This event, convened by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Division of Environmental Law and Conventions, will take place under the theme of "Freshwater Governance Beyond Rio+20: Meeting the Sustainability Challenge". The event aims to create a platform for basin organizations worldwide to work towards strengthening the governance and management of transboundary basins.
20 September 2011: Malaysia has joined the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation and Management of Marine Turtles and their Habitats of the Indian Ocean and South-East Asia (Indian Ocean – South-East Asian Marine Turtle Memorandum of Understanding, or IOSEA Marine Turtle MoU). The MoU takes effect on 1 December 2011.
September 2011: The 18-country Inter-American Commission on Organic Agriculture (known by its Spanish acronym, CIAO) held its third annual meeting, to examine progress toward a Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) regional normative agreement on organic agriculture and discuss other issues affecting development and trade in the sector.
This workshop is organized by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in collaboration with the Secretariat of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGR), and supported by the Global Environment Facility (GEF). It will focus on implementation of the Nagoya Protocol, particularly as it relates to traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources, as well as capacity-building needs and priorities.
20 September 2011: The Executive Secretaries of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) have reported the adoption of the terms of reference and modus operandi for the Joint Liaison Group of the Rio Conventions.
19 September 2011: A new work programme between the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Convention) has been finalized, following an official visit to the CBD Secretariat in Montreal, Canada by Anada Tiéga, Secretary-General of the Ramsar Convention. The work plan will be submitted to their respective Conferences of the Parties (COPs) in 2012.
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.
20 September 2011: The Inaugural Brunei Darussalam-US Senior Officials Dialogue was held in Washington, DC, US, on 20 September 2011, with discussions including climate change and biodiversity cooperation.
16 September 2011: The Liaison Group of the Biodiversity-related Conventions has adopted and signed the Group's Modus Operandi. This agreement will be sent to the Conferences of the Parties (COPs) of the respective members.
19 September 2011: The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) has begun working with Pacific Island countries (PICs) to encourage regional conservation and the sharing of forest genetic materials, specifically germplasm of priority wood species, in collaboration with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO).
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