Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

   Biosafety meetings

   Commission on Genetic Resources (CGRFA) and ITPGRFA

   Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)

   Convention on Migratory Species (CMS)

   Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
   UNDP-Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Initiative. Biodiversity and Ecosystems Stakeholder Consultations Report.

   International Mechanism of Scientific Expertise on Biodiversity (IMoSEB)

CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY (CBD)

• Biodiversity Summit
  30 September 2020, Virtual

• Convention on Biological Diversity: Special Virtual Sessions
  15-18 September 2020, Virtual

• 2nd Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
  24-29 February 2020, Headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), Rome, Italy

• 23rd Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical, and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 23) and 11th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions (WG8J 11) of the CBD
  20-22 and 25-29 November 2019, Montreal, Canada

• 1st Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
  27-30 August 2019, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya

• 2018 UN Biodiversity Conference
  14-29 November 2018, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt

• SBSTTA 22 and 2nd Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI 2) of the CBD
  2-7 and 9-13 July 2018, Montreal, Canada

• SBSTTA 21 and WG8J 10
  11-14 and 13-16 December 2017, Montreal, Canada

• COP 13
  2-18 December 2016, Cancún, Mexico

• SBSTTA 20 and SBI 1
  25-30 April and 2-6 May 2016, Headquarters of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Montreal, Canada

• 19th Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice and 9th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
  2-5 and 4-7 November 2015, Headquarters of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Montreal, Canada

• Twelfth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP 12) and First Meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (NP COP/MOP 1)
  6-17 and 13-17 October 2014, Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea

• Fifth meeting of the Working Group on the Review of Implementation (WGRI 5) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and Eighteenth meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 18)
  16-20 and 23-28 June 2014, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Headquarters, Montreal, Canada

• Third Meeting of the Open-ended Ad-Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (ICNP 3)
  24-28 February 2014, Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea

• Eighth meeting of the Ad-Hoc Open-ended Intersessional Working Group on Article 8(j) (traditional knowledge) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and Seventeenth meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA)
  7-11 and 14-18 October 2013, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) headquarters, Montreal, Canada

• Eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 11) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
  8-19 October 2012, Hyderabad, India

• Coverage of Selected Side Events at the Eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 11) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
  8-19 October 2012, Hyderabad, India

• Sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP/MOP 6)
  1-5 October 2012, Hyderabad, India

• Second Meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (ICNP-2)
  2-6 July 2012, New Delhi, India

• Fourth Meeting of the Working Group on the Review of Implementation (WGRI 4) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
  7-11 May 2012, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Montreal, Canada

• Sixteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 16) under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
  30 April - 5 May 2012, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) headquarters, Montreal, Canada

• Fifteenth Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
  7-11 November 2011, Montr?al, Canada

• Seventh Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions (Article 8(j) WG 7) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
  31 October - 4 November 2011, Montr?al, Canada

• First Meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (ICNP-1)
  5-10 June 2011, Montr?al, Canada

• Tenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 10) to the CBD - Main
  18-29 October 2010, Nagoya, Japan

• Tenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 10) to the CBD - Side Events
  18-29 October 2010, Nagoya, Japan

• Interregional Negotiating Group (ING) of the Ad-hoc Open Ended Working Group of Access and Benefit-Sharing
  18-21 September 2010, Montr?al, Canada

• Resumed Ninth Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit‑sharing of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD Resumed ABS 9)
  10-16 July 2010, Montr?al, Canada

• Third Meeting of the CBD Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention (WGRI)
  24-28 May 2010, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya

• Fourteenth Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) to the CBD
  10-21 May 2010, UNEP Headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya

• CBD ABS 9
  22-28 March 2010, Santiago de Cali, Colombia

• CBD ABS 8
  9-15 November 2009, Montr?al, Canada

• Sixth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions (Article 8(j) WG 6) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
  2-6 November 2009, Montr?al, Canada

• CBD ABS 7
  2-8 April 2009, Paris, France

• Ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the CBD (CBD COP 9)
  19-30 May 2008, Bonn, Germany

• CBD SBSTTA 13
  18-22 February 2008, UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Headquarters, Rome, Italy

• Second meeting of the Ad hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas (WGPA 2)
  11-15 February 2008, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy

• CBD ABS 6
  21-25 January 2008, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland

• Fourth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Liability and Redress in the context of the Cartagena Protocol
  22-26 October 2007, Montreal, Canada

• Fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions
  15-19 October 2007, Montreal, Canada

• ABS 5
  8-12 October 2007, Montreal, Canada

• CBD WGRI 2
  9-13 July 2007, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) headquarters, Paris, France

• CBD SBSTTA 12
  2-6 July 2007, UNESCO headquarters, Paris, France

• CBD COP 8
  20-31 March 2006, Curitiba, Brazil

• Expert Workshop on Protected Areas
  17-18 March 2006, Curitiba, Brazil

• CBD ABS-WG4
  30 January - 3 February 2006, Granada, Spain

• Fourth Meeting of the Ad hoc Open-ended Inter-sessional Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity
  23-27 January 2006, Granada, Spain

• CBD SBSTTA 11
  28 November - 2 December 2005, Montreal, Canada

• First Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on Review of the Implementation of the Convention Biological Diversity
  5-9 September 2005, Montreal, Canada

• WGPA 1
  13-17 June 2005, Montecatini, Italy

• CBD ABS-WG3
  14-18 February 2005, Bangkok, Thailand

• CBD SBSTTA 10
  7-11 February 2005, Bangkok, Thailand

• CBD COP 7
  9-20 February 2004, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Third Meeting of the Ad hoc Open-ended Intersessional Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the CBD
  8-12 December 2003, Montreal, Canada

• Second Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-Sharing
  1-5 December 2003, Montreal, Canada

• CBD SBSTTA 9
  10-14 November 2003, Montreal, Canada

• Open-ended Inter-sessional Meeting on the Multi-Year Programme of Work up to 2010 of the Conference of the Parties of the CBD
  17-20 March 2003, Montreal, Canada

• CBD SBSTTA 8
  10-14 March 2003, Montreal, Canada

• Third Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (ICCP-3)
  22-26 April 2002, The Hague, the Netherlands

• CBD COP 6
  7-19 April 2002, The Hague, the Netherlands

• Second Meeting of the Ad hoc Open-ended Intersessional Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the CBD
  4-8 February 2002, Montreal, Canada

• CBD SBSTTA 7
  12-16 November 2001, Montreal, Canada

• First Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-Sharing
  22-26 October 2001, Bonn, Germany

• Second Meeting of the Panel of Experts on Access and Benefit Sharing of the CBD
  19-22 March 2001, Montreal, Canada 

• CBD SBSTTA 6
  12-16 March 2001, Montreal, Canada

• CBD COP 5
  15-26 May 2000, Nairobi, Kenya

• First Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Intersessional Working Group on Article 8(J) and Related Provisions of the CBD
  27-31 March 2000, Seville, Spain

• CBD SBSTTA 5
  31 January - 4 February 2000, Montreal, Canada

• Expert's Panel on Access and Benefit Sharing
  4-8 October 1999, San Jose, Costa Rica

• CBD SBSTTA 4
  21-25 June 1999, Montreal, Canada

• First Intersessional Meeting on the Operations of the CBD
  28-30 June 1999, Montr?al, Canada

• CBD COP 4
  4-15 May 1998, Bratislava, Slovakia

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BIOSAFETY MEETINGS

• Seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP/MOP 7)
  29 September - 3 October 2014, Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea

• Sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP/MOP 6)
  1-5 October 2012, Hyderabad, India

• Fifth Meeting of the CBD Conference of the Parties Serving as the Meeting of the Parties of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP/MOP 5)
  11-15 October 2010, Nagoya, Japan

• Second Meeting of the Group of the Friends of the Co-Chairs on Liability and Redress in the Context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
  8-12 February 2010, Putrajaya, Malaysia

• First Meeting of the Friends of the Co-Chairs on Liability and Redress under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
  23-27 February 2009, Mexico City, Mexico

• COP/MOP 4
  12-16 May 2008, Bonn, Germany

• Fifth Meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Working Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Liability and Redress in the context of the Protocol on Biosafety
  12-19 March 2008, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia

• Fourth meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Working Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Liability and Redress in the context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
  22-26 October 2007, Montr?al, Canada

• Third meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Working Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Liability and Redress in the context of the Cartagena Protocol
  19-23 February 2007, Montreal, Canada

• COP-MOP 3
  13-17 March 2006, Curitiba, Brazil

• Second Meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Working Group on Liability and Redress under the Biosafety Protocol
  20-24 February 2006, Montreal, Canada

• COP-MOP 2
  30 May - 3 June 2005, Montreal, Canada

• 1st Meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Working Group on Liability and Redress under the Biosafety Protocol
  25-27 May 2005, Montreal, Canada

• COP-MOP 1
  23-27 February 2004, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Third Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (ICCP-3)
  22-26 April 2002, The Hague, The Netherlands

• Second Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Cartagena Protocol for Biosafety (ICCP-2)
  1-5 October 2001, Nairobi, Kenya

• First Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Cartagena Protocol (ICCP-1)
  11-15 December 2000, Montpellier, France

• Resumed Session on the First Extraordinary Meeting of the Convention of Parties (COP) to Finalize and Adopt a Protocol on Biosafety
  24-28 January 2000, Montreal, Canada

• Informal Consultations on Biosafety
  15-19 September 1999, Vienna, Austria

• The Ad Hoc Working Group on Biosafety (BSWG-6)
  15-19 February 1999, Cartagena, Colombia

• The Ad Hoc Working Group on Biosafety (BSWG-5)
  17-28 August 1998, Montreal, Canada

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COMMISSION ON GENETIC RESOURCES (CGRFA) AND ITPGRFA

• Resumed 9th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group to Enhance the Functioning of the Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-sharing (OWG-EFMLS-9) of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
  23-26 October 2019, Headquarters of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Rome, Italy

• OWG-EFMLS-9
  17-21 June 2019, FAO headquarters, Rome, Italy

• 17th Session of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
  18-22 February 2019, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy

• 8th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group to Enhance the Functioning of the Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-sharing (OWG-EFMLS-8) of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA)
  10-12 October 2018, UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) headquarters, Rome, Italy

• 7th Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture - The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Role of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
  30 October - 3 November 2017, Kigali, Rwanda

• 6th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group to Enhance the Functioning of the Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-sharing of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (OWG-EFMLS-6)
  14-17 March 2017, Headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy

• Special Event: The Contribution of Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture to Resilience and 16th Session of the FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA 16)
  28 January and 30 January - 3 February 2017, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy

• 6th Session of the Governing Body (GB6) of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resource for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA)
  3-9 October 2015, FAO headquarters, Rome, Italy

• Special Event on Food Security and Genetic Diversity and Fifteenth session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA 15) of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
  16 and 19-23 January 2015, FAO headquarters, Rome, Italy

• Fifth session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGR)
  24-28 September 2013, Muscat, Oman

• Special information seminar on ?Biodiversity for food and agriculture: taking stock for the future? and Fourteenth Session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA 14) of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
  13 and 15-19 April 2013, FAO headquarters, Rome, Italy

• Special Information Seminar on Climate Change and Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: State of Knowledge, Risks and Opportunities and Thirteenth Session of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA 13)
  16 July 2011 and 18-22 July 2011, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy

• Fourth Session of the Governing Body (GB) of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGR)
  14-18 March 2011, Bali, Indonesia

• Special Information Seminar - ?Policies and Arrangements for Access and Benefit-sharing for Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture? and Twelfth Regular Session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
  17 and 19-23 October 2009, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy

• ITPGR GB 3
  1-5 June 2009, Tunis, Tunisia

• ITPGR GB 2
  29 October - 2 November 2007, Rome, Italy

• First International Technical Conference on Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
  3-8 September 2007, Interlaken, Switzerland

• Eleventh regular session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA-11)
  11-15 June 2007, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) headquarters, Rome, Italy

• ITPGR GB 1
  12-16 June 2006, Madrid, Spain

• ITPGR-2: Second Meeting of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture acting as the Interim Committee for the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
  15-19 November 2004, Rome, Italy

• Tenth Regular Session of the CGRFA
  8-12 November 2004, Rome, Italy

• Ninth Regular Session of the CGRFA
  14-18 October 2002, Rome, Italy

• First Meeting of the CGRFA acting as Interim Committee for the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
  9-11 October 2002, Rome, Italy

• Open-ended Working Group on the International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources (IU)
  30 October - 1 November 2001, Rome, Italy

• Sixth Extraordinary Session of the CGRFA
  25-30 June 2001, Rome, Italy

• Sixth Session of the Contact Group for the Revision of the International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources (IU)
  23-28 April 2001, Spoletto, Italy

• Fifth Intersessional Meeting of the Contact Group of the CGRFA
  5-10 February 2001, Rome, Italy

• Fourth Intersessional Meeting of the Contact Group of the CGRFA
  12-17 November 2000, Neuch?tel, Switzerland

• Third Intersessional Meeting of the Contact Group of the CGRFA
  26-31 August 2000, Tehran, Iran

• Fifth Extraordinary Session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
  8-12 June 1998, Rome, Italy

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CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA (CITES)

• 18th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES CoP18)
  17-28 August 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

• 70th Meeting of the CITES Standing Committee
  1-5 October 2018, Sochi, Russian Federation

• 69th Meeting of the CITES Standing Committee
  27 November - 1 December 2017, Geneva, Switzerland

• 29th Meeting of the Animals Committee, Joint Meeting of the Animals and Plants Committees, and 23rd Meeting of the Plants Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
  18-27 July 2017, Geneva, Switzerland

• 17th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP17) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
  24 September - 5 October 2016, Johannesburg, South Africa

• 66th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
  11-15 January 2016, Geneva, Switzerland

• 22nd Meeting of the Plants Committee (PC) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
  19-23 October 2015, Tbilisi, Georgia

• 28th Meeting of the Animals Committee (AC28) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
  30 August - 3 September 2015, Tel Aviv, Israel

• Sixty-fifth meeting of the Standing Committee (SC65) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
  7-11 July 2014, Geneva, Switzerland

• Sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES CoP16)
  3-14 March 2013, Bangkok, Thailand

• Sixty-second meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) Standing Committee
  23-27 July 2012, Geneva, Switzerland

• Twenty-sixth Meeting of the Animals Committee (AC26), Joint Meeting of the Animals and Plants Committees and Twentieth Meeting of the Plants Committee (PC20) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
  15-20 March 2012, 22-24 March 2012 and 26-30 March 2012, Geneva, Switzerland and Dublin, Ireland

• Sixty-first Meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) Standing Committee
  15-19 August 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

• Twenty-fifth Meeting of the Animals Committee (AC 25) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
  18-22 July 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

• Nineteenth Meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Plants Committee (PC)
  18-21 April 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

• Fifteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP15) of CITES
  13-25 March 2010, Doha, Qatar

• Fifty-eighth meeting of the CITES Standing Committee
  6-10 July 2009, Geneva, Switzerland

• CITES AC24
  20-24 April 2009, Geneva, Switzerland

• CITES PC18
  17-21 March 2009, Buenos Aires, Argentina

• Fifty-seventh meeting of the CITES Standing Committee
  14-18 July 2008, Geneva, Switzerland

• CITES PC17 and AC23
  15-24 April 2008, Geneva, Switzerland

• CITES CoP14
  3-15 June 2007, The Hague, Netherlands

• Fifty-fourth meeting of the CITES Standing Committee
  2-6 October 2006, Geneva, Switzerland

• CITES PC16 and AC22
  3-13 July 2006, Lima, Peru

• CITES PC15 and AC21
  17-25 May 2005, Geneva, Switzerland

• CITES CoP13
  2-14 October 2004, Bangkok, Thailand

• CITES AC20
  29 March - 2 April 2004; Johannesburg, South Africa

• CITES PC14
  16-20 February 2004; Windhoek, Namibia

• CITES AC19
  18-21 August 2003, Geneva, Switzerland

• CITES PC13
  12-15 August 2003, Geneva, Switzerland

• CITES CoP12
  3-15 November 2002, Santiago, Chile

• CITES PC12
  13-16 May 2002, Leiden, the Netherlands

• CITES AC18
  8-12 April 2002, San Jos?, Costa Rica

• CITES PC10 and AC16
  7-15 December 2000, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America

• Eleventh Conference of the Parties (COP-11) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
  10-20 April 2000, Nairobi, Kenya

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CONVENTION ON MIGRATORY SPECIES (CMS)

• 13th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS COP13)
  15-22 February 2020, Gandhinagar, India

• 3rd Meeting of the Signatories to the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Sharks (Sharks MOS3)
  10-14 December 2018, Monaco

• 12th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS COP12) - Their Future is Our Future – Sustainable Development for Wildlife & People
  23-28 October 2017, Manila, Philippines

• 2nd Meeting of the Signatories to the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Sharks (Sharks MOS2)
  15-19 February 2016, San José, Costa Rica

• 6th Session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA MOP6)
  9-14 November 2015, Bonn, Germany

• 2nd Meeting of Signatories to the Raptors MOU (MOS2)
  5-8 October 2015, Trondheim, Norway

• 11th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP11) of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS)
  3-9 November 2014, Quito, Ecuador

• First Meeting of Signatories (MoS1) to the UN Environment Programme/Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (UNEP/CMS) Raptors Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
  9-11 December 2012, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE)

• First Meeting of Signatories to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the Conservation of Migratory Sharks
  24-27 September 2012, Bonn, Germany

• Fifth Session of the Meeting of the Parties (MOP 5) to the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA)
  14-18 May 2012, La Rochelle, France

• Tenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 10) of the CMS
  19-25 November 2011, Bergen, Norway

• Coverage of Selected Side Events at CMS COP 10
  21-25 November 2011, Bergen, Norway

• Third Meeting on International Cooperation on Migratory Sharks Under the CMS (SHARKS III)
  10-12 February 2010, Manila, Philippines

• SHARKS II
  6-8 December 2008, FAO headquarters, Rome, Italy

• Ninth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 9) to the CMS
  1-5 December 2008, FAO headquarters, Rome, Italy

• Fourth Meeting of the Parties (MOP-4) to the African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement (AEWA)
  15-19 September 2008, Antananarivo, Madagascar

• Meeting to Identify and Elaborate an Option for International Cooperation on Migratory Sharks Under the CMS
  11-13 December 2007, Mah?, Seychelles

• CMS COP 8
  20-25 November 2005, Nairobi, Kenya

• CMS COP 7 and Second Meeting of the Parties (MOP-2) to the African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement (AEWA)
  18-24 September 2002, Bonn, Germany

• CMS COP 6 and Related Meetings
  4-16 November 1999, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Stakeholder Day and 7th Session of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES-7)
  28 and 29 April - 4 May 2019, Paris, France

• Stakeholder Day and 6th Session of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES-6)
  17 and 18-24 March 2018, Medellín, Colombia

• Stakeholder Day and 5th Session of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES-5)
  6-10 March 2017, Bonn, Germany

• Stakeholder Days and 4th Session of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES-4)
  20-28 February 2016, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• 3rd Session of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES-3)
  12-17 January 2015, Bonn, Germany

• 2nd Session of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES-2)
  9-14 December 2013, Antalya, Turkey

• 1St Session of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES-1)
  21-26 January 2013, Bonn, Germany

• Second Session of the Plenary Meeting on the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
  16-21 April 2012, Panama City, Panama

• First Session of the Plenary Meeting on IPBES First Session of the Plenary Meeting of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
  3-7 October 2011, Nairobi, Kenya

• Final International Steering Committee of the Consultative Process Towards an IMoSEB
  15-17 November 2007, Montpellier, France

• South American Regional Consultation of the Consultative Process Towards an IMoSEB
  2-3 October 2007, Bariloche, Argentina

• Asian Regional Consultation of the Consultative Process Towards an IMoSEB
  24-25 September 2007, Beijing, China

• European Regional Consultation of the Consultative Process Towards an IMoSEB
  26-28 April 2007, Geneva, Switzerland

• African Regional Consultation of the Consultative Process Towards an IMoSEB
  1-3 March 2007, Yaound?, Cameroon

• North American Regional Consultation of the Consultative Process Towards an IMoSEB
  30-31 January 2007, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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• Eighth Consultation on the UNDP-Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Initiative. Biodiversity and Ecosystems Stakeholder Consultations Report.
  23-24 August 2010, Brasilia, Brazil

• Seventh Consultation on the UNDP-Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Initiative. Biodiversity and Ecosystems Stakeholder Consultations Report.
  26-27 April 2010, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

• Sixth Consultation on the UNDP-Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Initiative. Biodiversity and Ecosystems Stakeholder Consultations Report.
  3-4 December 2009, Guatemala City, Guatemala

• Fifth Consultation on the UNDP-Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Initiative. Biodiversity and Ecosystems Stakeholder Consultations Report.
  30 November ? 1 December 2009, Bogot?, Colombia

• Fourth Consultation on the UNDP-Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Initiative. Biodiversity and Ecosystems Stakeholder Consultations Report.
  24-25 November 2009, Quito, Ecuador

• Third Consultation on the UNDP-Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Initiative. Biodiversity and Ecosystems Stakeholder Consultations Report.
  4-5 November 2009, Caracas, Venezuela

• Second Consultation on the UNDP-Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Initiative. Biodiversity and Ecosystems Stakeholder Consultations Report.
  24-25 September 2009, Lima, Peru

• First Consultation on the UNDP-Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Initiative. Biodiversity and Ecosystems Stakeholder Consultations Report.
  13-14 August 2009, Mexico City, Mexico

• Innovating Climate Change Adaptation through Agroecology
  27-29 May 2020, Online

• 11th Meeting of the Monaco Blue Initiative
  22-23 March 2020, Principality of Monaco

• 3rd ASEAN Conference on Biodiversity (ACB 2020)
  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity (GSOBI20)
  1-3 June 2020, Headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy

• 9th Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity
  2-5 July 2019, Trondheim, Norway

• 10th Meeting of the Monaco Blue Initiative
  25 March 2019, Principality of Monaco

• Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) for Agriculture & Food International Symposium
  25-27 February 2019, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya

• Arctic Biodiversity Congress 2018
  9-12 October 2018, Rovaniemi, Finland

• 26th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP-26) to the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI)
  20-21 June 2018, Antigua, Guatemala

• 1st Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Expert Group on Marine Litter and Microplastics
  29-31 May 2018, UN Environment headquerters, Nairobi, Kenya

• 2016 International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress - Planet at the Crossroads
  1-10 September 2016, Honolulu, US

• 8th Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity
  31 May - 3 June 2016, Trondheim, Norway

• Marine Plastic Waste and the Circular Economy: Building Long-term Solutions to Immediate Challenges
  18 March 2015, Washington, DC, US

• Tenth World Wilderness Congress (WILD10)
  4-10 October 2013, Salamanca, Spain

• Sixth meeting of the UN General Assembly’s Ad Hoc Open-ended Informal Working Group to study issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction
  19-23 August 2013, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• Seventh Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity - ?Ecology and Economy for a Sustainable Society?
  27-31 May 2013, Trondheim, Norway

• Second High-Level Round Table on the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA)
  21 June 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• Fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Informal Working Group to study issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction
  7-11 May 2012, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• Second Meeting of the Parties (MOP2) of the Agreement on the Conservation of Gorillas and their Habitats (the Gorilla Agreement) under the auspices of the CMS
  26-27 November 2011, Bergen, Norway

• Fourth Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Informal Working Group to Study Issues Relating to the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity Beyond Areas of National Jurisdiction
  31 May - 3 June 2011, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• Central American Regional Workshop on Biodiversity and Finance in Support of the Nagoya Outcomes
  4 May 2011, Panama City, Panama

• Third Ad Hoc Intergovernmental and Multi-stakeholder Meeting on an Intergovernmental Science-Policy Interface on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES III)
  7-11 June 2010, Busan, Republic of Korea

• Sixth Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity
  1-5 February 2010, Trondheim, Norway

• Third Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Informal Working Group to Study Issues Relating to the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity Beyond Areas of National Jurisdiction
  1-5 February 2010, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• Second Ad Hoc Intergovernmental and Multi-stakeholder meeting on an Intergovernmental Science-Policy Interface on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES II)
  5-9 October 2009, Nairobi, Kenya

• Second Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Informal Working Group to Study Issues Relating to the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity Beyond Areas of National Jurisdiction
  28 April - 2 May 2008, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• Second Pew Whale Symposium - ?A change in climate for whales?
  30-31 January 2008, UN University headquarters, Tokyo

• Fifth Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity (TCB 5): Ecosystems and people - Development and biodiversity - The road to 2010 and beyond
  29 October - 2 November 2007, Trondheim, Norway

• Briefing Note on the Negotiation of the Paris Agreement on the Conservation of Gorillas and their Habitats (the Gorilla Agreement) Under the Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals
  22-24 October 2007, Paris, France

• Anglophone Africa Subregional Workshop on the Review of and Capacity-Building for the Implementation of the Programme of Work on Protected Areas under the Convention on Biological Diversity
  13-16 August 2007, Cape Town, South Africa

• World Environment Day Celebrations
  5 June 2007, Berlin, Germany

• Symposium on the State of the Conservation of Whales in the 21st Century
  12-13 April 2007, UN headquarters, New York

• Coalition Against Wildlife Trafficking Meeting
  10 February 2007, Nairobi, Kenya

• Tenth Poverty Environment Partnership Meeting
  30 January - 1 February 2007, Nairobi, Kenya

• Biodiversity in European Development Cooperation - Supporting the sustainable development of partner countries
  19-21 September 2006, Paris, France

• First Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Informal Working Group to Study Issues Relating to the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity Beyond Areas of National Jurisdiction
  13-17 February 2006, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• International Scientific Conference ?Biodiversity: Science and Governance?
  24-28 January 2005, Paris, France

• 3rd IUCN World Conservation Congress
  17-25 November 2004, Bangkok, Thailand

• Vth IUCN World Parks Congress
  8-17 September 2003, Durban, South Africa

• Norway/UN Conference on Technology Transfer and Capacity Building
  23-27 June 2003, Trondheim, Norway

• The Mexico Action Summit
  2-3 June 2003, Mexico City, Mexico

• "2010 - The Global Biodiversity Challenge" with UNEP-WCMC and UNDP
  21-23 May 2003, London, England

• Biodiversity After Johannesburg: The Critical Role of Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services in Achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals
  2-4 March 2003, London, England

• 17th Session of the Global Biodiversity Forum
  15-17 November 2002, Valencia, Spain

• Conference of the Commission on Intellectual Property Rights
  21-22 February 2002, The Royal Society, London, UK

• First Session of the Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
  2-4 July 2001, Rome

• IUCN Second World Conservation Congress
  4-11 October 2000, Amman, Jordan

• Workshop at the Eighth Global Biodiversity Forum on Policy Reform to Implement the CBD
  29-31 August 1997, Montreal, Canada

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