2025 2025-06-05
| 2025-078 (SCBD/SSSF/JL/SS/MS/92319)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA focal points, Cartagena Protocol national focal points, ABS national focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations
Invitation to participate in the peer review of a draft report on the strategic review and analysis of the programmes of work of the Convention in the context of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
Subject(s): Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
Action required by 2025-06-30 |
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2025-06-04
| 2025-077 (SCBD/IMS/AN/JEC/KM/92315)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, ABS focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, SBSTTA focal points, cc: Indigenous peoples and local communities, relevant organizations
Extension of deadline: Submission of information related to possible additional indicators, on methodologies for component indicators for headline indicators 18.1 and 18.2 and on methodologies for headline indicator 22.1
Subject(s): Identification, Monitoring and Indicators, Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, National Reports, National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAP)
Action required by 2025-08-01 |
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2025-06-03
| 2025-076 (SCBD/SSSF/JL/SS/JA/RKi/92178)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA focal points, TK focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations, cc: ABS national focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points
Extension of deadline: Submission of views and relevant experiences on scientific and technical needs to support the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (decision 16/12)
Subject(s): Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity
Action required by 2025-06-09 |
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2025-05-27
| 2025-075 (SCBD/OES/ASc/IKM/92302)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS national focal points, SBSTTA focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations
Follow-up to decisions adopted by the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity: Overview of intersessional meetings for the biennium 2025-2026
Subject(s): Conference of the Parties, Convention on Biological Diversity |
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2025-05-26
| 2025-074 (SCBD/IMS/AN/JEC/LC/AC/92263)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS national focal points, SBSTTA focal points, CHM focal points
Preparation and submission of the seventh national report
Subject(s): National Reports, Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
Action required by 2026-02-28 |
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2025-05-26
| 2025-073 (SCBD/OES/TS/CGA/KB/NF/91971)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, ABS national focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations
Operationalization of the Cali Fund for the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits from the Use of Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources: Composition of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Allocation Methodology
Subject(s): Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing |
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2025-05-23
| 2025-072 (SCBD/IMS/AN/ET/FV/DM/92090)
Notification to: National focal points for CBD and its Protocols of the following countries: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia (The), Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Extension of Deadline for Nominations and Duration of the Workshop: Regional Workshop on Knowledge Management for Biodiversity for Africa, 21 to 24 July 2025 - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Subject(s): Knowledge Management
Action required by 2025-05-30 |
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2025-05-22
| 2025-071 (SCBD/ABS/TS/BG/GT/90801)
Notification to: ABS national focal points and CBD national focal points (where ABS focal points have not yet been designated), indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations
Nominations for the sixth meeting of the Informal Advisory Committee on Capacity-building for the Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing
Subject(s): Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing
Action required by 2025-06-30 |
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2025-05-16
| 2025-070 (SCBD/CPU/WM/AMC/MW/92276)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points, SBSTTA focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations
Call for expression of interest for the independent, scientific study on synthetic biology and informal explanatory webinar
Subject(s): Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Synthetic Biology
Action required by 2025-06-13 |
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2025-05-16
| 2025-069 (SCBD/SSSF/JL/OR/QC/TM/92273)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, TK Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations
Nomination for the expert workshop to support the implementation of Tasks 1.1 and 1.2 of the programme of work on Article 8(j) and other provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity related to indigenous peoples and local communities to 2030
Subject(s): Subsidiary Body on Article 8(j), Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices - Article 8(j)
Action required by 2025-05-28 |
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2025-05-14
| 2025-068 (SCBD/ABS/TS/NF/92155)
Notification to: ABS national focal points and CBD national focal points (where ABS focal points have not yet been designated), indigenous peoples and local communities, relevant organizations and relevant stakeholders
Follow up to decisions of the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing: Overview of requests for action and planned meetings for the biennium 2025-2026
Subject(s): Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing |
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2025-05-13
| 2025-067 (SCBD/SSSF/JL/SS/MK/MS/92256)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, cc: SBSTTA focal points
Questionnaire on the status of implementation of the Plan of Action (2020-2030) for the International Initiative for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Soil Biodiversity
Subject(s): Agricultural Biodiversity
Action required by 2025-06-20 |
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2025-05-09
| 2025-066 (SCBD/IMS/AN/YX/JP/SM/91874)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, ABS national focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points and relevant organizations
Submission of national funding priorities, including nationally prioritized funding needs that could be considered as eligible for funding under the financial mechanism specifically for the period July 2026 to June 2030
Subject(s): Financial Resources and Mechanism
Action required by 2025-06-30 |
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2025-05-09
| 2025-065 (SCBD/CPU/WM/AMC/MW/92264)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, relevant organizations, and indigenous peoples and local communities, cc: SBSTTA national focal points, Cartagena Protocol national focal points, ABS Protocol focal points
Submissions of information on synthetic biology to support the preparation of the thematic action plan in the context of synthetic biology and the work of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Synthetic Biology
Subject(s): Synthetic Biology
Action required by 2025-07-18 |
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2025-05-06
| 2025-063 (SCBD/CPU/WM/MW/92181)
Notification to: Cartagena Protocol national focal points and CBD national focal points (where Cartagena Protocol focal points have not yet been designated), indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations
Follow-up to decisions adopted by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety at its eleventh meeting: Overview of requests for action and planned activities for the biennium 2025-2026
Subject(s): Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
Action required by 2026-02-28 |
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2025-05-06
| 2025-062 (SCBD/IMS/NP/ET/CPa/92053)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, ABS focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, SBSTTA national focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations
Composition of the Informal Advisory Group on Technical and Scientific Cooperation
Subject(s): Convention on Biological Diversity, Technical and Scientific Cooperation |
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2025-05-02
| 2025-064 (SCBD/SSSF/JL/SK/JA/JG/90829)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA focal points, CBD marine and coastal biodiversity focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant global and regional organizations/initiatives
Call for Nominations for the Informal Advisory Group for Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas
Subject(s): Marine and Coastal Biodiversity
Action required by 2025-06-13 |
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2025-05-02
| 2025-061 (SCBD/SSSF/PBU/OR/QC/TM/92165)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, TK Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations, cc: Cartagena Protocol focal points, and ABS focal points
Submission of views and information in preparation for the first meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Article 8(j) and Other Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity Related to Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
Subject(s): Subsidiary Body on Article 8(j), Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices - Article 8(j)
Action required by 2025-05-26 |
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2025-05-01
| 2025-060 (SCBD/SSSF/JL/SS/TT/92231)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations
Technical Information Exchange on enhanced cooperation and policy coherence to support the implementation of the Rio Conventions
Subject(s): Climate Change and Biodiversity
Action required by 2025-05-14 |
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2025-04-30
| 2025-059 (SCBD/SSSF/JLe/OR/92215)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, TK focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations
Side events registration for the twenty-seventh meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-27), 20-24 October 2025, and the first meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Article 8(j) and Other Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity Related to Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (SB8J-1), 27-30 October 2025, Panama City, Panama
Subject(s): Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, Subsidiary Body on Article 8(j), Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices - Article 8(j)
Action required by 2025-06-30 |
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2025-04-30
| 2025-058 (SCBD/SSSF/JL/SS/JA/RKi/92178)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA focal points, TK focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations, cc: ABS national focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points
Submission of views and relevant experiences on scientific and technical needs to support the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (decision 16/12)
Subject(s): Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity
Action required by 2025-05-31 |
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2025-04-30
| 2025-057 (SCBD/SSSF/JL/OR/92215)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, TK focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations
Registration for the twenty-seventh meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-27), 20-24 October 2025, and the first meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Article 8(j) and Other Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity Related to Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (SB8J-1), 27-30 October 2025, Panama City, Panama
Subject(s): Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, Subsidiary Body on Article 8(j), Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices - Article 8(j)
Action required by 2025-08-31 |
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2025-04-24
| 2025-056 (SCBD/IMS/AN/NP/ET/FV/DM/92090)
Notification to: National focal points for CBD and its Protocols of the following countries: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regional Workshop on Knowledge Management for Biodiversity for Africa, 21 to 23 July 2025 - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Subject(s): Knowledge Management
Action required by 2025-05-23 |
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2025-04-24
| 2025-055 (SCBD/IMS/AN/NP/JEC/NS/AC/92075)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, ABS focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, SBSTTA national focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations
Extension of Deadline: Further operationalising the voluntary peer review of national biodiversity strategies and action plans: call for reviewees and reviewers and updating the methodology
Subject(s): National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAP), Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity
Action required by 2025-05-15 |
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2025-04-23
| 2025-053 (SCBD/IMS/AN/NP/JEC/LJ/92091)
Notification to: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA focal points, ABS focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations
Selection of experts for the ad hoc scientific and technical advisory group for the preparation of the global report on collective progress in the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
Subject(s): Identification, Monitoring and Indicators, Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework |
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