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#1317242021-11-16
"Recovering key species for ecosystem restoration" announced as theme of World Wildlife Day 2022
According to figures by the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species, over 8,400 species of wild fauna and flora are critically endangered, while close to 30,000 more are understood to be endangered or vulnerable. Based on these estimates, it is suggested t ...
Meeting
#524526th International Congress for Conservation Biology: Engaging Society in Conservation (ICCB 2013)
21 - 25 July 2013, Baltimore, United States of America
News Headlines
#1273352021-02-24
3 actions Congress can take now to build more resilient coasts
Earlier this year, NOAA released findings indicating that the rate of sea level rise has doubled over the last century and, even if global emissions reduction targets are met, sea level could increase 12 inches by 2100.
Meeting
#61458th Session of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES-8 Plenary)
14 - 24 June 2021, Online, Bonn, Germany
News Headlines
#1320552021-12-06
A 10-point plan for the restoration revolution
Why the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration has to be more than a catchphrase. It must be the catalyst for transformational change of our economy, of our food and energy systems, and of ourselves.
News Headlines
#1276922021-03-15
A Comeback for Beavers?
The word “conservation” is often associated with policy measures or improving a landscape. But a newer solution takes a step back—what if to restore a place, we instead leave it be?
News Headlines
#1290762021-06-04
A social network for global ecosystem restoration
ETH spin-off Restor aims to increase the success rate of ecosystem restoration and conservation projects by connecting people with better data and ecological transparency.
News Headlines
#1227672019-10-28
Across China: Dried-up lake in NW China's Dunhuang recovers
Water has reappeared in a lake that had been dried up for about 300 years in the city of Dunhuang, northwest China's Gansu Province, thanks to a local water conservancy project in recent years.
Notification
#27772018-06-11
African Biodiversity Summit and preparatory process
Reference: SCBD/SPS/AS/SBG/SK/LJ/87468 (2018-055)
To: CBD and SBSTTA National Focal Points of the African region
English
Meeting
#5834African Ministerial Summit on Biodiversity
13 November 2018, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt
News Headlines
#1291552021-06-08
Ambitious $104 million program targets land degradation in Africa and Central Asian countries
Launch of the FAO-led, Global Environment Facility-funded initiative paves the way for UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. The global launch of a $104 million initiative signals an ambitious effort by a range of partners to safeguard drylands in the context of climate change, fragile ecosystems, ...
News Headlines
#1330022022-02-08
Are Coral Reef Restoration Projects Working?
With at least half of the world's corals diminished in the last three decades, efforts are underway to restore these crucial ecosystems. Steps are currently underway to rescue coral reefs, but many suggest that these programs do not go far enough to mitigate the damage caused to coral reefs.
News Headlines
#1292562021-06-11
As a decade of ecosystem restoration kicks off, don't forget the people
With the start of the United Nations' Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, which runs through 2030, a tremendous amount of money and effort will be put into re-growing forests, making over-exploited farmland productive, and reviving damaged marine environments.
Side Event
#2755COP 11
2012-10-16
Asian cold deserts: unique biodiversity and ecosystem services
Asia covers the largest area of cold desert in the world covering partly/fully ten countries viz., Afghanistan, China, India, Iran, Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Pakistan, Russia and Tajikistan. This ecoregion harbors some unique biodiversity (e.g., snow leopard, Marco Polo sheep, yak and a large ...
Side Event
#2694COP 11
2012-10-11
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Safeguards of Standards and Certification Schemes
This will be a joint presentation by UNEP-WCMC and SCBD on the latest phase of their work analyzing the biodiversity and ecosystem service provisions of standards and certification schemes, addressing gaps and the best ways of creating convergence around common terminologies and approaches, and ...
News Headlines
#1204792019-03-25
Biodiversity loss in the oceans can be reversed through habitat restoration
Activities such as laying gas pipelines, trawling for fish, drilling for oil, and even burying internet cables in the deep sea, are destroying marine ecosystems. But studies have shown that reintroducing seaweed and corals to these habitats could ward off the worst effects – and recover marine life.
News Headlines
#1205042019-03-26
Biodiversity loss in the oceans can be reversed through habitat restoration
Activities such as laying gas pipelines, trawling for fish, drilling for oil, and even burying internet cables in the deep sea, are destroying marine ecosystems. But studies have shown that reintroducing seaweed and corals to these habitats could ward off the worst effects – and recover marine life.
Meeting
#6059News Headlines
#1334332022-02-22
Bringing back large mammals boosts restoration of entire ecosystems: Study
A new study that looks at global opportunities for the restoration, reintroduction and rewilding of large mammals across the world’s terrestrial ecoregions found that just 15% of the world’s land area supports intact large mammal assemblages.
Notification
#32982023-08-21
Action by
2023-09-30
Call for nominations for a workshop to develop a road map for supporting the implementation and monitoring of and capacity development for ecosystem restoration under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, 22-24 November 2023 - Rome, Italy
Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/SK/JA/LJ/91211 (2023-090)
To: CBD and SBSTTA national focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant global and regional organizations and initiatives
English
Notification
#25942017-02-24
Action by
2017-06-30
Call for project proposals under the Forest Ecosystem Restoration Initiative
Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/SBG/CS/LJ/86256 (2017-019)
To: CBD National Focal Points and relevant agencies working on ecosystem restoration
English
Spanish
French
News Headlines
#1348922022-06-07
Can wonder plant spekboom really bring smiles back to sad South African towns?
Botanists are working on an ambitious project to restore 1 million hectares (2.5 million acres) of degraded land in South Africa that were previously covered by thickets of the indigenous succulent spekboom (Portulacaria afra).
Meeting
#5584Capacity-building workshop for Central and Eastern Europe on achieving Aichi Biodiversity Targets 11 and 12
14 - 17 June 2016, Minsk, Belarus
Meeting
#5403Capacity-building workshop for Central, South and East Asia on ecosystem conservation and restoration to support achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets
14 - 18 July 2014, Jeju, Republic of Korea
Notification
#21902014-04-24
Action by
2014-05-23
Capacity-building workshop for Central, South and East Asia on ecosystem conservation and restoration to support achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, Jeju, Republic of Korea – 14 to 18 July 2014
Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/SK/LM/83300 (2014-060)
To: CBD National Focal Points: Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, India, Japan, Mongolia, Republic of Korea, Afghanistan, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan; and relevant regional organizations engaged in conservation and restoration
English
Meeting
#5383Meeting
#5576Notification
#24422016-01-26
Action by
2016-02-08
Capacity-building workshop for Latin America on the restoration of forests and other ecosystems to support the achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, Bogotá, Colombia – 4 to 8 April 2016
Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/CS/BT/85193 (2016-017)
To: CBD National Focal Points: Argentina, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
English
Meeting
#5412Capacity-building workshop for Mesoamerica on ecosystem conservation and restoration to support achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets
25 - 28 August 2014, San Jose, Costa Rica
Notification
#22212014-07-08
Action by
2014-07-30
Capacity-building workshop for Mesoamerica on ecosystem conservation and restoration to support achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, 25-28 August 2014, and Inter-regional capacity-building workshop on REDD+ and Aichi Biodiversity Targets, 29-31 August 2014, San José, Costa Rica
Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/CS/LM/83689 (2014-091)
To: CBD National Focal Points: Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama
English
Spanish
Meeting
#5585Capacity-building workshop for Pacific on achieving Aichi Biodiversity Targets 11 and 12
11 - 13 July 2016, Nadi, Fiji
Meeting
#5340Capacity-building workshop for South America on ecosystem conservation and restoration to support achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets
24 - 28 March 2014, Linhares, Brazil
Notification
#21202013-12-16
Action by
2014-01-10
Capacity-building workshop for South America on ecosystem conservation and restoration to support achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, Linhares, Brazil, 24 to 28 March 2014
Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/DCo/LM/82937 (2013-117)
To: CBD National Focal Points of the following countries: Argentina, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
English
Spanish
Meeting
#5382Capacity-building workshop for Southeast Asia on ecosystem conservation and restoration to support achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets
28 April - 2 May 2014, Jambi, Indonesia
Notification
#21602014-02-27
Action by
2014-03-17
Capacity-building workshop for Southeast Asia on ecosystem conservation and restoration to support achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, Jambi, Indonesia – 28 April to 2 May 2014
Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/CS/LJ/83206 (2014-031)
To: CBD National Focal Points: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Viet Nam; and relevant organizations engaged in conservation and restoration
English
Notification
#21692014-03-14
Action by
2014-04-01
Capacity-building workshop for Southern and Eastern Africa on ecosystem conservation and restoration to support achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, Livingstone, Zambia – 12 to 16 May 2014
Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/SK/LJ/83301 (2014-039)
To: CBD National Focal Points: Angola, Botswana, Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe; and relevant regional organizations engaged in conservation and restoration
English
Meeting
#5532Capacity-building workshop for West Africa on ecosystem restoration to support achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets
5 - 9 October 2015, Accra, Ghana
Notification
#23492015-07-09
Action by
2015-07-31
Capacity-building workshop for West Africa on ecosystem restoration to support achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, Accra, Ghana – 5 to 9 October 2015
Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/RH/LJ/84825 (2015-077)
To: CBD National Focal Points: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
English
Meeting
#5341Notification
#21282013-12-17
Action by
2014-01-05
Capacity-building workshop for West Asia and North Africa on ecosystem conservation and restoration to support achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, Amman, Jordan – 1 to 5 February 2014
Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/CS/LM/82966 (2013-125)
To: CBD National Focal Points of the following countries: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, and Yemen
English
Meeting
#5582Notification
#24652016-03-29
Action by
2016-04-22
Capacity-building workshop for selected subregions of Asia on the restoration of forests and other ecosystems to support the achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, Bangkok, Thailand – 27 June to 1 July 2016
Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/CS/BT/85528 (2016-040)
To: CBD National Focal Points: Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, India, Indonesia, Japan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam
English
Meeting
#5385Capacity-building workshop for the Caribbean on ecosystem conservation and restoration to support achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets
28 April - 2 May 2014, Belize City, Belize
Notification
#21552014-02-25
Action by
2014-03-21
Capacity-building workshop for the Caribbean on ecosystem conservation and restoration to support achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, Belize City, Belize - 28 April to 2 May 2014
Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/SK/LM/83207 (2014-027)
To: CBD National Focal Points: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago; and relevant organizations engaged in conservation and restoration
English
Notification
#21842014-04-01
Action by
2014-04-25
Capacity-building workshop for the Europe region on ecosystem conservation and restoration to support achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, Isle of Vilm, Germany – 2 to 6 June 2014
Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/LM/83346 (2014-054)
To: CBD National Focal Points: Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
English
Meeting
#5607Notification
#25672016-11-23
Action by
2016-12-19
Capacity-building workshop for the Mediterranean on the restoration of forests and other ecosystems to support the achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, Agadir, Morocco, 20-24 March 2017
Reference: SCBD/SPS/CG/SBG/CS/LJ/86018 (2016-141)
To: CBD National Focal Points: Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, European Union, France, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, State of Palestine, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom (Gibraltar), and Yemen
English
Meeting
#5323Notification
#20822013-09-13
Action by
2013-10-01
Capacity-building workshop for the Pacific on ecosystem conservation and restoration to support achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, Suva, Fiji, 25 to 29 November 2013
Reference: SCBD/SAM/SBG/lj/82556 (2013-080)
To: CBD National Focal Points of the following countries: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu
English