Information resources

Additional Information on Local Authorities and Biodiversity

About the Convention: general information on biodiversity and the CBD

About the 2010 biodiversity target: general information

Message: from Executive Secretary, Ahmed Djoghlaf, on the occasion of World Habitat Day, Barcelona, 6 October 2008

Statement: by Executive Secretary, Ahmed Djoghlaf, on the occasion of the World Cities Summit, Singapore, 23-25 June 2008

Press release: Engaging Cities of the World in the Battle for Life on Earth, Montreal 25 June 2008.

Official documents of the meeting on "Cities and Biodiversity: Achieving the 2010 Biodiversity Target"

Press release: Urban Biodiversity and the Role of Cities in Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use discussed at Bonn Biodiversity Conference, Bonn, 26 May

Areas of Collaboration: ideas that emerged from the discussions in Working Groups during the meeting on "Cities and Biodiversity: Achieving the 2010 Biodiversity Target".

Curitiba Declaration (English, French and Spanish) on Cities and Biodiversity

Press release: Engaging the Cities of the World in the Battle for Life on Earth, 28 March 2007

Intervention du Docteur Ahmed Djoghlaf, Secrétaire exécutif de la Convention sur la diversité biologique, à la réunion du Groupe de travail sur l’environnement et le développement durable de la Conférence des élus de Montréal. Montréal, 28 août 2007.

Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the CBD, at the opening of the meeting on "Cities and biodiversity: Achieving the 2010 Biodiversity target", Curitiba, Brazil, 26 March 2007

Commitment letter from the Children of Curitiba adressed to the Mayor of Curitiba, the Executive Secretary of the CBD, and to all citizens of Curitiba, Brazil

Message of Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the Occasion of the World Habitat Day, 2 October 2006

Message

Presentations made during the meeting on "Cities and Biodiversity: Achieving the 2010 Biodiversity Target" (Curitiba, Brazil, March 2007)

Partners

UNITED NATIONS

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)

United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)

NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

World Conservation Union (IUCN) - Countdown 2010

ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability

STEERING COMMITTEE (cities and biodiversity)

City of Curitiba, Brazil

City of Montreal, Canada

City of Bonn, Germany

City of Nagoya, Japan

City of Johannesburg, South Africa