10 October 2011: The 10th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP 10) is taking place from 10-21 October 2011, in Changwon, Republic of Korea.
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.
This symposium is co-organized by the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Convention) and its MedWet Initiative, as well as the High Commissariat for Water, Forests and Desertification Control of Morocco and other partners. The event is organized 20 years after the first pan-Mediterranean conference on wetlands, which was held in 1991 in the town of Grado, Italy, and which adopted the goal to "stop and reverse the loss and degradation of Mediterranean wetlands." This new International Symposium aims to review the current situation of water and wetlands in the Mediterranean, assess the new challenges and plan for the next 20 years. Important objectives are to assess the changes occurring in the Mediterranean and their potential impact on wetlands, to identify ways in which wetland resources can be used sustainably with a strong emphasis on water resources and to provide ways for closer cooperation between experts and actors in the Mediterranean involved in the water area, wetlands and other related sectors.
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.
5 October 2011: The UN Environment Programme-World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) has announced, with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and CREM, a consultancy firm, the release of a publication titled “Approach for Reporting on Ecosystem Services: Incorporating Ecosystem Services into an Organization's Performance Disclosure.”
5 October 2011: The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Science Symposium 2011 focused on the experience gained during GBIF's first decade in building a global infrastructure for, and networks of, biodiversity informatics.
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Science Symposium 2011, will convene under the title “GBIF at 10: Reaping Benefits for Science and Society.”
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.
Convened by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Commission on Ecosystem Management Fisheries Expert Group, this meeting will review the extent to which biodiversity concerns are addressed in existing assessments; review the impacts on marine and coastal biodiversity of pelagic fisheries of lower trophic levels; and propose options to address biodiversity concerns in sustainable fishery management and related assessments.
29 September 2011: The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) has collaborated with the Encylopedia of Life (EOL) to promote efficient sharing of biodiversity data for science and society.
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