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Press Release: Nominations open for the 2012 Midori Prize for Biodiversity

Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Wider Caribbean and Western Mid-Atlantic Regional Workshop to Facilitate the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas, Recife, Brazil, 28 February 2012

Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of Regional Workshop for Africa on Updating National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 27 February, 2012

Communiqué: International symposium to be held to share experiences and support effective implementation of the Nagoya Protocol on Genetic Resources

Press Release: Atlantic seamount becomes the first case added to international repository of ecologically or biologically significant marine areas

Press Release: Capacity-building workshop for North Africa and the Middle East on mainstreaming the economics of ecosystems and biodiversity (TEEB) into national planning and decision-making

Press Release: Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias assumes helm at Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity

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