2008 2008-10-16
 en | SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/65353 (2008-137)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points
Expert workshop on integrating protected areas into wider land- and seascapes
1 to 4 November 2008, Island of Vilm, Germany
I am pleased to inform you that after careful consideration of all nominations, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in consultation with the Bureau of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) has approved the list of experts for the expert workshop on integrating protected areas into wider land- and seascapes.
Subject(s): Protected Areas / In-Situ Conservation |
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2008-09-24
en es fr | SCBD/STTM/SBG/va/65011 (2008-124)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points
Designation of a National Focal Point for the Programme of Work on Protected Areas (PoWPA-NFP)
In paragraph A 21 of decision IX/18, the Conference of the Parties requested “ Parties to designate a national focal point for the programme of work on protected areas in support of the Convention's national focal point to facilitate the effective and coordinated development and implementation of national and regional terrestrial and marine protected area strategies and action plans, taking into account the Convention's programme of work on protected areas and other relevant programmes of work and decisions”.
Subject(s): Protected Areas / In-Situ Conservation
Action required by 2008-10-31 |
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2008-09-12
en | SCBD/STTM/SBG/LJ/64864 (2008-115)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points and Relevant Organisations
Expert workshop on integrating protected areas into wider land- and seascapes
2 to 4 November 2008 at the International Academy of Nature Conservation,
the Island of Vilm, Germany
I have the pleasure to inform you that, with the generous financial support of the Government of Netherlands, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is organizing an expert workshop on integrating protected areas into wider land- and seascapes from 2 to 4 November 2008 at the International Academy of Nature Conservation, the Island of Vilm, Germany.
Subject(s): Protected Areas / In-Situ Conservation
Action required by 2008-10-03 |
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2008-07-09
en es | SCBD/STTM/SBG/va/64402 (2008-081)
Notification to: National Focal Points of Spanish speaking countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela, Uruguay)
Latin American sub-regional Workshop on Protected Areas,
from 23 to 25 September 2008, the City of Salinas, Province of Santa Elena, Ecuador
I have the pleasure to inform you that, with the generous financial support of the Government of Ecuador and the European Union, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is organizing from 23 to 25 September 2008 in the City of Salinas, Province of Santa Elena, Ecuador, a sub-regional workshop on capacity building for the implementation of the CBD programme of work on protected areas.
Subject(s): Protected Areas / In-Situ Conservation
Action required by 2008-08-15 |
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2007 2007-12-20
en | SCBD/STTM/JM/CV/61368 (2007-162)
Notification to: All CBD and SBSTTA National Focal Points
Training workshops for the participants in WGPA-2 and in SBSTTA-13
The Secretariat, in cooperation with the Consortium of the Scientific Partners, is pleased to announce the organization of two training workshops for the participants in the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas (WGPA-2) and the thirteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-13).
Subject(s): Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, Protected Areas / In-Situ Conservation
Action required by 2008-01-15 |
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2007-11-12
en fr | CBD/STTM/SBG/va/60679 (2007-144)
Notification to: des représentants nationaux de l’Angola, de l’Algérie, du Bénin, du Burkina Faso, du Burundi, du Cameroun, du Cap Vert, des Comores, de la République démocratique du Congo, de la République Centrafricaine, de la République du Congo, de la Côte d’Ivoire, de Djibouti, de la Guinée équatoriale, de la Guinée-Bissau, du Gabon, de la Guinée, de Madagascar, du Mali, du Maroc, la Mauritanie, du Niger, de Sao Tomé & Principe, du Sénégal, du Tchad, du Togo et de la Tunisie.
Atelier pour renforcer les capacités nationales et régionales, dans la sous-région de l’Afrique francophone en vue de favoriser et faciliter la mise en œuvre du programme de travail sur les aires protégées,
du 7 au 10 janvier 2008, Libreville, Gabon
J’aimerais par la présente vous informer que le Secrétariat de la Convention sur la diversité biologique (CDB) organisera, du 7 au 10 janvier 2008, à Libreville au Gabon, un atelier pour la sous-région de l’Afrique francophone en vue de favoriser et faciliter la mise en œuvre du programme de travail sur les aires protégées. Cet atelier est organisé en réponse à une requête de la Conférence des Parties à la Convention dans sa décision VIII/24, paragraphe 10, sur les aires protégées.
Subject(s): Protected Areas / In-Situ Conservation
Action required by 2007-12-05 |
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2007-10-17
en es fr | SCBD/STTM/JM/VA/60369 (2007-121)
Notification to: all SBSTTA Focal Points and CBD National Focal Points
Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on Protected Areas,
from 11 to 15 February 2008, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy
I am pleased to inform you that the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on Protected Areas (WG-PA/2) will be held from 11 to 15 February 2008 at the Headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), located at Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, in Rome, Italy.
(View also the notification in French and in Spanish.)
Subject(s): Protected Areas / In-Situ Conservation
Action required by 2007-01-28 |
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2007-10-01
en es fr | SCBD/STTM/JM/VA/60107 (2007-118)
Notification to: all CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and relevant organizations
Peer review of draft documents for the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on Protected Areas (WG-PA/2)
I am pleased to inform you that a page has been created on the CBD website (http://www.cbd.int/wgpa2/review.shtml) to facilitate the peer-review of the drafts of documents prepared by the Secretariat for consideration by the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on Protected Areas (WG-PA/2), scheduled to be held from 11 to 15 February 2008 at FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy.
Subject(s): Protected Areas / In-Situ Conservation
Action required by 2007-10-20 |
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2007-09-25
en es fr | SCBD/STTM/SBG/lj/60055 (2007-115)
Notification to: all CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and relevant organizations
Call for Poster Papers - Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas, 11-15 February 2008, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy
The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is currently accepting applications for posters to be displayed at the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas (WGPA 2) to be held 11-15 February 2008, at the Food and Agriculture Organization Headquarters, Rome, Italy.
(View the notification in French and in Spanish)
Subject(s): Protected Areas / In-Situ Conservation
Action required by 2007-11-23 |
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2007-09-14
en | SCBD/STTM/JL/ac/57414 (2007-080)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points and relevant organizations
R E V I S I O N: Expert Workshop on ecological criteria and biogeographic classification systems for marine areas in need of protection, 2-4 October 2007, Azores, Portugal - Composition of the Group
Pursuant to Decision VIII/24, paragraph 46, of the Conference of the Parties, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is convening an expert workshop on ecological criteria and biogeographic classification systems for marine areas in need of protection, from 2 to 4 October 2007, in Azores, Portugal.
Subject(s): Marine and Coastal Biodiversity, Protected Areas / In-Situ Conservation |
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2007-06-15
en | CBD/STTM/SBG/va/ac/58859 (2007-074)
Notification to: All CBD Focal Points
Launch of the UNDP/GEF Global Project on Supporting Country Action in implementing the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas.
I am pleased to inform you that the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) recently approved a global project on “Supporting Country Action on the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Programme of Work on Protected Areas”. This project will be implemented by the UNDP and executed by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) in partnership with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Under this project, approximately US$ 9 millions will be disbursed in grant support to Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) for undertaking critical actions under the CBD programme of work on Protected Areas.
Subject(s): Protected Areas / In-Situ Conservation |
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2007-06-11
en | CBD/STTM/SBG/va/58767 (2007-072)
Notification to: CBD National Points of Botswana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Egypt ,Ghana, The Gambia, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe; relevant NGOs, and indigenous & local communities.
Anglophone Africa sub-regional workshop on the review of, and capacity building for the implementation of the CBD programme of work on Protected Areas, from 13-15 August 2007, Cape Town, South Africa.
I have the pleasure to inform you that, with the generous financial support of the European Union and WWF, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is organizing from 13 to 15 August 2007 in Cape Town, South Africa, an Anglophone Africa sub-regional workshop on the review of, and capacity building for, the implementation of the CBD programme of work on Protected Areas. The workshop is organized in response to a request by the Conference of the Parties in paragraph 10 of Decision VIII/24 on Protected Areas.
Subject(s): Protected Areas / In-Situ Conservation
Action required by 2007-07-15 |
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2007-06-01
en | SCBD/STTM/SBG/VA/56696 (2007-066)
Notification to: All CBD National Focal Points, other Governments and relevant organizations
Submission of information on implementation of the programme of work on protected areas
Reference is made to my Notification dated 30 November 2006 (available on our website at: http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2006/ntf-2006-125-pa-en.pdf), in which Parties, other Governments, relevant organizations and other stakeholders are invited to submit information on implementation of the programme of work on protected areas by 31 March 2007. To date, only few countries have provided the information.
Subject(s): Protected Areas / In-Situ Conservation
Action required by 2007-07-15 |
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2007-02-05
en | SCBD/STTM/SBG/JG/57314 (2007-017)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points and relevant organizations
Expert workshop on ecological criteria and biogeographic classification systems for marine areas in need of protection, 2-4 October 2007, Azores, Portugal.
I have the pleasure to inform you that, with financial support from the Government of Portugal, the Secretariat is convening an expert workshop on ecological criteria and biogeographic classification systems for marine areas in need of protection, from 2 to 4 October 2007, in Azores, Portugal.
Subject(s): Protected Areas / In-Situ Conservation
Action required by 2007-05-01 |
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2007-01-18
en | SCBD/STTM/SBG/JG/57164 (2007-007)
Notification to: CBD National Points in the South and West Asia region
Relevant NGOs and indigenous & local communities of South and West Asia region
South and West Asia sub-regional workshop on the review of, and capacity building
for, the implementation of the CBD programme of work on protected areas, 2-4 April 2007, Dehradun, India
I have the pleasure to inform you that, with the generous financial support of the European Union and the Government of India, the Secretariat is organizing, from 2 to 4 April 2007 in Dehradun, India, a South and West Asia sub-regional workshop on the review of, and capacity building for, the implementation of the programme of work on protected areas of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The workshop is organized in response to a request by the Conference of the Parties in paragraph 10 of decision VII/24 on protected areas.
Subject(s): Protected Areas / In-Situ Conservation
Action required by 2007-02-15 |
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2006 2006-11-30
en fr | SCBD/STTM/SBG/VA/56696 (2006-125)
Notification to: All CBD National Focal Points, other Governments and relevant organizations
Extension of deadline for submission of information on implementation of the programme of work on protected areas.
The deadline for submission of information on implementation of the programme of work on protected areas has been extended to 31 March 2007. This extension takes into account the fact that the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas is now scheduled to be held from 11 to 15 February 2008. As stated in the Notification 2006-080, dated 7 July 2006, Parties, other Governments, relevant organizations and other stakeholders are requested to submit information on implementation of the programme of work on protected areas.
Subject(s): Protected Areas / In-Situ Conservation
Action required by 2007-03-31 |
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2006-07-07
en | SCBD/STTM/SBG/va/55293 (2006-080)
Notification to: All CBD National Focal Points, other Governments and relevant organizations
Review of implementation of the programme of work on protected areas
Invitation to Parties, other Governments, relevant organizations and other stakeholders to provide information on the progress made in the implementation of the programme of work on protected areas for consideration by the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas at its second meeting, to be held at the headquarters of UNESCO in Paris from 2 to 6 July 2007.
Subject(s): Protected Areas / In-Situ Conservation
Action required by 2006-11-30 |
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2006-02-16
en | SCBD/STTM/JM/SBG/VA/53705 (2006-013)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points and relevant organizations
Re: List of selected experts for the Expert Workshop On Protected Areas
Curitiba, Brazil, 17 & 18 March 2006
I have the pleasure to inform you that, pursuant to recommendation 1/4, paragraph 8 (d) of the first meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on Protected Areas, I am convening an expert workshop on protected areas on 17 and 18 March 2006 in Curitiba, Brazil, prior to the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, with financial support from the European Union.
Subject(s): Protected Areas / In-Situ Conservation |
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2006-01-12
en | SCBD/STTM/SBG/VA/52867 (2006-004)
Notification to: National Focal Points and relevant organizations
I have the pleasure to inform you that, pursuant to recommendation 1/4, paragraph 8 (d) of the first meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on Protected Areas, I plan to convene an expert workshop on protected areas on 17 and 18 March 2006 in Curitiba, Brazil, prior to the eighth meeting of the Conference of Parties, with financial support from the European Union. The main purpose of the workshop is to pre-view the possible elements of the programme of work on protected areas for review by COP 8. The workshop will also review the evaluation matrix contained in Annex II to recommendation 1/4, pursuant to para 8 (b) of the same recommendation. The provisional agenda for the workshop is annexed to this notification. Other meeting documents will be forwarded to the selected experts and posted on the CBD website in due course. The workshop will be conducted in English. The report of the workshop will be submitted to COP 8 as an information document.
Subject(s): Protected Areas / In-Situ Conservation, Conference of the Parties
Action required by 2006-01-31 |
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2005 2005-11-09
en | SCBD/STTM/SBG/va/51661 (2005-118)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA and CHM Focal Points, relevant organizations, indigenous and local communities
The purpose of this Notification is to invite Parties, other Governments, relevant organizations and indigenous and local communities to submit to the Executive Secretary as soon as possible, but no later than 15 December 2005 the following:
(a) comments on the draft review of experiences with ecological networks, corridors and buffer zones available on the Convention’s website at http://www.biodiv.org/programmes/cross-cutting/protected/eco-networks.shtml ; and
(b) any additional examples of experiences with ecological networks, corridors and buffer zones, including application of ecosystem approach with high quality photographs if any, and following the structure provided in the review.
Subject(s): Protected Areas / In-Situ Conservation
Action required by 2005-12-15 |
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2005-10-07
en | SCBD/STTM/SB/va/50842 (2005-108)
Notification to: CBD National Focal points; SBSTTA Focal Points; International Organizations, Non-Governmental Organizations; Indigenous and Local Communities
In consultation with the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties, I wish to inform you that the second meeting of the Ad hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas, which had been tentatively scheduled to be held in Montreal, Canada, from 5 to 9 December 2005, has been postponed due to insufficient funds.
Subject(s): Protected Areas / In-Situ Conservation |
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2005-07-29
en | SCBD/STTM/SBG/va/49982 (2005-090)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, other Governments
The purpose of this notification is to invite Parties, other Governments, relevant international organizations and indigenous and local communities to contribute to further development of tool kits for protected areas, in accordance with recommendation 1/3 of the first meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas, held in Montecatini, Italy from 13 to17 June 2005.
Subject(s): Protected Areas / In-Situ Conservation
Action required by 2005-09-10 |
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2005-07-26
en | SCBD/STTM/SBG/dh/49947 (2005-088)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points
In paragraph 2 of recommendation 1/1 of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas which met in Montecatini, Italy, from 13 to 17 June 2005, the Executive Secretary was invited to compile a list of existing ecological criteria for identification of potential marine areas for protection and biogeographical classification systems based on submissions received from the Parties, other governments and organizations.
Subject(s): Protected Areas / In-Situ Conservation, Marine and Coastal Biodiversity
Action required by 2005-08-31 |
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2005-07-22
en | SCBD/STTM/JM/SBG/VA/49898 (2005-087)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points & SBSTTA Focal Points
The purpose of this notification is to invite Parties to report on cost estimates to implement the programme of work on protected areas.
Subject(s): Protected Areas / In-Situ Conservation
Action required by 2005-09-30 |
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2005-07-12
en | SCBD/STTM/JM/SBG/VA/49683 (2005-084)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, other Governments, relevant organizations
The purpose of this notification is to invite Parties, other Governments, relevant international organizations and indigenous and local communities to contribute to the preparatory work on review of implementation of the programme of work on protected areas in preparation for the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas, which will be held in Montreal, Canada from 5 to 9 December 2005
Subject(s): Protected Areas / In-Situ Conservation
Action required by 2005-08-15 |
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