14 January 2009Online-Conference on Capacity-Building for Integration of Biosafety into National Development Plans will be held from 19 January to 6 February 2009. More » |
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6 January 2009Monthly Bulletin of Activities (MBA) of the CBD, November-December 2008. More » |
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23 December 2008Report on activities of the Secretariat on the implementation of the work programme of the Convention on Biological Diversity and its Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety now available. More » |
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19 December 2008Resolution on “Sustainable Development: Convention on Biological Diversity”, adopted on 19 December 2008 by the Sixty-third session of the United Nations General Assembly under Agenda item 49 (f). More » |
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19 December 2008Message from Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation, 19 December 2008. More » |
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17 December 2008Visit to the Secretariat of a Delegation from Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. More » |
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17 December 2008Disaster Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation, statement by the Executive Secretary, Ahmed Djoghlaf, on the occasion of the 5th Annual United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation and the Launch of the Global South-South Development Expo organized by the United Nation Development Programme, New York, 17 December 2008. More » |
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16 December 2008Report of the Expert Meeting for South-South Cooperation on Biodiversity for Development. More » |
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16 December 2008The CBD Secretariat is launching a quarterly e-Newsletter on the Ecosystem Approach, in order to facilitate sharing of information on the application of the ecosystem approach and promote the use and voluntary update of the Ecosystem Approach Sourcebook. More » |
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15 December 2008A new website for the Life Web is unveiled. With the support of the Government of Germany and pending the development of the permanent website for the Life Web initiative, information on the Life Web can be accessed in the interim on this new web site hosted by CBD. More » |
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11 December 2008Food Security in Mountains, Message by the Executive Secretary, Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, on the occasion of International Mountain Day, 11 December 2008. More » |
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9 December 2008Statement by the Executive Secretary, Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, on the occasion of the 9th National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment organized by the National Council for Science and Environment on the theme of Biodiversity in a Rapidly Changing World, Washington, D.C., 9 December 2008. More » |
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2 December 2008CBD provides free tool to identify win-win areas for REDD and biodiversity. The Bali Action plan under the United Nations FCCC encourages efforts to reduce emissions from reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD), while aiming for synergies with the implementation of the (CBD). The national gap analyses under CBD PoWPA are important tools for maximizing this kind of synergy. More » |
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1 December 2008Biosafety: The second round of Discussion Groups within the Open-ended Online Expert Forum on Risk Assessment and Risk Management extended to 19 December 2008. More » |
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1 December 2008State of Paraná Reports on Carbon-Offset Programme for the Operations of the Secretariat through the Tenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties. More » |
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28 November 2008On Monday, 1 December 2008, Robert Watson, Co-Chair of the first meeting of the Second Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on Biodiversity and Climate Change convened under the Convention on Biological Diversity and former Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, will present the draft findings of the first meeting of the AHTEG to the scientific advisory body of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). More » |
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24 November 2008Statement by the Executive Secretary, Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, at the 28th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Bern Convention, Strasbourg, France, 24 November 2008. More » |
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18 November 2008Discours de M. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Secretaire executif de la Convention sur la diversite biologique, à l’occasion de la Journee biodiversite & entreprises de l’European Platform for Biodiversity Research Strategy, Paris, France, le 18 novembre 2008. More » |
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17 November 2008Statement by the Executive Secretary, Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, on the occasion of the First Meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Biodiversity and Climate Change, London, United Kingdom , 17 – 21 November 2008. More » |
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16 November 2008Message from the Executive Secretary, Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, to the International Mountain Biodiversity Conference on
“Biodiversity Conservation and Management for Enhanced Ecosystem Services: Responding to the Challenges of Global Change”, Kathmandu, Nepal, 16-18 November 2008. More » |
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12 November 2008"The United States and the Convention on Biological Diversity": Statement Delivered by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention, at George Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C., on 12 November 2008. More » |
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12 November 2008Statement by the Executive Secretary, Ahmed Djoghlaf, on “Climate Change, REDD and Biodiversity” on the occasion of the International Expert Meeting on Potential Impacts of “Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation” on Indigenous and Local Communities, Baguio City, Philippines, 12-14 November 2008. More » |
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11 November 2008Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, to the Thirty-Fourth Meeting of the Council of the Global Environment Facility, Washington D.C., 11 November 2008. More » |
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10 November 2008Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Ad Hoc Intergovernmental and Multi-Stakeholder Meeting on an Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Putrajaya, Malaysia, 10-12 November 2008. More » |
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10 November 2008 Biosafety: The first round of Discussion Groups within the Open-ended Online Expert Forum on Risk Assessment and Risk Management extended to 30 November 2008. More » |
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