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Regional CHM Workshop for the Pacific

The purpose of the workshop is to build capacity and provide guidance on how to establish and sustain effective national clearing‑house mechanisms (CHM), in line with decision X/15 and in support of t...

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Upcoming Meetings

June 2022 6 - 13 June 2022 Online Confirmed Online discussion forum on conservation and sustainable use of marine and coastal biodiversity in preparation for the fifteenth meeting of the Conference ...

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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 cu...

Strengthen Biosafety and Distribute the Benefits of Biotechnology

Establish, strengthen capacity for, and implement in Sudan biosafety measures as set out in Article 8(g) of the Convention on Biological Diversity, and measures for the handling of biotechnology and distribution of its benefits as set out in Article...

Reduce Harmful Incentives by at Least $ 500 Billion per Year and Scale Up Positive Incentives for...

Ensure that, by 2030 at the latest, incentives, including subsidies, harmful to biodiversity are identified, eliminated, phased out or reformed in order to minimize or avoid negative impacts, starting with most harmful, and positive incentives for...

Mobilize $ 200 Billion per year for Biodiversity from All Sources, Including $ 30 Billion Through...

Substantially increase and mobilize financial resources for effectively implementing the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan of Sudan from all sources, such as from domestic, international, public and private resources, including by...

Panorama Solutions

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Development and out-scaling of high yielding and heat tolerant wheat varieties

The International Centre Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas' (ICARDA) high yielding wheat varieties with resistance to extreme heat, drought and salinity and insect pests and diseases have been ad...

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Biodiversity Learning Platform

The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was signed at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1992, and entered into force on 29 December 1993. It is the first global agreement to cover al...

 
 
 

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