2 September 2011: The Secretariat to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) has announced that its Animals Committee (AC) and Plants Committee (PC) have established a joint intersessional working group to prepare a draft of the guidance or guidelines referred to in Decision 15.24 on non-detriment findings (NDFs).
2 September 2011: At the request of the 61st meeting of the Standing Committee to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the CITES Secretariat has published the draft joint Action Plan of the CITES/Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) Secretariats.
9 September 2011: The Tenth Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) Dialogue, which convened from 7-8 September 2011, in The Hague, the Netherlands, focused on common approaches to dealing with the challenges of food security and climate change.
29 August 2011: The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) partner Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) is collaborating with the Customary Medicinal Knowledgebase (CMKb) based at Macquarie University, to integrate medicinal knowledge with other information on Australian biodiversity.
We need “all hands on deck” to deliver on the Strategic Plan and Aichi Biodiversity Targets!
Global Biodiversity Outlook 3 provided us with a stark reminder of the challenges that lie ahead in achieving the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. The reality is there is no one convention or organization that can alone address the challenges ahead – we need “all hands on deck”!
8 September 2011: The UN University (UNU) has signed an agreement with partner institutions in Ghana on an initiative on “Enhancing Resilience to Climate and Ecosystem Changes in Semi-Arid Africa: An Integrated Approach.” This initiative is part of the Climate and Ecosystem Change Adaptation and Resilience Research (CECAR) Africa project, which focuses on the vulnerability of terrestrial ecosystem in developing countries to climate change in Africa.
1 September 2011: The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) has published its September 2011 newsletter, with articles on a seminar on energy requirements for sustainable development and the future of forests, among others.
The Second African Forestry and Wildlife Week (AFWW) will convene alongside the 18th Session of the African Forestry and Wildlife Commission and will consider "The Importance of Governance and Benefit Sharing in the Sustainable Management of African Forests, Trees and Wildlife". The Second AFWW is being held to reflect on the International Year of Forests 2011 (IYF 2011) and to underscore the importance of forests and wildlife in improving livelihoods and social and economic development.
3 September 2011: Representatives of past Presidents of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) Conferences of the Parties (COP), along with the forthcoming COP 10 host, the Republic of Korea, convened in Geneva, Switzerland, on 3 September 2011, to discuss upcoming meetings of the UN General Assembly on the theme “Addressing desertification, land degradation and drought in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication,” and UNCCD COP 10.
2 September 2011: The International Union for Conservation of Nature's Environmental Law Center (IUCN ELC) and the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) have entered into a memorandum for continued cooperation on legal matters.
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