Bulletin Board

Dear participants of the bulletin board on public awareness, education and participation regarding LMOs,

Please note that there are a few recently published notifications relating to Article 23 under the Cartagena Protocol and outreach activities that is relevant to your planned activities in 2019 and 2020.

Resources to celebrate the International Day for Biological Diversity 2019 - Our Biodiversity, Our Food, Our Health
https://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2019/ntf-2019-046-idb-en.pdf?dowload
https://www.cbd.int/idb/2019/

Open-ended online discussions on the post-2020 Implementation Plan for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
http://bch.cbd.int/protocol/e-doc/?notification=2873

Global Environment Facility (GEF) support for the preparation of the fourth national reports under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
https://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2019/ntf-2019-042-bs-en.pdf?dowload

In this regard, we encourage you to celebrate the IDB day and inform the SCBD of your celebration. We also nominate participants to the open-ended online discussions on the post-2020 Implementation Plan for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, which may include a part on public awareness, education and participation regarding LMOs. Finally, we encourage eligible Parties to submit a letter of commitment, expressing their support for the project relating to the 4th national report, signed by their GEF operational focal point to UNEP, through Mr. Alex Owusu-Biney (alex.owusu-biney@un.org).

Best regards,
Ulrika Nilsson
ulrika.nilsson@cbd.int

Dear participants,

Wednesday, 22 May, marks the International Day for Biodiversity. We encourage you to celebrate this important day and share your celebrations.

Please find more information at https://www.cbd.int/idb/2019/resources/

You will find the video on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety that you can make use of on the webpage.

Other resources are available at https://www.cbd.int/idb/2019/

We also recommend to register your celebrations at https://www.cbd.int/idb/2019/celebrations

Have a great celebration!
Best regards,
Ulrika