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17 OCTOBER 2025
Panamá City hosts two intergovernmental meetings on biodiversity, 20th - 30th October 2025
Panamá City, 17th October 2025 From 20th to 24th October in Panamá City, the Government of Panamá will host the 27th meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technologic...
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22 SEPTEMBER 2025
High Seas Biodiversity Treaty - an opportunity for Blue One Health
Geneva, Switzerland, 22nd September 2025 Last week, a landmark treaty to protect the biodiversity of the high seas reached the milestone of 60 signatories required for it to enter into force. &nbsp...
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17 DECEMBER 2024
Major scientific report connects the dots between our pressing environmental challenges - biodiversity, food, water, health and climate
Windhoek, Namibia, 17th December 2024 The issues of climate change, biodiversity loss, food and nutrition insecurity, and the availability of fresh water are intimately interconnected, and dealing ...
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01 NOVEMBER 2024
UN’s nature conservation body adopts Global Action Plan on Biodiversity and Health
Cali, Colombia, 1st November 2024 The negotiating body of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) today adopted its first Global Action Plan for Biodiversity and Health, at its 16t...
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19 DECEMBER 2022
UN biodiversity summit adopts a new Global Biodiversity Framework
Montreal, Canada, 19th December 2022 Today at the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP15) in Montreal, the international comm...
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14 SEPTEMBER 2022
Launch of the EU-wide SELINA project on biodiversity, ecosystem services and natural capital
Hannover, Germany, 14th September 2022 A major European scientific research initiative to translate the science of ecosystem services into effective decision making was formally launched today in H...
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