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Participants will review the state of implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, including through alignment with national biodiversity strategies and action plans as well as resource mobilization.
Biodiversity is fundamental to human well-being, a healthy planet, and economic prosperity for all people, including for living well in balance and in harmony with Mother Earth. We depend on it for food, medicine, energy, clean air and water, security from natural disasters as well as recreation and cultural inspiration, and it supports all systems of life on earth.
This statement opens the 2022 Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). Despite this acknowledgement however, biodiversity loss continues unabated, threatening the basis of all life on earth. The GBF seeks to reverse this trend by addressing the direct and indirect causes of biodiversity loss and by achieving the three objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD): conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, and fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising from the use of genetic resources. It guides global biodiversity policy through four overarching goals for 2050 and a set of 2030 targets.
Implementation of the GBF is facilitated by decisions on resource mobilization, and on capacity building and technical and scientific cooperation to address finance and capacity gaps between the developed and the developing world. A monitoring framework, and a decision on mechanisms for planning, monitoring, reporting, and review, are expected to strengthen implementation and compliance. Establishment of a multilateral mechanism on benefit-sharing from the use of digital sequence information (DSI) on genetic resources aims to ensure that the CBD framework adapts to technological developments.
Convening under the theme “Peace with Nature,” the 2024 UN Biodiversity Conference is the first one since adoption of the GBF. It will include concurrent meetings of the governing bodies of the Convention and its Protocols, including the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention (COP 16), the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CP-MOP 11), and the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits arising from their Utilization (NP-MOP 5).
The UN Biodiversity Conference will be preceded by the fifth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI 5), which will review preparation of national targets and the alignment of national biodiversity strategies and action plans (NBSAPs) with the GBF, and will pilot an open-ended forum for voluntary country review.
At COP 16, participants will review the state of implementation of the GBF, including through alignment of NBSAPs and resource mobilization. Among other items, the meeting is also expected to:
- Finalize and operationalize the multilateral mechanism on benefit-sharing from DSI use;
- Establish a new programme of work on Article 8(j) and other provisions of the Convention related to Indigenous Peoples and local communities;
- Further develop the monitoring framework and the global review of the GBF;
- Further develop the long-term strategic framework for capacity-building and development and the mechanism to strengthen technical and scientific cooperation.
Delegates will also address policy, administrative, and financial items, including on: biodiversity mainstreaming; marine and coastal biodiversity; biodiversity and health; biodiversity and climate change; and synthetic biology.
CP-MOP 11 will consider a range of items related to implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, including on:
- the operations and activities of the Biosafety Clearing-House;
- risk assessment and risk management, including additional voluntary guidance materials to support the case-by-case risk assessment of living modified organisms containing engineered gene drives; and
- the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress.
NP-MOP 5 will further implementation of the Nagoya Protocol on access and benefit-sharing (ABS) by addressing, among other items: the ABS Clearing-House; cooperation with relevant processes; and specialized international ABS instruments.
The UN Biodiversity Conference will be held from 21 October - 1 November 2024, in Cali, Colombia. It will be preceded by SBI-5 from 16-18 October.
The Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) writers for this meeting are Elsa Tsioumani, Ph.D.; Katarina Hovden; Wanja Nyingi; María Ovalle; Asterios Tsioumanis, Ph.D.; and Emma Vovk. The Digital Editor is Mike Muzurakis. The Editor is Pam Chasek, Ph.D.
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1st Session of the Intergovernmental Committee on the Convention on Biological Diversity (ICCBD)
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2nd Session of the Intergovernmental Committee on the Convention on Biological Diversity (ICCBD)
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CBD COP 1
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CBD COP 2
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1st Meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Working Group on Biosafety (BSWG-1)
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2nd Meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA)
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CBD COP 3
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2nd Meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Working Group on Biosafety (BSWG-2)
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3rd Meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA)
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3rd Session of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Working Group on Biosafety (BSWG-3)
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Workshop on Traditional Knowledge and Biological Diversity
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4th Meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Working Group on Biosafety (BSWG-4)
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CBD COP 4
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5th Session of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Working Group on Biosafety (BSWG-5)
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6th Session of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Working Group on Biosafety (BSWG-6) and 1st Extraordinary Meeting of the CBD Conference of the Parties (ExCOP)
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4th Meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) and 1st Intersessional Meeting on the Operations of the Convention (ISOC)
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Experts’ Panel on Access and Benefit-Sharing
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Resumed Session of the Extraordinary Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (ExCOP) for the Adoption of the Protocol on Biosafety to the CBD
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5th Meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA)
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1st Meeting of the CBD Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j)
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CBD COP 5
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3rd Intersessional Contact Group Meeting on the Revision of the International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources, in Harmony with the CBD
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4th Intersessional Contact Group Meeting on the Revision of the International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources, in Harmony with the CBD
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1st Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (ICCP) to the CBD
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5th Intersessional Contact Group Meeting on the Revision of the International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources, in Harmony with the CBD
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6th Meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA)
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2nd Meeting of the CBD Experts’ Panel on Access and Benefit-Sharing (ABS 2)
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6th Intersessional Contact Group Meeting on the Revision of the International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources, in Harmony with the CBD
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2nd Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (ICCP) to the CBD
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1st Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing of the CBD (ABS 1)
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7th Meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA)
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Open-ended Intersessional Meeting on the CBD Strategic Plan, National Reports and Implementation (MSP)
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2nd Meeting of the CBD Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j)
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CBD COP 6
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3rd Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (ICCP) to the CBD
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8th Meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA)
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Open-ended Inter-Sessional Meeting on the Multi-Year Programme of Work for the CBD COP up to 2010 (MYPOW)
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9th Meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA)
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2nd Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing of the CBD (ABS 2)
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3rd Meeting of the CBD Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j)
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CBD COP 7 and 1st Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP/MOP 1)
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Workshop on "Forests and Forest Ecosystems: Promoting Synergy in the Implementation of the Three Rio Conventions"
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10th Meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA)
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3rd Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit sharing of the CBD (ABS 3)
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1st Meeting of the Ad Hoc Group on Liability and Redress and 2nd Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
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1st Meeting of the CBD Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas (PAs)
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1st Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on the Review of Implementation (WGRI 1) of the CBD
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11th Meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA)
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4th Meeting of the CBD Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j)
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4th Meetings of the CBD Working Groups on Article 8(j) and on Access and Benefit-sharing
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4th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit sharing of the CBD (ABS 4)
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2nd 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
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3rd Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP/MOP 3)
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CBD COP 8
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3rd 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
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CBD SBSTTA 12 and 2nd meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation (WGRI 2)
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5th Meetings of the CBD Working Groups on Access and Benefit-sharing and on Article 8(j)
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4th 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
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6th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit sharing of the CBD (ABS 6)
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2nd Meeting of the Ad hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas (WGPA 2) and 13th Meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA)
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5th 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
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4th Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP/MOP 4)
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CBD COP 9
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1st Meeting of the Friends of the Co-Chairs on Liability and Redress under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
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7th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit sharing of the CBD (ABS 7)
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6th Meeting of the CBD Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j)
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8th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit sharing of the CBD (ABS 8)
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2nd Meeting of the Friends of the Co-Chairs on Liability and Redress under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
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9th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit sharing of the CBD (ABS 9)
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14th Meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA)
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CBD SBSTTA 14 and WGRI 3
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3rd Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on the Review of Implementation (WGRI 3) of the CBD
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Resumed 9th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit sharing of the CBD (Resumed ABS 9)
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5th Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP/MOP 5)
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CBD COP 10
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1st Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol to the CBD (ICNP 1)
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7th Meeting of the CBD Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j)
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15th Meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA)
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16th Meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA)
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4th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on the Review of Implementation (WGRI 4) of the CBD
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2nd Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing to the CBD
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6th Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP/MOP 6)
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UN Biodiversity Conference 2012 (Hyderabad)
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CBD COP 11
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8th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and 17th Meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice
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3rd Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing to the CBD
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5th Meeting of the CBD Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on the Review of Implementation and 18th Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice
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7th Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP/MOP 7)
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UN Biodiversity Conference 2014 (Pyeongchang)
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CBD COP 12
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20th Meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice and 1st Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation
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UN Biodiversity Conference 2016 (Cancún)
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21st Meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice and 10th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions
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2018 UN Biodiversity Conference
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1st Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
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23rd Meeting of the CBD 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)
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2nd Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
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Convention on Biological Diversity: Special Virtual Sessions
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2nd Extraordinary Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD ExCOP 2)
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Informal Session for the 24th Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-24)
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Informal Session for the 3rd Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI-3)
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24th Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-24)
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3rd Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI-3)
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3rd Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
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UN Biodiversity Conference Part I
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Geneva Biodiversity Conference
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4th Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
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3rd Meeting of the Sustainable Ocean Initiative (SOI) Global Dialogue with Regional Seas Organizations and Regional Fishery Bodies
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United Nations Biodiversity Conference - OEWG 5/CBD COP 15/CP-MOP 10/NP-MOP 4
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25th Meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical, and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 25) and Resumed Second Part of the 15th Meeting of the CBD Conference of the Parties
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12th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intersessional Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions and 1st Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Benefit-sharing from the Use of Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources
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26th Meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 26) and 4th Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI 4)
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2nd Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Benefit-sharing from the Use of Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources
Upcoming event
2024 United Nations Biodiversity Conference - SBI 5 / CBD COP 16 / CP-MOP 11 / NP-MOP 5
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