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No. 2023-031

Dear Madam/Sir,

I am pleased to inform you that the United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Center (UNEP WCMC), in collaboration with the CBD Secretariat, the European Commission, and other partners, will host a consultative webinar on the Global Knowledge Support Service for Biodiversity (GKSSB), which was announced during the second part of the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 15) in Montreal this last December.

NOTIFICATION
No. 2023-030

Dear Madam/Sir,

As you may be aware, in its decision BS-I/3, the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety adopted the modalities of operation of the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH) and mandated the Secretariat to seek assistance from an informal advisory committee with a particular focus on providing guidance with respect to resolution of technical issues associated with the ongoing development of the BCH.

NOTIFICATION
No. 2023-029

Dear Madam/Sir,

Further to notification 2023-016 dated 24 February 2023, I am writing to inform you that, due to unforeseen circumstances, the Sustainable Ocean Initiative workshop on ocean-related capacity-building needs for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, originally planned to take place from 24 to 28 April 2023, is being rescheduled and will be held virtually from 5 to 9 June 2023. 

NOTIFICATION
No. 2023-028

Dear Madam/Sir,

Pursuant to paragraph 2 of COP decision 15/17 ( https://www.cbd.int/doc/decisions/cop-15/cop-15-dec-17-en.pdf ), the purpose of this notification is to invite Parties, other Governments, international organizations and relevant stakeholders to submit their views on the draft Long-Term Strategic Approach to Mainstreaming Biodiversity ( https://www.cbd.int/doc/recommendations/sbi-03/sbi-03-rec-15-en.pdf ) and the associated Action Plan ( https://www.cbd.int/doc/c/4213/836b/844931a2cb742e6803806443/sbi-03-13-add1-en.pdf ), and to identify ways forward to support implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework ( https://www.cbd.int/doc/decisions/cop-15/cop-15-dec-04-en.pdf ).

NOTIFICATION
No. 2023-027

Dear Madam/Sir,

The Conference of the Parties to the Convention, and the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol, and the  meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol, adopted, at Part II of their fifteenth, tenth and fourth meetings, respectively, decisions on the review of the effectiveness of processes under the Convention and its Protocols (decisions 15/18, CP-10/8 and NP-4/9, respectively).