Welcome to the Grenada Biodiversity CHM Portal
The Clearing-House Mechanism
(CHM) of the Convention on Biological Diversity has been established further to
Article 18.3 of the Convention
Further to decision X/15, its
mission is to contribute significantly to the implementation of the Convention
on Biological Diversity and its Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020,
through effective information services and other appropriate means in order to
promote and facilitate scientific and technical cooperation, knowledge sharing
and information exchange, and to establish a fully operational network of
Parties and partners.
Grenada has been a party to the
Convention Since: 11 August 1994 (by Ratification) Signature Date: 3 December 1992 and a party
to Cartagena Protocol Since: 5 May 2004 (by Ratification) Signature Date: 24 May 2000.
Meetings and events
CDB Latest News
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Opening Remarks of the Executive Secretary Mr. Dias on the Occasion of the Third Meeting of the High-Level Panel of the Second Phase of the High-Level Panel on the Global Assessment of Resources for Implementing the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020
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Introductory Remarks by Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, to the Dialogue Seminar on Scaling Up Biodiversity Finance, Quito, Ecuador, 9 April 2014
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In preparation of a major international biodiversity conference in October 2014, Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) are currently submitting their fifth national reports that will enable a global assessment of progress made towards the 20 Aichi Biodiversity Targets agreed by the global community in 2010 as part of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020.
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Articles are presently being sought from members of civil society (including NGOs, social movements, indigenous organizations and representatives, local communities) for the ninth issue of the CBD newsletter for civil society, [square brackets], being prepared to coincide with the Eighteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 18), being held 23-28 June 2014 in Montreal, Canada.
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While 87% of consumers surveyed worldwide want companies to adopt sourcing policies that respect biodiversity, only 27% of the top 100 beauty and personal care companies actually mention biodiversity on their websites or in their corporate sociability reports, according to the newly launched 2014 Union for Ethical BioTrade (UEBT) Biodiversity Barometer.
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