International news

Press Release: Bahrain to become the 163rd Party to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Press Release: Theme of Future Policy Award 2012: Oceans and Coasts. World Future Council partners with CBD, GEF and FAO to present awards in Hyderabad, India

Press Release: Nagoya Protocol on genetic resources achieves 92 signatories

Message by Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary on the occasion of World Wetlands Day "Wetlands and Tourism", 2 February 2012

Press Release: Jordan becomes first country in the Arab region to ratify the Nagoya Protocol on genetic resources

Communiqué: The Federated States of Micronesia becomes seventy-fifth signatory of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

Communiqué: Global alliance of cities and governments to save biodiversity of the Mediterranean region

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, a national of Brazil, as Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Assistant Secretary-General level.

Press Release: Latest initiative under joint ITTO/CBD programme-a new project to support sustainable forest management (SFM) and biodiversity conservation in Africa

Communiqué: Australia becomes 76th signatory of the Nagoya Protocol