunities to further integrate biodiversity within the agriculture and food production sectors.

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Published On :: Mon, 30 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: This year's theme for International Women's Day highlights women in the changing world of work, and sets our collective sights on the objective of making gender equality a reality by 2030.

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Published On :: Wed, 08 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: This year's World Water Day theme, "Why waste water?", highlights the importance of reducing and reusing wastewater.

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Published On :: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: The focus of work this week "towards an enhanced regional cooperation to restore Mediterranean landscapes: improving ecosystem resilience for the benefit of people and the environment.", directly supports the Strategic Plan for Biodive

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Published On :: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: As the incoming Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity and as this is my first statement to this esteemed body, I wish to acknowledge the traditional owners of this land we are gathered upon, the Haudenosaunee Confederatio

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Published On :: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: The science body under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) meets this week to discuss a wide array of biodiversity-related issues critical for achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and tackling climate change. These dis

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Published On :: Mon, 11 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: Delegates to the science body of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) closed their meeting this week, sending a number of recommendations to the next UN Biodiversity Conference that set the stage for achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity

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Published On :: Sat, 16 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: For this year's International Women's Day, I join my voice to the call to action to empower women in all settings, rural and urban, and to draw inspiration from the activists working to achieve women's rights and gender equality.

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Published On :: Thu, 08 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: Germany has published the first report on the utilization of genetic resources through the Access and Benefit-sharing (ABS) Clearing-House by issuing a checkpoint communiqué concerning research on ants from South Africa. This was rapidly fo

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Published On :: Thu, 02 Aug 2018 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: The Convention on Biological Diversity is pleased to partner with the Slow Food International for this year's celebrations of the International Day for Biological Diversity, on 22 May 2019, which focuses on biodiversity as the foundation of

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Published On :: Wed, 22 May 2019 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: Government officials, experts and activists from around the world gather in Nairobi this week to open talks on a global agreement to safeguard life on Earth, in all its forms. The 27-30 August meeting marks the official start of negotiations tow

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Published On :: Mon, 26 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: This year's World Tourism Day theme, 'Tourism and jobs: A better future for all', serves to highlight the critical role tourism, and ultimately nature, plays in job creation.

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Published On :: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 00:00:00 GMT


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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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Published On :: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: This year's World Cities Day theme, "Changing the world: innovations and better life for future generations", focuses on how urban governance can be used to achieve sustainable development.

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Published On :: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMT


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COVID-19 baby boom? This new study suggests perhaps not

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Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT

(Taylor & Francis Group) Over 80% of people surveyed in a study do not plan to conceive during the COVID-19 crisis, perhaps putting to rest suggestions that the lockdown could lead to rise in birth numbers.


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Kaay Jones: The Jamaican who joins region in singing ‘We Got This’

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Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 05:01:07 -0500

Up-and-coming recording artiste Kaay Jones says she did not know she was becoming part of a transformational music project that would connect her to a wide cross section of talent in the Caribbean. Jones carries Jamaica's flag in a unified...


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Problem Notes for SAS®9 - 65914: You see the error "Driver does not support this optional feature" after trying to insert or append data to a Databricks table

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Published On :: Fri, 1 May 2020 14:23:57 EST

You can create create a Databricks table by using PROC SQL, but you cannot insert data into the table. PROC APPEND cannot create a new table or append data to an existing table.


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Here are 10 Rays players to watch this spring

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Published On :: Sun, 17 Feb 2019 13:46:36 EDT

While most of the attention will fall on the players who are expected to make the Opening Day roster, manager Kevin Cash and the rest of the organization will be keeping a close eye on some of the players that could find their way to the big leagues at some point within the next year.


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