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Press Release: Megadiverse Mexico ratifies the Nagoya Protocol on genetic resources

Rio de Janeiro 22 June 2012. The nations of the world have recognized the crucial role of biodiversity in ensuring sustainable development in the outcome document of the Rio + 20 conference and called for greater efforts to implement the Convention on Biological Diversity.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 22 June 2012 - Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), launched the report, Our Planet, Our Health, Our Future. Human Health and the Rio Conventions: Biological Diversity, Climate Change and Desertification, on 21 June at the Rio+20 conference.

Message de Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, Secrétaire exécutif de la CDB, à l'occasion du lancement du Camp de base de 1000 Jours pour la planète, Espace pour la vie, 20 Juin 2012

Press Release: 20 years after their birth, three sister Rio Conventions reaffirm their collective responsibility for sustainable development

Press Release: Opening of the Base Camp of 1000 Days for the Planet, an expedition led by Jean Lemire, Honorary Ambassador to the The Green Wave for biodiversity

Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Biotrade Congress, 18 June 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the World Summit of Legislators, 16 June 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of Special Event Celebrating the Twentieth Anniversary of the 1992 Earth Summit, 15 June 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 13 June 2012 - At the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), the secretariats of the biodiversity, climate change and desertification conventions and the Global Environment Facility are joining forces under the Rio Conventions Pavilion to promote implementation of these three multilateral environmental agreements on sustainable development.