Convention on Biological Diversity and Its Expanded Programme of Work on Forest Biological Diversity:

Convention on Biological Diversity ( COP 7 )

The world has made great strides in reducing hunger, yet the problem of malnutrition, particularly the “hidden hunger” caused by missing micronutrients, constitutes a formidable challenge for the future. Biodiversity has a crucial role to play in mitigating the effects of micronutrient deficiencies, which are debilitating hundreds of millions of people in developing countries, particularly chil...

On Farm Management of Crop Genetic Diversity and the Convention on Biological Diversity’s Programme of Work on Agricultural Biodiversity

1. The Executive Secretary is circulating herewith, for the information of participants in the seventh meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA), a background paper prepared by the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI) on on-farm management of crop genetic diversity. This information note supplements the progress report by the Ex...

Paper for the Secretariat Convention on Biological Diversity Incentives for the Conservation of Biological Diversity

Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity Implementation of the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas : Progress and Perspectives

s of Poster Presentations at the Second Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas, 11–15 February 2008 in Rome, Italy CBD Technical Series No. 35 Implementation of the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas: Progress and Perspectives Abstracts of Poster Presentations at the Second Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas, 11–15 February 2008 in...

The Ecosystem Approach of the Convention on Biological Diversity

3 Summary It has increasingly become accepted in recent years that ecosystems can only be managed sensibly if they are perceived and protected in their entirety. To this end, 12 principles for an ecosystem approach and 5 points of operational guidance have been elaborated in the framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity. They have not been applied to a marine ecosystem as yet. The " E...