from the secretariat - Statement

Statement by Astrid Schomaker, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity on World Environment Day, 5 June 2025

from the secretariat - Notification

Invitation to participate in the peer review of a draft report on the strategic review and analysis of the programmes of work of the Convention in the context of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

from the secretariat - Notification

Extension of deadline: Submission of information related to possible additional indicators, on methodologies for component indicators for headline indicators 18.1 and 18.2 and on methodologies for headline indicator 22.1

from the secretariat - Meeting

Fifteenth meeting of the Liaison Group on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

from the secretariat - Meeting

Twenty-first meeting of the Compliance Committee under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Event

Upcoming Meetings

June 2022 6 - 13 June 2022 Online Confirmed Online discussion forum on conservation and sustainable use of marine and coastal biodiversity in preparation for the fifteenth meeting of the Conference ...

News

Workshop focuses on facilitating movement of professionals

A national workshop on facilitating the movement of professionals through mutual recognition agreements (MRAs) was held at the University of Mauritius from 9 to 10 May 2017. The workshop is part of th...

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DDG Zhang stresses importance of small business, blue economy for small island states

Small businesses and the ocean economy can help small island developing states (SIDS) recover from COVID-19 and achieve Sustainable Development Goals, Deputy Director-General Xiangchen Zhang said at a...

Event

Regional CHM Workshop for the Pacific

The purpose of the workshop is to build capacity and provide guidance on how to establish and sustain effective national clearing‑house mechanisms (CHM), in line with decision X/15 and in support of t...

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IUCN identifies threatened freshwater biodiversity sites in the Mediterranean

Out of the 167 freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas identified, mapped and validated throughout the Mediterranean region, 75 percent were found outside the boundaries of any pre-existing protected areas ...