Media Archive of Press Releases, Statements and News
10 November, 2023 - Joint Statement of the Presidents
December, 2015 - IISD reports of each day for the Rio Pavilion at UNFCCC COP21 are available here.
10 December, 2015 - Summary of the Rio Conventions Pavilion at UNFCCC COP 21, Paris
21 March, 2012 - Biodiversity Policy & Practice: Rio Conventions Pavilion Highlights Synergies
16 December, 2011 - CPF: Rio+20 conference should capitalize on the values that forests offer to sustainable development
7 December, 2011 - UNDDD: CSOs for Land Restoration: A land degradation neutral green economy
6 December, 2011 - Address by Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe at the Land Day 5 Event of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
5 December, 2011 - Summary of the Oceans Day @Durban
4 December, 2011 - Land Day 5, on theme, “Achieving zero net land degradation: impacts on climate change issues.”
3 December, 2011 - Oceans Day at Durban Forwards Statement to COP 17
3 December, 2011 - Rio Convention Pavilion: web of life at the Climate COP
1 December, 2011 - Rio Pavilion Session Summaries, Day 2
1 December, 2011 - Rio Pavilion Session Summaries, Day 1
30 November, 2011 - The Global Restoration Initiative and the Bonn Challenge: Restoring 150 million hectares by 2020 (Flyer-Side event)
29 November 2011 - Minister of Science and Technology, Ms Naledi Pandor Opens the Rio Convention Pavilion At COP17
26 October, 2011 - Communiqué: Rio Conventions`Pavilion Helps Raise Awareness (en - fr - es)
20 October, 2011 - Rio Conventions' Pavilion Showcases Actions for Land, Biodiversity and Climate
20 October, 2011 - Rio Conventions' Pavilion Wraps Up at UNCC COP10 in Changwon
20 October, 2011 - Earth Negotiations Bulletin Coverage of UNCCD COP10
19 October, 2011 - Earth Negotiations Bulletin Coverage of UNCCD COP10
18 October, 2011 - UNCCD Coverage of Rio Pavilion High-Level Event
18 October, 2011 - Earth Negotiations Bulletin Coverage of UNCCD COP10
17 October, 2011 - Earth Negotiations Bulletin Coverage of UNCCD COP10
10 October, 2011 - Brief on the Rio Conventions Pavilion Opening
8 December, 2010 - Statement by Mr Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Launch of the 2011 Rio Conventions Calendar, 8 December 2010, Cancun, Mexico. (Video of Rio Calendar Launch)
7 December, 2010 - Comunicado de Prensa: El cambio climático y las especies invasoras, de los riesgos más importantes para la conservación de las especies nativas. CONANP and CBD LifeWeb.
6 December, 2010 - Press release: Biodiversity central for REDD-plus success and for climate solutions: Experts at Forest Day 4 meeting in Mexico link biodiversity and climate change agendas
4 December, 2010 - Statement by Mr Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary on the occasion of the Oceans Day at Cancun: Oceans: Essential to life, essential to climate, at the Sixteenth Meeting of the UNFCCC COP in Mexico.
1 December, 2010 - Press conference: International Union for Conservation of Nature World Commission on Protected Areas: Launch of Natural Solutions book in Spanish
29 November, 2010 - UNCCD Press release: Participants in Cancun call for coordinated action among the Rio Conventions
29 November, 2010: Message from Nagoya to Cancun and beyond: A sustainable future is founded on climate-resilient ecosystems and communities en fr esp
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