November 2010: The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has circulated information, including links to presentations, videos and photos, from the inaugural "Rio Conventions' Ecosystems and Climate Change Pavilion," held from 18-28 October 2010 on the margins of the 10th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 10) to the CBD in Nagoya, Japan.
11 November 2010: The third conference on Drylands, Deserts and Desertification, which convened from 8-11 November 2010, at the Sede Boqer's Blaustein Institute for Desert Research at Ben Gurion University in Israel, developed a "Statement on the Synergistic Implementation of the Rio Conventions in the Drylands."
October 2010: Published as CBD Technical Series No. 53 and entitled “Biodiversity Indicators and the 2010 Biodiversity Target,” this technical compendium of the products delivered by the 2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership provides details on the methodology and underlying data for each of the indicators used in the third edition of Global Biodiversity Outlook.
The first Meeting of the Signatories to the Memorandum of Understanding on the Bukhara Deer, concluded under the auspices of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), will be held immediately prior to the 10th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the CMS.
8 November 2010: The Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) programme and the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development have announced plans for a new International Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change.
9 November 2010: The Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) has added two new sections to the CITES website. One new section is on e-commerce of CITES-listed species, and the other is on the e-permitting toolkit.
8 November 2010: Meeting in Doha, Qatar, from 8-11 November 2010, the General Assembly of INTERPOL has adopted a resolution in support of the organization's Environmental Crime Programme.
5 November 2010: The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has made available the decisions of the 10th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 10) to the CBD, in an advance unedited version.
5 November 2010: The Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) has launched the countdown to its 10th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 10), to be held under the theme “Networking for Migratory Species.”
The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (ABS) will be opened for signature by parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) beginning on 2 February 2011, for one year, at UN Headquarters in New York. The signing ceremony will take place in conjunction with the launch of the International Year on Forests.
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