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CBD News: Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Southern Africa Regional Capacity-Building Workshop, 14 March, Kasane, Botswana.




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CBD News: Statement by Mr Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, On the occasion of the Asia-Pacific Regional Consultation and Capacity Building Workshop on REDD-Plus, Including on Relevant Biodiversity Safeguards, Singapore, 15 - 18 March 2011




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CBD Press Release: Study under the Convention on Biodiversity Identifies Economic Incentives as A Key to Saving Biodiversity.




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CBD Communiqué: Engaging the Canadian Business Community in Support of the Nagoya Biodiversity Compact. Convention on Biological Diversity Secretariat co-hosts Biodiversity Workshop for Quebec-Based Companies.




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CBD News: Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Eastern Europe Regional Workshop on Biodiversity and Finance, 25 March 2011, Kiev, Ukraine.




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CBD News: Statement by Mr Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Meeting of the Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Forest Genetic Resources, towards the Report on the State of the world's forest genetic resources, 4-




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CBD News: Presentations and the final report of the Asia-Pacific Workshop on REDD-plus and Biodiversity Safeguards are available online.




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CBD News: Statement by Mr Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, on the Occasion of the Regional Workshop to Support the Preparation of the State of the World's Forest Genetic Resources in Africa, 27-29 April 2011, Nairobi.




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CBD News: Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Central America Regional Workshop on Biodiversity and Finance, 4 May 2011, Panama City, Panama.




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CBD Press Release: Biodiversity Awareness Keeps Rising among Consumers and Business.




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CBD Communique: Panama and Peru sign the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress.




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CBD News: Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive, on the occasion of the South, Southeast Asia and East Asia Regional Capacity-Building Workshop, 9 May, Xi'an, China




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CBD Press Release: The Republic of Korea, the Champion of the Green Growth, Now also a Champion for the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity




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CBD Press Release: Montreal Marks the International Day for Biological Diversity as a Contribution to the Celebration of the 2011 International Year of Forests




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CBD Communiqué: Republic of Korea a Leader for South-South Cooperation on Biodiversity for Development




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CBD News: Statement on Behalf of the Executive Secretary to the Convention on Biological Diversity on the occasion of Third Meeting of the Intersessional Working Group on Ocean Fertilization, 31 May - 3 June 2011




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CBD Communique: Regional workshops on updating NBSAPs and implementing CBD programme of work on protected areas held in West Africa




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CBD Communiqué: Regional Workshop on updating National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans Being Held in Congo




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CBD Communiqué: Seychelles Makes Major Contribution to Aichi Biodiversity Targets




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CBD Press Release: Policy makers and senior officials briefed on the coherent implementation of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and the Nagoya Protocol




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CBD Communiqué: Capacity-Building Workshop for the Pan-European Biological and Landscape Diversity Strategy Members on Updating National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plans




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CBD Communiqué: Regional workshop for East Africa on updating national biodiversity strategies and action plans (NBSAPs) held in Kigali




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CBD News: The new Indian Minister of Environment and Forests, HE Jayanthi Natarajan, invites all Parties to the high-level segment of COP-11 at Hyderabad International Convention Centre from 17 to 19 October 2012 highlighting five key issues for discussio




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CBD Communiqué: Antigua and Barbuda becomes twenty-sixth signatory to the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol




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




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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 News: Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Pacific Regional Capacity-Building Workshop, Nada, Fiji, 3 October 2011




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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 News: As governments meet in the Republic of Korea to address the challenges of land degradation under the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, global actors will meet at the Rio Conventions Pavilion to communicate their coordinated




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CBD News: Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Central Asian Regional Capacity-Building Workshop, Istanbul, Turkey, 17 October 2011




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CBD News: Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Carribean Regional Capacity-Building Workshop. St Georges, Grenada, 17 October 2011




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CBD Communiqué: Regional workshop for Central Asia on updating NBSAPs




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CBD Communiqué: Towards the Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea: The Living Ocean and Coast




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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 News: Report of the International Symposium on COP 10 and COP-MOP 5 Outcomes, Tokyo (15 March 2011)




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




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CBD News: Statement on behalf of Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, at the Eighth Plenary Session of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO-VIII), 16-17 November 2011, Istanbul, Turkey




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




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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: The Green Wave to support forest rehabilitation in the devastated region of Tohoku, Japan




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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: 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