22 September 2011: The Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Convention) has announced that the Republic of Korea has designated its 17th Wetland of International Importance, called Jeungdo Tidal Flat, a Wetland Protected Area that is also part of the Shinan Dadohae UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.
22 September 2011: The Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Convention) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) celebrated 2011 World Rivers Day, a global celebration of the world's waterways marked the last Sunday of every September.
20 September 2011: The number of signatories to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (ABS) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has reached 54, following a number of additions during a signing ceremony held on the margins of the opening of the 66th Session of the UN General Assembly at UN Headquarters, New York, US, on 20 September 2011.
21 September 2011: A Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) was signed between the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and 27 international agencies, organizations and environmental conventions, aiming to achieve and implement the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and its Aichi Biodiversity Targets.
21 September 2011: The World Future Council announced the winners of the Future Policy Award, which celebrates policies that create better living conditions and promote just, sustainable and peaceful societies. This year's topic was forests and the gold award was given to Rwanda's forest policy, which is credited with increasing forest cover in the country by 37 percent since 1990.
20 September 2011: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP)/Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) Thesis Award 2011 has been given to Dr Lucy E. King, a biologist from the UK. Her PhD thesis on “The interaction between the African elephant (Loxodonta africana africana) and the African honeybee (Apis mellifera scutellata) and its potential application as an elephant deterrent” was one of 60 submitted.
September 2011: The Secretariat of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) has invited comments on the concept note of the first-ever report on The State of the World's Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture.
7 September 2011: The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has initiated preparation of its report on progress made in the implementation of the specific work plan on coral bleaching, adopted by Conference of the Parties (COP) Decision VII/5.
7 September 2011: The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has invited Parties to the Convention to nominate their representatives for the 11th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) by 28 September 2012.
16 September 2011: The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and Stockholm University through the Stockholm Resilience Centre have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation on the preparation of the first edition of the Global City and Biodiversity Outlook, to be submitted to the second Summit on Cities and Biodiversity.
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