Biodiversity Events

February

First Global Indigenous People Forum
February 11 - 12
Rome, Italy
http://www.ifad.org/english/indigenous/forum/count.htm

Meeting of the Friends of the CBD
February 11 - 12
Bogis-Bossey, Switzerland
invitation only
http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2013/ntf-2013-006-friends-en.pdf
http://biodiversity-l.iisd.org/events/meeting-of-friends-of-the-cbd/

Fourteenth Global Major Groups and Stakeholders Forum (GMGSF-14)
February 16 - 17
Nairobi, Kenya
Registration closed
http://www.unep.org/civil-society/GlobalFora/GMGSF-14/tabid/105390/Default.aspx

27th Session of UNEP Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum
February 18 - 22
Nairobi, Kenya
Registration closed
http://www.unep.org/gc/gc27/

CBD Sub-regional Workshop on Valuation and Incentive Measures for Sub-Saharan West Africa
February 19 - 22
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso  
http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2012/ntf-2012-150-incentive-en.pdf

CBD North Pacific Workshop to Facilitate the Description of EBSAs
February 25 - March 1
Moscow, Russia
http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2012/ntf-2012-137-ebsa-en.pdf


March

CITES COP16
March 3 - 14
Bangkok, Thailand
http://www.cites.org/eng/cop/16/prop/index.php

CBD Southeast Asia Workshop on Reflecting the GSPC in NBSAPs
March 4 - 8
Singapore
http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2012/ntf-2012-145-gspc-en.pdf

Thirteenth Dialogue on Forests, Governance and Climate Change
March 5 - 7
Yaounde, Cameroon
http://www.rightsandresources.org/events.php?id=814

Third Mediterranean Forest Week
March 17 - 21
Tlemcen, Algeria
http://www.iii-med.forestweek.org/

International Day of Forests 2013
March 21
http://www.un.org/esa/forests/

World Water Day 2013
March 22
http://www.unwater.org/watercooperation2013.html


April

CBD Workshop on the Inter-Linkages between Human Health and Biodiversity in Africa
April 2 - 5
Maputo, Mozambique
http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2012/ntf-2012-155-health-en.pdf

CBD South-Eastern Atlantic Workshop to Facilitate Description of EBSAs
April 8 - 12
Namibia
http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2012/ntf-2012-141-ebsa-parties-en.pdf

10th session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF 10)
April 8 - 19
Istanbul, Turkey
http://www.un.org/esa/forests/session.html

2nd Annual World Congress of Biodiversity 2013
April 25 - 27
Najing, China
http://www.bitlifesciences.com/BIOD2013/
http://www.eco-business.com/events/2rd-annual-world-congress-of-biodiversity-2013/

World Ocean Council “Sustainable Ocean Summit”
April 22 - 24
Washington DC, USA
http://www.oceancouncil.org/site/summit_2013/