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