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9th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties CBD (SE CBD, Bonn)

19.05.2008 - 30.05.2008
The Conference of the Parties is the governing body of the Convention, and advances implementation of the Convention through the decisions it takes at its periodic meetings. To date the Conference of the Parties has held 8 ordinary meetings, and one extraordinary meeting (the latter, to adopt the Biosafety Protocol, was held in two parts). From 1994 to 1996, the Conference of the Parties held its ordinary meetings annually. Since then these meetings have been held somewhat less frequently and, following a change in the rules of procedure in 2000, will now be held every two years. To date the Conference of the Parties has taken a total of 216 procedural and substantive decisions.

COP 9 will include a high-level ministerial segment organized by the host country in consultation with the Secretariat and the Bureau. The high‑level segment will take place from 28 to 30 May 2008 at the World Conference Center Bonn.

COP 9 will also coincide with the International Biodiversity Day, on 22 May 2008. The Conference of the Parties will be invited to hold a special plenary session to celebrate this event.

For more information see COP9's website http://www.cbd.int/cop9

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Upcoming Events

19.01.2009 - 20.01.2009 Chatham House - Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation 13 (London)
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01.03.2009 - 03.03.2009 CBFF - 4th meeting of the Governing Council (face-to-face)
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16.03.2009 - 20.03.2009 19th Session FAO Committee on Forestry and World Forestry Week (Rome)
02.04.2009 - 08.04.2009 CBD Seventh meeting of the Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (ABS WG-7), Paris
20.04.2009 - 01.05.2009 Eighth Session of the UN Forum on Forests (New York)

This calendar is based on information provided by COMIFAC and the Franco-German support office is considered a complementary event schedule to the official calendar posted on COMIFAC's website. (http://www.comifac.org/events). It offers a broad overview of international and regional events that are directly linked to CBFP's objectives: major conferences and meetings, workshops and training sessions and other activities scheduled by CBFP Facilitation and its member organisations. 

Our choice is by no means exhaustive and depends largely on our partners' notice. Every partner organisation is thus welcome to contribute to a rich variety of posted events and to share its schedule with CBFP's Facilitation and the other members! We may also, upon request, forward your input to the COMIFAC webmaster.