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Twenty-First Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice of the CBD

Article 25 of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) establishes an open-ended intergovernmental scientific advisory body known as the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological ...

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Tanzania lifts ban on wildlife exports

Tanzania is temporarily rolling back a ban on wildlife exports that was in force for six years to safeguard protected animals and birds, the wildlife service said. The decision to lift the ban for an ...

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Upcoming Meetings

June 2022 8 - 15 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 ...

Target 3. By 2030, areas important for biodiversity and associated ecosystem services are conserved...

Target 3 . Areas important for biodiversity and associated ecosystem services are conserved by 25% marine and coastal areas, by 43.5% of terrestrial ecosystems, by 25% of inland water, by 40% long) of river and stream lengths and by 50% of wetlands

Target 8: Minimize the impact of climate change on terrestrial, freshwater, coastal, and marine...

The aim of this target is to reduce the negative effects of climate change on ecosystems  including land (terrestrial), freshwater (rivers, lakes), coastal areas, and marine ecosystems so that these ecosystems can remain healthy, continue functioning...

Target 13: By 2030, Guidelines and regulations supporting access to genetic resources and the fair...

This target aims at ensuring that benefits arising from utilization of genetic resources are shared fairly among all stakeholders

Panorama Solutions

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Protecting Chumbe Island Nature Reserve from increased poaching threats due to COVID-19 pandemic, through re-assignment of local rangers, skills development of youth fishers, and sustaining its conservation activities

As a not-for-profit, privately managed nature reserve in Zanzibar, Tanzania, Chumbe Island Coral Park (CHICOP) has been the first financially sustainable Marine Protected Area (MPA) in the world, enti...

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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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