4 April 2011: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has announced that, together with the University of Eastern Finland (UEF), it is organizing its eighth annual course on international environmental law-making and diplomacy. The course is scheduled to take place from 4-16 September 2011, in Bangkok, Thailand, with a thematic focus on "Synergies among Biodiversity-Related Conventions."
6 April 2011: The Steering Committee of the Global Islands Partnership (GLISPA) met from 22-23 February 2011, in Washington, DC, and has issued the report of its meeting.
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP), in cooperation with GIZ and UNCTAD, will organize a biotrade and green economy week, as part of the Nepal Capacity Building for Biotrade project (CBBT). The CBBT project is part of a bigger initiative that is also being implemented in Namibia and Peru with the support of GIZ and in cooperation with UNCTAD. CBBT seeks to analyze and advertise the potential of biodiversity-based businesses in transitioning to a green economy, and achieving economic development, conserving biodiversity and ecosystems, and reducing poverty. Based on the analysis, it aims to build national capacities to benefit from the opportunities offered by biotrade. The Biotrade and Green Economy Week will bring together participants from the private and public sectors as well as representatives from a variety of development cooperation agencies to discuss the potential for biotrade and green economy in Nepal and options to support the country in realizing this potential.
8 April 2011: The Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) has participated in an event in Beijing, China, marking the 30th anniversary of China having become a Party to the Convention. CITES was the first multilateral environmental agreement (MEA) that China joined.
31 March 2011: The Global Environment Facility (GEF), the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Rainforest Alliance have partnered with cocoa producers, small chocolate commercializing businesses and the chocolate industry to focus on improving the sustainability of cocoa production.
Organized by UN Environment Programme (UNEP) African Eurasian Waterbird Agreement and the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) 2011 will focus on the theme "Land-Use Changes From a Bird's-Eye View." The theme is intended to raise awareness about the dramatic effects human land use has on migratory birds and the ecosystems upon which they depend. WBMD was initiated in 2006 and is a global awareness-raising campaign highlighting the need for the protection of migratory birds and their habitats. On the second weekend each May, people around the world take action and organise public events such as bird festivals, education programmes and birdwatching excursions to celebrate World Migratory Bird Day and to help raise awareness around a specific theme.
1 April 2011: The Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) convened a workshop titled “Seeking Global and Regional Solutions to Marine Debris Problem” on 23 March 2011, in Honolulu, Hawaii, US, at the fifth International Marine Debris Conference. The Conference was organized by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
31 March 2011: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP)/GRID-Arendal Marine Programme has released the March 2011 edition of its newsletter, including the announcement of a new collaborative project on Blue Carbon and recent events in which UNEP/GRID-Arendal has participated.
24 March 2011: The Secretariat of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP) for the Barcelona Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean (the Barcelona Convention) has announced that two legal instruments for environmental protection in the Mediterranean entered into force on 24 March 2011: the Offshore and the Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) Protocols of the Barcelona Convention.
23 March 2011: The Biodiversity Indicators Partnership (BIP) Secretariat has announced it will undertake its third User Needs Survey, as part of its plans to expand membership and strengthen collaboration.
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