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Bosnia and Herzegovina accedes to the Protocol. This will bring the number of Parties to 157




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New Publication: Year in Review 2009




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Report of the Fifth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity Serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 5)




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Launch of the Forum on the Strategic Plan and the Assessment and Review, 1-28 February 2010.




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New: Video on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety




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Report of the 7th Coordination Meeting for Governments and Organizations Implementing and/or Funding Biosafety Capacity-building Activities




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The Electronic Version of the Publication "The Convention on Biological Diversity Year in Review 2011" Is Now Available.




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Report of the Workshop on Capacity-building for research and information exchange on socio-economic impacts of Living Modified Organisms under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety




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Online Forum on Strategic Approaches to Capacity-building in Biosafety and the Comprehensive Review of the Capacity-Building Action Plan (20 February - 4 May 2012)




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Report of the eighth Coordination Meeting for Governments and Organizations Implementing and/or Funding Biosafety Capacity-building Activities




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Online Forum on Public Awareness, Education and Participation Concerning the Safe Transfer, Handling and Use of Living Modified Organisms (4 - 18 June 2012)




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Report of the Africa Regional Capacity-building Workshop on Public Awareness, Education and Participation concerning the Safe Transfer, Handling and Use of Living Modified Organisms




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The summary outcomes of of the ninth meeting of the Informal Advisory Committee on the Biosafety Clearing-House is now available.




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The report of the workshop of the Network of Laboratories for the Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms is now available.




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The report of the GRULAC Workshop on the Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms is available.




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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 second joint Aarhus Convention/CBD round table on public awareness, access to information and public participation regarding living modified organisms (LMOs)/genetically modified organisms (GMOs) 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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Visa's acquisition of Plaid throws up data reuse concerns

What happens when a service you shared your personal data with is acquired by a giant corporation?




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What happens to startups in a recession and how to survive

David Murray-Hundley, our resident Grumpy Entrepreneur, on the eight things for startups to consider if the bubble bursts




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CBD News: The Executive Secretary of the Convention, Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, is pleased to invite you to the second CBD Linnaeus Lectures series highlighting major issues related to biological diversity - and our collective efforts to protect it worldwide. Sp




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CBD News: Message from Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary, to the G8 Environment Ministers Meeting, Kobe, Japan, 24-26 May 2008.




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CBD News: Biodiversity added to the agenda of Hokkaido Toyako G8 Summit. G8 Environmental Ministers issue the "Kobe Call for Action for Biodiversity".




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CBD Biodiversity: A Missing Link for Mitigating Climate Change - World Environment Day celebrated in Montreal.




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CBD News: Monthly Bulletin of Activities (MBA) of the CBD, May 2008.




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CBD News: Statement from Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the Twelfth Regular Session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment, Johannesburg, South Africa, 7-12 June 2008




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CBD News: Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary, at the G8 Dialogue Series convened by the Institute of Advanced Studies of the United Nations University (UNU-IAS): "Climate Change and Biodiversity or the Unprecedented Planetary Environmen




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CBD News: Towards a Strategic Partnership with Civil Aviation for Protecting Life on Earth.




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CBD News: Statement by the Executive Secretary, Ahmed Djoghlaf, at the Annual Ministerial Review of the High-level Segment of the 2008 Substantive Session of the Economic and Social Council, United Nations, New York, 1 July 2008




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CBD News: Monthly Bulletin of Activities (MBA) of the CBD, June 2008.




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CBD News: Monthly Bulletin of Activities (MBA) of the CBD, July 2008.




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CBD News: COP 9 Presidency pays Working Visit to the UNCBD Secretariat.




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CBD News: Intervention du Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf lors du Cycles de Conférences 2008 « Relever le défi de la Biodiversité » organisés par l'Institut de Formation de l'Environnement et le Ministère français de l&#




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CBD News: Statement by the Executive Secretary Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf on "Biodiversity challenges and responses: Towards the Nagoya Summit on Biodiversity" at the Sixteenth Environment Congress for Asia and the Pacific, 14 September 2008, Nagoya, Ja




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CBD News: Monthly Bulletin of Activities (MBA) of the CBD, August 2008.




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CBD News: The province of Santa Elena, Ecuador, proclaims "A Provincial Day for Protected Areas"

Montreal, 26 September 2008 - The province of Santa Elena, the newest province in Ecuador, emerged as the first jurisdiction in the world to proclaim a provincial day for protected areas, the Prefecta of the province, Ms. Ana Triviño Cisneros, has announced. To be celebrated annually on 23 September, the Day celebrates the designation of a new marine protected area off Ecuador's coast aimed at conserving about 47,000 hectares of some of the world's most spectacular biodiversity.




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CBD News: Monthly Bulletin of Activities (MBA) of the CBD, September 2008.




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CBD News: "Meeting the 2010 biodiversity target: A contribution to poverty alleviation and the benefit of life on Earth", Statement by Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity at the IUCN World Conservati




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CBD News: Human Rights and Dignity of People Living in Poverty, Message from Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity on the occasion of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, 17 October 2008.




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CBD News: Déclaration du Secrétaire exécutif, M. Ahmed Djoghlaf à l'occasion du 6ième Forum Mondial du Développement Durable, Brazzaville, Congo, 27-31 octobre, 2008.




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CBD News: Message from COP 9 President: Bringing Science to Politics: Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.




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CBD News: Monthly Bulletin of Activities (MBA) of the CBD, October 2008.




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CBD News: Statement 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,




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CBD News: Statement 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.




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CBD News: Message 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&quo




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CBD News: CBD 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




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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: Visit to the Secretariat of a Delegation from Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.




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CBD News: Report 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.




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CBD News: Monthly Bulletin of Activities (MBA) of the CBD, November-December 2008.