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The report of the workshop on developing capacity for national border controls on living modified organisms in small island developing States in the Caribbean is available.




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The report of the workshop on developing capacity for national border controls on living modified organisms in Pacific small island developing States is now available.




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University spinouts: processes, benefits and risks of the system

Spinout founders, investors and insiders give their tips on turning academic research into successful businesses




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How Queen's Belfast became the UK's best spinout university

Researchers from the venture capital firm Octopus Ventures gave much of the credit to QUBIS, the university's dedicated commercialisation arm




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CBD News: The CBD Secretariat is launching an e-Newsletter on "Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD)" today, to inform CBD National Focal Points and other interested recipients about the biodiversity aspects of this




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CBD News: Statement 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 Rapid




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CBD News: Discours du Secretaire executif, M. Ahmed Djoghlaf, à l'occasion de la dixieme Conference Alpine, Evian, France, 12 Mars, 2009.




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CBD News: Statement by Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the occasion of the DPI Briefing for the Community of Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) on Biodiversity - The Basis for Human Well-Being: Cele




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CBD Press Release: Biodiversity - Time to See the Bigger Picture! A New Outreach Initiative Launches 5 June 2009.




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CBD News: Statement by dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary, at the Special East Partnership Council Meeting: East Asian Seas Congress 2009, Manila, Philippines, 25 November 2009.




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CBD News: Statement to UNFCCC SBSTA 31: Agenda Item 5 Reducing Emissions from Deforestation in Developing Countries: Approaches to Stimulate Action.




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CBD News: Statement by Mr Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on biological Diversity, on the occasion of the UNCTAD Event on Redefining Sustainability in the International Agenda: Inspiring Greater Engagement in Biodiversity Issues, Gen




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CBD News: Intervention de M. Ahmed Djoghlaf à l'occasion du lancement du concours « Capitale française de la biodiversité », promouvoir la biodiversité en ville, Natureparif, Paris, le 20 janvier 2010.




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CBD Communiqué: International Tropical Timber Organization and Convention on Biological Diversity Enter into Partnership.




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CBD News: The CBD Secretariat will co-organize an International Conference on Biodiversity Conservation in Transboundary Tropical Forests, from 14-17 July, in Quito, Ecuador. The Conference will be organized jointly with IUCN and ITTO, as a contribution t




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CBD Communiqué: The President of the Philippines Declares 2010 its National Year of Biodiversity.




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CBD News: Statement by Mr Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the "Inspired by Nature" Forum, 14 October 2010, Nagoya, Japan.




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CBD Press Release: Biodiversity Champions in Southeast Asia.




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CBD Press Release: United Nations Goodwill Ambassador for Biodiversity Finds Inspiring Commitment and Action for the Environment in Visit to Rwanda.




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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: Philippines President hosts South-East Asian launch of the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity




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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 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 Press Release: Montreal, 6 July 2012. With a spirit of compromise and constructive engagement, Governments concluded a week-long meeting where they advanced in the preparations for the entry into force of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-shar




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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 News: As we remember her, let us be inspired by her tireless energy, by her commitment to making a better world for all and by her leadership and vision.




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CBD News: Fiji and Ethiopia have become the 8th and 9th Parties to the CBD respectively to deposit their instruments of ratification for the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from Their U




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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 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: 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: 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: As we celebrate the theme of this year's International Day of Forests, "Forests for Sustainable Development", I encourage countries to assess the status of their natural forest capital and the socio-economic contributions that fore




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CBD News: US$ 4.43 billion has been pledged by 30 donor countries for the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to support developing countries' efforts over the next four years to prevent degradation of the global environment.




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CBD News: Islands are taking action to effectively conserve biodiversity and promote sustainable livelihoods. Despite significant vulnerabilities facing islands, leaders of island countries and countries with islands have made visionary commitments at loc




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CBD News: The June 2014 edition of the CBD's business.2020 magazine puts the focus on Canada, looking at some of the issues affecting business and biodiversity in the host country of the Secretariat, and includes a feature interview with Pierre Gratto




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CBD News: Opening Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, to the Seventh Plenary Session of the Third United Nations Small Island Developing States (UN SIDS) Conference, Apia, Samoa, 4 September 2014




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CBD News: As cities move forward on implementing the agenda under the Convention, they will show that they can lead the way in sustainably using biodiversity and the ecosystem services it underpins, as the basis for addressing water and food security, dis




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CBD News: The GBIF Secretariat has launched the inaugural GBIF Ebbe Nielsen Challenge, hoping to inspire innovative applications of open-access biodiversity data by scientists, informaticians, data modelers, cartographers and other experts competing for a




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CBD News: Statement of Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the 21st Annual Conference of the Yale Chapter of the International Society of Tropical Foresters, 29 January 2015, New Haven, U.S.A.




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CBD News: Biodiversity underpins dietary diversity and access to sufficient food is a cornerstone of food security and a fundamental determinant of health.




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CBD News: The pilot programme is targeting young scholars who wish to gain experience by participating in the development of the regional and sub-regional assessments (Africa, Americas, Asia-Pacific and Europe and Central Asia) or the thematic assessment




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CBD News: Though there have been rapid advances in human health, the continuing degradation of our planetary systems does not bode well for its future. Today, The Rockefeller Foundation-Lancet Commission on Planetary Health launched a comprehensive report




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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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CBD News: Over the years, South-South cooperation has emerged as a powerful tool for enhancing international cooperation for achieving sustainable development. In fact, since 2008, developing countries have exported more to one another than to developed c




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CBD News: Biodiversity and sustainable development are inextricably linked. Biodiversity, at the level of ecosystems, species and genes, forms the foundation of the Earth's life support systems and provides the services that underpin human lives and p




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CBD News: Statement by Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, at the opening of the Sustainable Ocean Initiative (SOI) National Capacity-Development Workshop for Samoa, Apia, Samoa, 28 - 30 September 2015




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CBD News: Celebrating World Food Day, under the theme "Social protection and agriculture: breaking the cycle of rural poverty", provides an opportunity to emphasize in food systems how biodiversity underpins social protection.




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CBD News: Biodiversity and the ecosystem services it underpins can be the basis for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction strategies as they can deliver benefits that will, according to the outcomes of a recent technical workshop on ecosys




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CBD News: Chairperson, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a pleasure to address you at the 51st International Tropical Timber Council with good news late on a day you have spent in difficult negotiations.