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Recommendation III/5

Agenda item 7.3: Current approaches to indicator development and recommendations for a preliminary core set of indicators of biological diversity, particularly those related to threats, and options for capacity-building in developing countries in the application of guidelines and indicators for subsequent national reports

Agreements reached on actions to integrate biodiversity in forestry, fisheries, agriculture, and tourism sectors and to achieve the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development

Allocution de m. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, Secrétaire exécutif de la CDB, à l’occasion de l’ouverture du deuxième atelier régional pour les pays moins avancés d’Afrique sur la préparation des cinquièmes rapports nationaux et de la quatrième édition des Perspectives mondiales de la diversité biologique (GBO-4), et les scénarios pour la politique régionale, Yaoundé, Cameroun, 15 - 19 avril 2013

Allocution de m. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, Secrétaire exécutif de la CDB, à l’occasion de l’ouverture du deuxième atelier régional pour les pays moins avancés d’Afrique sur la préparation des cinquièmes rapports nationaux et de la quatrième édition des Perspectives mondiales de la diversité biologique (GBO-4), et les scénarios pour la politique régionale, Yaoundé, Cameroun, 15 - 19 avril 2013

CHANGE OF DATES: First Regional Workshop for African Least Developed Countries on the preparation of the Fifth National Report and Global Biodiversity Outlook and regional policy scenarios, Nairobi, Kenya, 28 January-1 February 2013

Reference: SCBD/ITS/RH/LC/80961 (2012-146)
To: CBD National Focal Points of the following countries: Angola, Botswana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Capacity Development Workshop for Central Asia on NBSAPs and the Mainstreaming of Biodiversity

9 - 13 March 2009, Ramsar, Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Capacity Development Workshop for Europe on NBSAPs and the Mainstreaming of Biodiversity

13 - 17 June 2009, Isle of Vilm, Germany

Capacity Development Workshop for the Pacific on NBSAPs, the Mainstreaming of Biodiversity and the Integration of Climate Change

2 - 6 February 2009, Nadi, Fiji

Capacity-Building Workshop on Implementing NBSAPs and Mainstreaming Biodiversity for Europe

26 - 30 April 2008, Vilm, Germany

Capacity-Building Workshop on Implementing NBSAPs and Mainstreaming Biodiversity for South America

31 March - 4 April 2008, Rio Branco, Brazil

Capacity-Building Workshop on Implementing NBSAPs and Mainstreaming Biodiversity for South, Southeast and East Asia

14 - 18 January 2008, Singapore City, Singapore

Capacity-Building Workshop on Implementing NBSAPs and Mainstreaming Biodiversity for Southern and Eastern Africa

4 - 8 February 2008, Rustenburg, South Africa

Capacity-building Workshop for South, East and Southeast Asia on the Preparation of the Fourth National Report

Reference: SCBD/ITS/DC/LJ/64645 (2008-102)
To: CBD National Focal Points (South, East and Southeast Asia), National Report correspondents, SBSTTA Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that a regional workshop for countries of South, East and Southeast Asia on capacity-building for the preparation of the fourth national report will be held in Tokyo, Japan, from 2 to 4 December 2008. Thanks to the generous technical and financial support of the gover ...

Capacity-building Workshop for the Caribbean region for National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs), Mainstreaming of Biodiversity and the Integration of Climate Change

3 - 7 November 2008, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Capacity-building workshop for the South, East and South East Asia on preparation of the fourth national reports

2 - 4 December 2008, Tsukuba, Japan

Communiqué: Ninety per cent rate achieved in submissions of fourth national reports

Countries report on progress towards achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets

In preparation of a major international biodiversity conference in October 2014, Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) are currently submitting their fifth national reports that will enable a global assessment of progress made towards the 20 Aichi Biodiversity Targets agreed by ...

Deuxième atelier régional pour les pays moins avancés d’Afrique sur la préparation des cinquièmes rapports nationaux et de la quatrième édition des Perspectives mondiales de la diversité biologique (GBO-4), et les scénarios pour la politique régionale

15 - 19 April 2013, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Deuxième atelier régional pour les pays moins avancés d’Afrique sur la préparation des cinquièmes rapports nationaux et de la quatrième édition des Perspectives mondiales de la diversité biologique (GBO-4), et les scénarios pour la politique régionale, Yaoundé, Cameroun (15 au 19 avril 2013)

Reference: SCBD/ITS/RH/LC/81260 (2013-011)
To: Points focaux nationaux des pays suivants : Bénin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroun, Comores, Djibouti, Gambie, Guinée, Guinée-Bissau, Guinée équatoriale, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritanie, Niger, République Centrafricaine, République démocratique du Congo, Rwanda, Sao Tomé-et-Principe, Sénégal, Tchad, Togo

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List of Participants

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Fourth National Reports: Status Report and Preliminary Analysis

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Report of the Regional Workshop for South, East and Southeast Asia on the Fifth National Report and Regional Scenario Analysis

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Draft format within the third national report on forest biological diversity

Draft Guidelines for the Fifth National Report

Reference: SCBD/ITS/DC/LC/72323 (2010-113)
To: CBD National Focal Points

I would like to invite Parties and observers to provide further comments and suggestions before 30 June 2010 on the draft guidelines for the fifth national report, which are contained in the document UNEP/CBD/WGRI/3/3/ADD.1, available at: https://www.cbd.int/doc/meetings/wgri/wgri-03/official/wg ...

Recommendation V/13

Establishment of guidelines for the second national reports, including indicators and incentive measures

Expedited Access to GEF Funding for Revising National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan and Submission of Fifth National Report

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/75599 (2011-075)
To: National Focal Points of the Convention, SBSTTA, ABS, Protected Areas, Clearing-House Mechanism

I am very pleased to bring to your attention the communication addressed to the GEF Operational Focal Points from Mrs. Monique Barbut, Chief Executive Officer and Chairperson of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), with respect to the expanded and expedited access to GEF funding for enabling a ...

Financial Support for the Preparation of the Fourth National Reports

Reference: SCBD/ITS/NR/LC/59515 (2007-141)
To: CBD National Focal Points of eligible country Parties, GEF Focal Points of eligible country Parties

Further to Notification 2006-083 (Ref. ITS/NR/LC/MC/55455), dated 28 July 2006, by which Parties were requested, pursuant to paragraph 4 of Decision VIII/14, to submit their fourth national reports by 30 March 2009, I would like to advise eligible Parties that financial support has been made ava ...

First Regional Workshop for African Least Developed Countries on the preparation of the Fifth National Report and Global Biodiversity Outlook and regional policy scenarios

28 January - 1 February 2013, Nairobi, Kenya

First Regional Workshop for African Least Developed Countries on the preparation of the Fifth National Report and Global Biodiversity Outlook and regional policy scenarios, Nairobi, Kenya, 21-25 January 2013

Reference: SCBD/ITS/RH/LC/80961 (2012-136)
To: CBD National Focal Points of the following countries: Angola, Botswana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Fourth National Reports due by 30 March 2009

Reference: SCBD/ITS/LC/MC/66078 (2009-009)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Further to earlier notifications (2006-083 of 28 July 2006, and 2008-052 of 23 April 2008), I wish to remind Parties that, according to decision VIII/14 of the Conference of the Parties, the fourth national reports are due not later than 30 March 2009. Considering that we are only two-and-a-hal ...

Funding for Preparation of the Fourth National Report

Reference: SCBD/ITS/LC/MC/67080 (2009-043)
To: CBD National Focal Points of those eligible countries that have not applied for funds for preparation of the fourth national report

I am pleased to inform that Phase III of a medium-sized project to fund the preparation of the fourth national report has recently been approved by the Global Environment Facility. This phase can support a total of 40 countries, with up to 20,000 USD for each country. I would like to urge you ...

Global Workshop on National Experiences in implementing the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

12 - 14 March 2012, Brasilia, Brazil

Guidelines for the Fourth National Report

Reference: ITS/NR/LC/MC/55455 (2006-083)
To: CBD National Focal Points

I have the pleasure to inform you that the <a href="/reports/guidelines.aspx">guidelines</a> for the fourth national report have been finalized. As required by <a href="/decisions/default.aspx?m=COP-08&id=11028&lg=0">decision VIII/14</a>, paragraph 4, Parties must submit their fourth national r ...

Helping countries with biodiversity conservation targets

Much of the work of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is not headline-grabbing and involves things like gap analysis, assessments, strategic action plans and capacity-building—training governments in the use of certain databases, for instance.

In preparation of a major international biodiversity conference in October 2014, Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) are currently submitting their fifth national reports that will enable a global assessment of progress made towards the 20 Aichi Biodiversity Targets agreed by the global community in 2010 as part of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020.

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

India Donates Art to the CBD Museum of Nature and Culture; and Releases its Third National Report to the Convention

New Delhi, 20 November 2006 – Befitting his country’s unique and rich cultural and biological diversity, the Honourable Thiru A. Raja, Minister of Environment and Forests of the Government of India, presented a marble vase to the Museum of Nature and Culture of the Convention on Biological Diver ...

India Donates Art to the CBD Museum of Nature and Culture; and Releases its Third National Report to the Convention.

India reports to the Biodiversity Secretariat that it is on track to achieve its targets

India submitted its sixth national report to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) last month which reveals that it is well on track to achieve majority of its 12 national biodiversity targets by 2020. It highlighted that India has already overachieved one target.

Indigenous Biodiversity report release

A new report recommending improvements to biodiversity management will build on communities’ good work to protect our biodiversity, says Associate Minister for the Environment, Hon Nanaia Mahuta.

Initiation of the Preparation of the Fifth National Report to CBD

Reference: SCBD/ITS/RH/LC/MC/8144 (2013-019)
To: All CBD National Focal Points

Integrated approaches to national reporting to the Rio Conventions

National reporting to multilateral environmental agreements constitutes a substantial burden for Parties. The GEF/UNEP project 'Piloting integrated processes and approaches to facilitate national reporting to Rio Conventions' (FNR_Rio) has over the past three years tested approaches to integrate ...

International Workshop on Harmonization of Information Management and National Reporting to Biodiversity-related Conventions

22 - 23 September 2004, Haasrode, Belgium

Invitation to Parties to assist in the testing of the online reporting tool for national reporting

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/JC/MC/91153 (2023-076)
To: CBD national focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points, SBSTTA focal Points

Iraq Submits First National Report to SCBD

Montreal, 27 July 2010 – Iraq today issued its first National Report to the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The report, which examines and reports on the status of biodiversity within Iraq, attempts to lay the groundwork for the development of a national biodiversity ...

Japan Approves Fourth National Biodiversity Strategy

Montreal, 19 March 2010 – Following review by the Central Environment Council and in accordance with the 2008 Basic Act on Biodiversity, the Japanese cabinet on 16 March approved the National Biodiversity Strategy of Japan 2010.

Launch of the online reporting tool for submitting national targets

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/JC/MC/91353 (2023-117)
To: CBD national focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points, SBSTTA 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

NBSAP Forum 2.0

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/JEC/MC/91142 (2023-073)
To: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA national focal points, ABS focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

NEW VENUE AND DATES - Workshop for Europe on the Fourth National Report, 29 June - 1 July 2010, Budapest, Hungary

Reference: SCBD/ITS/DC/LC/71144 (2010-108)
To: CBD National Focal Points of the following countries: Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iceland, Macedonia FYR, Malta, Montenegro, Portugal, San Marino, and Serbia.

The Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), in decision VIII/14, stated that Parties shall submit the fourth national report by 30 March 2009. In the same decision, the COP requested the CBD Executive Secretary to facilitate the support to Parties for th ...