1 July 2011 – 31 December 2012

Implementation of the EU biodiversity strategy

Invasive alien species Financing of biodiversity, including Natura

2000 Spatial planning for biodiversity Biodiversity and climate change Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol

on ABS

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Progress towards Implementation of the CBD Strategic Plan

Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol Implementation of the Resource

Mobilization Strategy IPBES Rio+20

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CBD meetings SBSTTA 15: (7-11 Nov. 2011 ) and 16

(30 Apr. – 4 May 2012), Montreal/Canada WG 8(j) 7: 31 Oct.– 4 Nov. 2011,

Montreal/Canada WGRI 4: 7-11 May 2012, Montreal/Canada ICNP 2: 9-13 Apr. 2012, Delhi/India CBD COP11 and ABS COP/MOP1:

8-19 Oct. 2012, Hyderabad/India

SCBD notifications

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Date Venue Meeting

9-12 Jul. 2011 Jersey/United Kingdom

International Whaling Commission 63

15-19 Aug. 2011tba18-22 Jul. 2011, 15-20 Mar. 201226-30 Mar. 2012

Geneve/Switzerland tbaGeneve/Switzerland

Dublin/Ireland

CITES: Standing Committee 61Standing Committee 62Animals Committee 25Animals Committee 26Plants Committee 20

18-22 Jul. 2011 Rome/Italy FAO CGRFA 13

20-25 Nov. 2011 Bergen/Norway CMS COP10

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Date Venue Meeting

29 Nov. - 2 Dec. 2011

tba

Strasbourg /France

tba

Bern Convention Standing Committee 31Bern Convention Standing Committee 32

7-18 May 2012 La Rochelle/France

AEWA MOP5

4-6 Jun. 2012 Rio de Janeiro/Brasil

Rio+20

19-26 Jun. 2012 Bucharest, Romania

Ramsar Convention COP11

3-7 Oct. 2012, Feb.-Apr. 2012

tba IPBES 1 and 2

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11-12 Jul. 2011, Sopot/Poland, informal 10 Oct. 2011, Luxemburg, formal 19 Dec. 2011, Brussels, formal 9 Mar. 2012, Brussels, formal 18-20 Apr. 2012, TBA, informal 14 Jun. 2012, Luxemburg, formal 7-8 Jul. 2012, TBA, informal 25 Oct. 2012, Luxemburg, formal 17 Dec. 2012, Brussels, formal

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December 2011 - targets and actions of the EU biodiversity strategy

March 2012 - Rio+20, possible biodiversity input

June 2012 - EU position for CBD COP11 and Nagoya Protocol COP/MOP1

December 2012 - Outcome of COP11 and Nagoya Protocol COP/MOP1

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