5 October 2011: The Oslo Governance Forum (OGF) on Governance Assessments for Social Accountability focused on participatory governance assessments and social accountability as a means for strengthening democratic governance at the national and international level.
October 2011: The October issue of the Indian Ocean-South-East Asian (IOSEA) Marine Turtle Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) e-newsletter highlights: that Malaysia has joined the MoU; the draft agenda of the sixth meeting of IOSEA Signatory States; and sea-turtle conservation efforts in Hong Kong.
30 September 2011: The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has circulated a draft document containing methodological and implementation guidance for the use of indicators to monitor implementation of the CBD's Strategy for Resource Mobilization, and a preliminary reporting framework. Comments are invited on the draft.
29 September 2011: The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Government of South Africa, through its Department of Water and Environmental Affairs, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to further promote South-South and triangular cooperation on biodiversity for development.
This workshop is organized by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the City of Montpellier and ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability. It is part of a series of regional and sub-regional capacity-building workshops aiming to: strengthen national capacities for the development, implementation, review, updating and communication of national biodiversity strategies and action plans (NBSAPs); help facilitate national implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020; and generate national targets and commitments. In addition, it aims to strengthen local and sub-national governance of biodiversity in the Mediterranean; establish links between local policies and national biodiversity strategies; and establish a Mediterranean network of cities engaged in biodiversity, which would support national-level implementation of the CBD.
The purpose of this workshop is to strengthen national capacities for the development, implementation, review, updating and communication of national biodiversity strategies and action plans (NBSAPs); help facilitate national implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020; and translate the Strategic Plan into national targets and commitments.
29 September 2011: The European Commission has called on Italy to take measures to stop continued illegal use of drift-nets, which is in violation of an October 2009 Court of Justice ruling on Italy's failure to adequately control and enforce the EU ban on the use of drift-nets.
28 September 2011: The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) has announced that it will list 91 species of hardwood from Madagascar and Panama on its Appendix III, effective 22 December 2011. Appendix III lists those species identified by a CITES Party as being subject to regulation within its jurisdiction for the purpose of preventing or restricting exploitation, and as needing the co-operation of other Parties in the control of trade.
28 September 2011: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) have released a report presenting 17 case studies of coastal management throughout the Pacific region.
28 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 64, following several additions on the margins of the 66th Session of the UN General Assembly at UN Headquarters, New York, US.
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