Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and LOS Sends Outcome to UNCSD [viewed]
24 June 2011: The UN Open-ended Informal Consultative Process (ICP) on Oceans and the Law of the Sea has completed its meeting on the theme “contributing to the assessment, in the context of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20), of progress to date and the remaining gaps in the implementation of the outcomes of the major summits on sustainable development and addressing new and emerging challenges.”
20 June 2011: The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has announced that the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 11) to the CBD will be held from 8-19 October 2012, in Hyderabad, India.
21 June 2011: The Environment Council of the EU adopted conclusions on the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 on 21 June 2011. The Council endorsed the proposal made by the European Commission in May 2011, while emphasizing the need to further discuss its actions, and recognized the importance of effective monitoring and reporting mechanisms.
17 June 2011: The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has created a webpage to facilitate the peer review of draft documents prepared for consideration by the 15th meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 15), scheduled to be held from 7-11 November 2011, in Montreal, Canada.
7 June 2011: The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) held a mid-term review conference, highlighting efforts to conserve species and sites in the Polynesia-Micronesia Biodiversity Hotspot, which is rich in plant and animal life.
3 June 2011: The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has circulated the provisional agendas and called for participant nominations for the seventh meeting of the Working Group on Article 8(j) and the 15th meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 15), to be held in October-November 2011, in Montreal, Canada.
June 2011: The June 2011 "Monthly Focus" publication from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) highlights a meeting to add more sites to the World Heritage List, as well as efforts underway to save current World Heritage Sites and their biodiversity and cultural resources. The sites include East Africa's Serengeti National Park, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, the Pyramids of Egypt and the sanctuary of Machu Picchu in Peru.
3 June 2011: An awareness-raising training on Ships Ballast Water Management, held in Suva, Fiji, has resulted in recommendations to develop a National Policy for the country, based on existing legislation, as well as to ratify the Ballast Water Management Convention. The training was organized by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP) and was the first-ever training on the topic, according to SPREP.
