| Date | Event | Venue | Organizer |
10 Feb -
12 Feb 2003 | Expert meeting on indicators of biological diversity including indicators for rapid assessment of inland water ecosystems
| Montreal, Canada | CBD |
10 Mar -
14 Mar 2003 | Eighth Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 8)
Main theme: mountain ecosystems. Other topics of interest: technology transfer, tourism, dry and sub-humid lands biodiversity
| Montreal, Canada | CBD |
17 Mar -
20 Mar 2003 | Open-ended Inter-Sessional Meeting on the Multi-Year Programme of Work of the Conference of the Parties up to 2010
Other topics of interest: technology transfer and cooperation
| Montreal, Canada | CBD |
20 Mar -
21 Mar 2003 | Incentive measures inter-agency coordination committee
| Montreal, Canada | CBD |
31 Mar -
02 Apr 2003 | Africa regional meeting on the Clearing-House Mechanism
| Nairobi, Kenya | CBD |
01 Apr 2003
Dates to be decided | Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on the design of national-level Monitoring Programmes and Indicators
| Place to be decided | CBD |
07 Apr -
09 Apr 2003 | Synergies meeting in Mesoamerica
| Panama City, Panama | UNCCD |
10 Apr -
11 Apr 2003 | Liaison Group of technical experts on the Biosafety Clearing-House
| Montreal, Canada | CBD |
14 Apr -
17 Apr 2003 | Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on biological diversity and climate change
| Helsinki, Finland | CBD |
06 May -
08 May 2003 | Fourth workshop on sustainable use
| Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | CBD |
12 May -
15 May 2003 | Ad Hoc Expert Group meeting on climate change and biodiversity
| Helsinki, Finland | CBD |
13 May -
16 May 2003 | Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on biological diversity and climate change
| Helsinki, Finland | CBD |
21 May -
23 May 2003 | SCBD meeting "2010 - The Global Biodiversity Challenge" with WCMC and UNDP
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| London, UK | CBD |
| 22 May 2003 | International Day for Biological Diversity
| | CBD |
27 May -
29 May 2003 | Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Liability and Redress under the CBD
| Montreal, Canada | CBD |
02 Jun -
07 Jun 2003 | Committee on Science and Technology Group of Experts Meeting
| Bonn, Germany | UNCCD |
03 Jun -
05 Jun 2003 | Workshop on incentive measures for the conservation and sustainable use of the components of biological diversity
| Montreal, Canada | CBD |
10 Jun -
14 Jun 2003 | Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on protected areas
| Tjarno, Sweden | CBD |
01 Jul -
04 Jul 2003 | Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on mountain biodiversity
| Rome, Italy | CBD |
07 Jul -
11 Jul 2003 | Meeting on the further elaboration and guidelines for implementation of the ecosystem approach
| Montreal, Canada | CBD |
29 Jul -
31 Jul 2003 | Workshop on Synergy in the Implementation of UNCCD, UNFCCC, and CBD
| Colombo, Sri Lanka | UNCCD |
12 Aug -
14 Aug 2003 | Latin America and Caribbean regional meeting on the Clearing-House Mechanism and the Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network
| Cancun, Mexico (Tentative) | CBD |
25 Aug -
05 Sep 2003 | Sixth Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNCCD
| Havana, Cuba | UNCCD |
04 Sep -
05 Sep 2003 | Meeting of the Bureau of the ICCP
| Montreal, Canada (Tentative) | CBD |
09 Sep -
11 Sep 2003 | Central and Eastern Europe regional meeting on the Clearing-House Mechanism
| Prague, Czech Republic | CBD |
| 11 Sep 2003 | Biosafety Protocol enters into force
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| | CBD |
18 Sep -
20 Sep 2003 | National Workshop on Combating Desertification and Promoting Synergistic Implementation of Inter-linked Multi-lateral Environmental Conventions
| Islamabad, Pakistan | UNCCD |
| 18 Sep 2003 | Liaison Group Meeting on protected areas
(in conjunction with the World Congress on Protected Areas, 8-17 September 2003)
| Durban, South Africa | CBD |
29 Sep -
30 Sep 2003 | Agroforestry workshop PUNA-CHACO
| Paraguay | UNCCD |
01 Oct 2003
Dates to be decided | Launching workshop of the Thematic Programme Network on New and Renewable Sources of Energy and Environmentally Sound Eco-Technologies (TPN5) within the Regional Action Programme (RAP) to Combat Desertification in Africa
| Place to be decided | UNCCD |
01 Oct 2003
Dates to be decided | Workshop on Agroforestry and Soil Conservation for Implementation of the Regional Action Programme
| India | UNCCD |
03 Nov -
05 Nov 2003 | Agroforestry workshop HISPANIOLA
| Dominican Republic | UNCCD |
06 Nov -
08 Nov 2003 | International Workshop on forest protected areas
| Montreal, Canada | CBD |
06 Nov -
08 Nov 2003 | International Workshop on forest protected areas
| Montreal, Canada (Tentative) | CBD |
10 Nov -
14 Nov 2003 | Ninth Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice
Main theme: protected areas; other topics of interest: ecosystem approach, sustainable use, monitoring & indicators, assessments, & climate change & biodiversity
| Montreal, Canada | CBD |
24 Nov -
27 Nov 2003 | Meeting on ways for the review of the implementation of the programme of work on forest biodiversity
| Montpellier, France (Tentative) | CBD |
01 Dec -
05 Dec 2003 | Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-Sharing
| Montreal, Canada | CBD |
02 Dec -
04 Dec 2003 | Workshop on Best Practices in Agroforestry and Soil Conservation in Southern and Eastern Africa
| Palapye, Botswana | UNCCD |
08 Dec -
12 Dec 2003 | Ad Hoc Working Group on Article 8(j)
| Montreal, Canada | CBD |
08 Dec -
12 Dec 2003 | Ad Hoc Working Group on Article 8(j)
| Montreal, Canada | CBD |
