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Inception workshop on the eighth replenishment of the Global Environment Facility Trust Fund umbrella programme to support the updating of national biodiversity strategies and action plans and the seventh national report

19 October 2024, Cali, Colombia

Third meeting of the Advisory Committee on Resource Mobilization

20 - 22 August 2024, Montreal, Canada

Regional Dialogues on National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans for Latin America

25 - 28 June 2024, Lima, Peru

Regional dialogue on national biodiversity strategies and action plans for francophone African countries

30 May - 2 June 2024, Nairobi, Kenya

Regional dialogue on national biodiversity strategies and action plans for anglophone African countries

30 May - 2 June 2024, Nairobi, Kenya

Invitation to provide comments on document CBD/SBSTTA/26/INF/20 - Headline indicator D.3 on private funding: a background note

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/ML/GD/91679 (2024-043)
To: CBD focal points, ABS national focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, SBSTTA focal points, cc: Indigenous peoples and local communities, relevant organizations

Subregional dialogue on national biodiversity strategies and action plans for Caribbean countries

15 - 17 April 2024, Georgetown, Guyana

Subregional Dialogue on National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans for the Pacific Countries

18 - 21 March 2024, Nadi, Fiji

Second meeting of the Advisory Committee on Resource Mobilization

18 - 22 March 2024, Villa de Leyva, Boyacá, Colombia

First programming tranche of the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/91580 (2024-024)
To: CBD national focal points, ABS focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points

Second meeting of the Technical Expert Group on Financial Reporting

26 February - 1 March 2024, Istanbul, Türkiye

Regional Dialogues on National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans for African Countries, 30 May to 2 June 2024, Nairobi, Kenya

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/JEC/MC/91545 (2024-016)
To: National focal points for CBD and its Protocols of the following countries: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, the Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania (United Republic of), Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe

Statement by David Cooper, Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the First meeting of the GBF Fund Council, 8 February 2024

Statement by David Cooper, Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the First meeting of the GBF Fund Council, 8 February 2024

Statement by David Cooper, Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the 66th GEF Council Meeting, 7 February 2023

Statement by David Cooper, Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the 66th GEF Council Meeting, 7 February 2023

Sub-regional Dialogue on National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans, and Workshop on Target 3 of the GBF for the Caribbean Countries, 15-19 April 2024 - Georgetown, Guyana

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/JEC/MC/91504 (2024-009)
To: National focal points for CBD and its Protocols of the following countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago

Extension of deadline: Invitation to developing country Parties and Parties with economies in transition to voluntarily assume the obligations of the developed country Parties in accordance with Article 20 of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/ML/GD/91073 (2023-132)
To: CBD national focal points

Sub-regional Dialogue on National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans, Workshop on Target 3 of the GBF and UNEP Technical Workshop on the GEF Early Action Support Project for the Pacific Countries, 18-26 March 2024 - Nadi, Fiji

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/JEC/MC/91406 (2023-125)
To: National focal points for CBD and its Protocols of the following countries: Cook Islands, Fiji, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu

Technical Expert Group on Financial Reporting

27 November - 1 December 2023, Montreal, Canada

Preparatory meeting of the Technical Expert Group on Financial Reporting

24 October 2023, Online

Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Resource Mobilization

25 - 29 September 2023, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Opening remarks by David Cooper, Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Resource Mobilization, 25-29 September 2023, Kinshasa

Opening remarks by David Cooper, Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Resource Mobilization, 25-29 September 2023, Kinshasa

Update: Composition of the Advisory Committee on Resource Mobilization

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/ML/GD/90825 (2023-101)
To: CBD national focal points, Resource Mobilization national focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, women and youth organizations, relevant organizations and initiatives and relevant stakeholders

Preparatory meeting of the Advisory Committee on Resource Mobilization

5 September 2023, Online

Statement byDavid Cooper, Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the Launch of the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund, 24 August 2023

Statement byDavid Cooper, Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the Launch of the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund, 24 August 2023

Submissions on experience, good practices and lessons learned with the Strategy on resource mobilization

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/ML/GD/91131 (2023-087)
To: CBD national focal points, Resource Mobilization national focal points, Cartagena Protocol national focal points, ABS national focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, relevant organizations and initiatives

Opening Remarks by Mr. David Cooper, Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, GEF Council, Brasilia, June 26, 2023

Opening Remarks by Mr. David Cooper, Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, GEF Council, Brasilia, June 26, 2023

Composition of the Advisory Committee on Resource Mobilization

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/ML/GD/90825 (2023-066)
To: CBD national focal points, Resource Mobilization national focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, women and youth organizations, relevant organizations and initiatives and relevant stakeholders

Composition of the Technical Expert Group on Financial Reporting

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/ML/GD/90824 (2023-067)
To: CBD national focal points, Resource Mobilization national focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, women and youth organizations, relevant organizations and initiatives and relevant stakeholders

Invitation to developing country Parties and Parties with economies in transition to voluntarily assume the obligations of the developed country Parties in accordance with Article 20 of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/ML/GD/91073 (2023-063)
To: CBD national focal points

Council documents on the establishment of the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund by the Global Environment Facility

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/YX/GT/90953 (2023-062)
To: CBD national focal points, ABS focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points

Extension of deadline: Nominations for the meeting of the Advisory Committee on Resource Mobilization

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/ML/GD/90825 (2023-036)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Resource Mobilization National Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, women and youth organizations, relevant organizations and initiatives and relevant stakeholders

Extension of deadline: Nomination of experts for the Technical Expert Group on Financial Reporting

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/ML/GD/90824 (2023-035)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Resource Mobilization National Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, women and youth organizations, relevant organizations and initiatives and relevant stakeholders

Nominations for the meeting of the Advisory Committee on Resource Mobilization

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/ML/GD/90825 (2023-011)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Resource Mobilization National Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, women and youth organizations, relevant organizations and initiatives and relevant stakeholders

Nomination of experts for the Technical Expert Group on Financial Reporting

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/ML/GD/90824 (2023-012)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Resource Mobilization National Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, women and youth organizations, relevant organizations and initiatives and relevant stakeholders

Second round of the online informal consultations on resource mobilization

19 - 20 October 2022, Online

Participation in the second round of the online informal consultations on resource mobilization, 19 and 20 October 2022

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/ML/GD/90563 (2022-062)
To: CBD National Focal Points and Resource Mobilization National Focal Points

Launch of the upcoming ‘Global Biodiversity Framework Early Action Support Project’ (GBF-EAS Project) and Help Desk

Reference: SCBD/IMS/JMF/JC/MC/90393 (2022-040)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Informal consultations on resource mobilization

9 June 2022, Online

Informal consultations on resource mobilization

7 June 2022, Online

Participation in the online informal consultations on resource mobilization, 7 and 9 June 2022

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/ML/GD/90326 (2022-031)
To: CBD National Focal Points and Resource Mobilization National Focal Points

Funding, titling project for Indigenous-led organizations launched

The revelation that Indigenous people and local communities (IPLCs) receive well below 1% of climate finance, despite reports stressing their role in biodiversity conservation and climate mitigation, is giving rise to multiple funding initiatives seeking to fill this gap. The latest among them i ...

Protecting global biodiversity receives boost as 29 countries pledge over $5 billion to the Global Environment Facility

8 April 2022 – More than $5 billion has been pledged by twenty-nine countries for the Global Environment Facility (GEF), providing a major boost to international efforts to protect biodiversity and curb threats from climate change, plastics, and toxic chemicals through collaboration action this ...

Protecting global biodiversity receives boost as 29 countries pledge over $5 billion to the Global Environment Facility

Upcoming webinars to support discussions at the resumed sessions of SBSTTA-24, SBI-3 and WG2020-3

Reference: SCBD/IMS/JMF/JC/MC/90056 (2022-001)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Mitsubishi Corporation Renews Funding for Sustainable Development and Biodiversity Conservation

On November 23, 2021, the Mitsubishi Corporation Foundation for the Americas (MCFA) approved renewed funding to: CDP, The Nature Conservancy, Fair Trade USA, Wildlife Conservation Society, and Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative (Y2Y).