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CBD News: Forests are crucial to the sustainable management of water ecosystems and resources, and water is essential for the sustainability of forest ecosystems. Let us work together and redouble our efforts to ensure that our forests remain healthy now

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Published On :: Sun, 20 Mar 2016 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: Following the ratification by Senegal, the total number of ratifications to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization now stands at 73. In addition, South Afr

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Published On :: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: With its focus on mainstreaming biodiversity and issues being discussed at SBSTTA-20 and SBI-1, the May 2016 edition of [square brackets], the CBD newsletter for Civil Society, is now available online.

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Published On :: Mon, 18 Apr 2016 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: The oceans have long captured the hearts and minds of people around the world. The mysteries of its depths, the wonder of its creatures and the power of its waves have fed our curiosity and imagination since ancient times.

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Published On :: Tue, 07 Jun 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: Uganda, a country renowned for its rich biodiversity, is taking strides to integrate gender considerations into its national policies, plans and programmes to implement its obligations under the Convention and the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity

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Published On :: Mon, 04 Jul 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: The world is facing profound challenges to meet the future needs for food of a growing population.

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


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CBD News: By 2050, an estimated 6.3 billion people will inhabit the world's towns and cities - an increase of 3.5 billion from 2010.

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Published On :: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, following consultation with the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, announced the appointment of Cristiana Pasca Palmer of Romania as Executive Secreta

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Published On :: Thu, 01 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: At a critical meeting opening tomorrow, the United Nations will call on decision makers from more than 190 countries to step up efforts to halt the loss of biodiversity and protect the ecosystems that support food and water security and health f

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Published On :: Thu, 01 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 would like to start by acknowledging and welcoming the good results of a successful 2016 United Nations Biodiversity Conference here in Cancun, Mexico, where, after arduous negotiations

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Published On :: Sat, 17 Dec 2016 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: With the knowledge that comes from learning, citizens are able to make informed choices and act effectively.

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Published On :: Fri, 21 Apr 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: On behalf of the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Dr. Cristiana Pa?ca Palmer, I would like to welcome you to the "Capacity building workshop for Caribbean Small Island Developing States towards achieving Aichi

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Published On :: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: As we all know, the business and environment communities were historically not close allies. It was long believed that economic growth could not be compatible with a healthy environment. Thankfully, that has changed. We now know that the conserv

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Published On :: Wed, 29 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: 10 official working documents and 14 information documents for the twenty-first meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-21), being held in Montreal, Canada, 11 - 14 December 2017, are now availabl

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CBD News: The Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, following the deposit of the instrument of acceptance by Japan on 5 December 2017, will enter into force on 5 March 2018.

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Published On :: Wed, 06 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: Following traditional blessings by Elders of the local Mohawk Community of Kahnawake, delegates to the tenth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity will beg

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Published On :: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: The February 2018 edition of the Global Partnership for Business and Biodiversity newsletter is now available.

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Published On :: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: Nominations are now invited for the MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity 2018. The call for nominations remains open until 15 June 2018.

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Published On :: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: Earth Hour, WWF's landmark movement, is set to once again unite millions of people around the world to show their commitment to the planet.

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Published On :: Tue, 06 Mar 2018 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: Dr. Cristiana Pasca Palmer, CBD Executive Secretary, said: "These assessments are sobering. They show that the pressures on biodiversity and its associated ecosystem services from human activities, including climate change, are increasing.

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Published On :: Fri, 23 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: On 12 April, Sir David Attenborough joins the head of the UN's Convention on Biological Diversity and a panel from government, business and civil society to discuss how to mobilise global action to tackle what is said to be the greatest thre

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Published On :: Wed, 11 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: Plastic is everywhere, a part of our daily lives. However, the convenience of plastics now threatens the very survival of our planet.

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Published On :: Fri, 20 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: The May 2018 edition of the Global Partnership for Business and Biodiversity newsletter is now available.

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Published On :: Thu, 03 May 2018 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: Statement by Cristiana Pasca Palmer, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the CARICOM Workshop for the Development of a Regional Biodiversity Strategy for the Caribbean Community, Georgetown, Guyana,

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Published On :: Thu, 14 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: To facilitate biodiversity-inclusive investments for systems change, the following supportive functions and policy changes should be carried out through an integrated approach

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Published On :: Wed, 27 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: Online platform allows policymakers and other partners to access global data layers, upload and manipulate their own datasets, and query multiple datasets to provide key information on the Aichi Biodiversity Targets and nature-based Sustainable

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Published On :: Fri, 06 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: A Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) geared towards enhancing cooperation between the Secretariats of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture was signed today

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Published On :: Mon, 09 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: The 2018 UN Biodiversity Conference[1] opened yesterday in the seaside town of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt with an opening ceremony that included an address from President of Egypt, H.E. Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil el-Sisi, who emphasized the c

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Published On :: Sun, 18 Nov 2018 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: Blog post prepared by the Executive Secretary for the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting: We need to understand the nature and gravity of the collective crisis that now confronts human civilization if we are to answer the questions it poses.

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Published On :: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: A report launched today shows that Asian consumers have an increasing awareness of the planet's biodiversity and want to see companies protecting it.

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Published On :: Mon, 20 May 2019 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: Young people from around the world are encouraged to submit videos for the 2019 Global Youth Video Competition showcasing positive solutions on three themes: Nature-based Solutions for Food and Human Health; Cities and Local Action to Combat Cli

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Published On :: Fri, 24 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: Following a summer of dramatic heat waves and forest fires, and close on the heels of a landmark scientific report charting an unprecedented decline in nature, the global community came together from 27-30 August in Nairobi to deliberate over an

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Published On :: Mon, 02 Sep 2019 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 2019: Acting Together to Achieving the three objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity will ensure that the children of today and tomorrow, along with their families and communities, ca

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Published On :: Thu, 17 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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CBD News: Nominations are now invited for The MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity 2020. The call for nominations remains open until 30 March 2020.

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Published On :: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: A new guide now available, Addressing Gender Issues and Actions in Biodiversity Objectives, provides biodiversity professionals concrete ideas and actions for progress in their work towards achieving gender and biodiversity objectives, goals and

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Published On :: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: Agriculture and biodiversity have been inextricably linked for as long as we humans have been producing our own food. As the source of all variety in our crops and livestock, biodiversity is the very foundation of agriculture.

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Published On :: Tue, 10 Dec 2019 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: The nature that surrounds us, sustains us. Ensuring that it can continue to do so for future generations is a trust bestowed on us all.

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Published On :: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD Notification SCBD/IMS/JMF/NVW/86292 (2019-117): Follow-up invitation to participate in and/or contribute to the piloting and further development of a methodology for the voluntary peer review of national biodiversity strategies and action plans

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Published On :: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: Due to the ongoing situation following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus 2019, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), in consultation with the Government of the People's Republic of China, the COP (Conference of

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Published On :: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: Two meetings of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity's (CBD) permanent subsidiary bodies originally scheduled for May 2020 and then rescheduled for August/September 2020 will now take place in August 2020.

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Published On :: Thu, 02 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT


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