| Date | Event | Venue | Organizer |
18 Jan -
20 Jan 2006 | Second Coordination meeting for governments and organizations implementing or funding Biosafety capacity-building activities
| Tromso, Norway | CBD |
19 Jan -
20 Jan 2006 | Workshop on Combating desertification and poverty in drylands: Promoting the participation of civil society and decentralized cooperation in the framework of the UNCCD implementation
| Rome, Italy | UNCCD |
20 Jan -
21 Jan 2006 | Liaison Group on Capacity-building for Biosafety
| Tromso, Norway | CBD |
23 Jan -
27 Jan 2006 | Ad Hoc Open-ended Intersessional Working Group on Article 8(j) and related provisions of the Convention on Biological
Diversity
| Granada, Spain | CBD |
30 Jan -
03 Feb 2006 | Fourth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing
| Granada, Spain | CBD |
06 Feb -
08 Feb 2006 | Second meeting of the Compliance Committee under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
| Montreal, Canada | CBD |
20 Feb -
24 Feb 2006 | Second meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Working Group on Liability and Redress in the context of the Biosafety Protocol
| Montreal, Canada | CBD |
21 Feb -
23 Feb 2006
Dates to be decided | Central and Eastern European Regional Workshop on Communication, Education and Public Awareness
| Place to be decided | CBD |
26 Feb -
28 Feb 2006 | Meeting of Central Asian State on modalities of SRAP implementation
| Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | UNCCD |
27 Feb -
02 Mar 2006 | LDC-SIDS Targeted Portfolio Approach for Capacity Development and Mainstreaming of Sustainable Land Management
| Nairobi, Kenya | UNCCD |
06 Mar -
08 Mar 2006 | Workshop on the validation of the National Action Programme (NAP) to Combat Soil Degradation
| Brazzaville, Congo | UNCCD |
09 Mar -
11 Mar 2006 | Seminar on Desertification and Environmental Security: Consequences and Prevention
| Madrid, Spain | UNCCD |
11 Mar -
12 May 2006 | Biosafety-Clearing House training workshop for developing countries
| Curitiba, Brazil | CBD |
13 Mar -
17 Mar 2006 | Third meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP/MOP-3)
| Curitiba, Brazil | CBD |
17 Mar -
18 Apr 2006 | Expert Works op on Protected Areas
| Curitiba, Brazil | CBD |
18 Mar -
19 Mar 2006 | African regional preparatory meeting for the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the CBD
| Curitiba, Brazil | CBD |
18 Mar -
19 Mar 2006 | Asia and the Pacific regional preparatory meeting for the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the CBD
| Curitiba, Brazil | CBD |
18 Mar -
19 Mar 2006 | Latin American and Caribbean regional preparatory meeting for the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the CBD
| Curitiba, Brazil | CBD |
| 19 Mar 2006 | Meeting of tHe Informal Advisory Committee of tHe Clearing-House Mechanism
| Curitiba, Brazil | CBD |
| 19 Mar 2006 | Brainstorming meeting on Avian Flu
| Curitiba, Brazil | CBD |
20 Mar -
31 Mar 2006 | Eighth Ordinary Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
| Curitiba, Brazil | CBD |
26 Mar -
29 Mar 2006 | High-Level Ministerial Segment
| Curitiba, Brazil | CBD |
28 Mar -
30 Oct 2006 | International Exhibition “The Deserts”
| Rosenheim, Germany | UNCCD |
| 29 Mar 2006 | Press Conference for the launching of the International Exhibition “The Deserts”
| Berlin, Germany | UNCCD |
| 30 Mar 2006 | International Exhibition “The Deserts”
| Rosenheim, Germany | UNCCD |
11 Apr -
12 Apr 2006 | IYDD Geneva Symposium: Combating Desertification, Hunger and Poverty
| Geneva, Switzerland | UNCCD |
24 Apr -
26 Apr 2006 | Workshop
African Regional Expert Workshop on Sustainable Use
| Venue to be determined | CBD |
26 Apr -
28 Apr 2006 | Second Technical Workshop on the Establishment of a Sub-regional Drought Management Centre in Southeast Europe in the Framework of UNCCD
| Sofia, Bulgaria | UNCCD |
18 May -
26 May 2006 | SB 24
Session of the Subsidiary Bodies
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| Bonn, Germany | UNFCCC |
| 22 May 2006 | International Biodiversity Day: “Achieving the 2010 Biodiversity Target: Protecting biodiversity in the drylands”
| | CBD |
| 05 Jun 2006 | Celebration of the World Environment Day under the Topic Deserts and Desertification
| Algiers, Algeria | UNCCD |
12 Jun -
17 Jun 2006 | International Film Festival “Desert Nights: Tales from the Desert”
| Rome, Italy | UNCCD |
| 17 Jun 2006 | Launching of the International Observatory on Environment and the combat against Desertification
| Ghardaïa, Algeria | UNCCD |
| 17 Jun 2006 | Launching of the park and the museum of the World Deserts, Opening of the International Institute of the World Deserts
| Ghardaïa, Algeria | UNCCD |
| 17 Jun 2006 | Opening of the Centre to combat Desertification
| Ghardaïa, Algeria | UNCCD |
| 17 Jun 2006 | World Day to Combat Desertification: “The Beauty of Deserts – the Challenge of Desertification”
| | UNCCD |
19 Jun -
21 Jun 2006 | International Scientific Conference on Desertification and Drylands Research organized by UNESCO
| Tunis, Tunisia | UNCCD |
29 Jun -
30 Jun 2006 | Second meeting of the UNECE Working Group of Senior officials for preparation of the Ministerial Conference “Environment for Europe”
| Geneva, Switzerland | UNCCD |
17 Jul -
21 Jul 2006 | Living with Climate Variability and Change: Understanding the Uncertainties and Managing the Risks
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| Espoo, Finland | WMO |
| 16 Sep 2006 | International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
| | UNEP |
26 Sep -
29 Sep 2006 | International Conference on the Problems of Hydrometeorological Security (prediction and adaptation of the society to the extreme climate changes)
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| Moscow, Russian Federation | Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environme |
01 Nov -
02 Nov 2006 | Round Table on Assessing the UNCCD process and identifying challenges ahead
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| New York, United States of America | UNCCD |
02 Nov -
04 Nov 2006 | International Seminar on Aromatic and Medicinal Plants
| Djerba, Tunisia | UNCCD |
06 Nov -
17 Nov 2006 | COP 12 and COP/MOP 2
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| Nairobi, Kenya | UNFCCC |
06 Nov -
08 Nov 2006 | Brainstorming session on South-South cooperation
| Montreal, Canada | CBD |
06 Nov -
09 Nov 2006 | Meeting on Deserts and Desertification - Challenges and Opportunities
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| Sdeh Boker, Israel | UNFCCC |
13 Nov -
17 Nov 2006 | Workshop on the Application of the Ecosystems Approach to Protected Areas in Small
Islands
| Bangkok, Thailand | CBD |
20 Nov -
21 Nov 2006 | Meeting of the Coordination Mechanism for the Global Taxonomy Initiative (GTI)
| Montreal, Canada | CBD |
20 Nov -
23 Nov 2006 | Regional Synergy Workshop for Latin America and the Caribbean on the Biological Diversity of Agro-Systems within Dry and Sub-Humid Lands
| Bolans Village, Antigua and Barbuda | CBD |
20 Nov -
24 Nov 2006 | Regional technical Workshop titled “Watershed Rehabilitation Techniques in Degraded Areas
| Antalya, Turkey | UNCCD |
23 Nov -
24 Nov 2006 | Meeting of the Biosafety Clearing-House Informal Advisory Committee (BCH-IAC)
| Geneva, Switzerland | CBD |
01 Dec -
07 Dec 2006 | International Film Festival Desert Nights: Tales from the Desert
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| Rome, Italy | UNCCD |
04 Dec -
07 Dec 2006 | International Symposium on Drylands Ecology and Human Security: Regional Perspectives, Policy Responses and Sustainable Development in the Arab Region – Challenges and Opportunities
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| Dubai, United Arab Emirates | UNCCD |
11 Dec -
15 Dec 2006 | International Workshop on Climate and Land Degradation
| Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania | UNCCD |
11 Dec -
12 Dec 2006 | Informal Advisory Committee on Communication, Education and Public Awareness (CEPA IAC)
| Montreal, Canada | CBD |
12 Dec -
15 Dec 2006 | African Regional Workshop on Sustainable Use
| Nairobi, Kenya | CBD |
12 Dec -
16 Dec 2006 | Workshop on the Application of the Ecosystems Approach to Protected Areas in Small Islands
| Bangkok, Thailand | CBD |
13 Dec -
20 Dec 2006 | Third Festival on Cultures and Civilisations of the People of the Deserts
| Algiers, Algeria | UNCCD |
14 Dec -
16 Dec 2006 | Joint Article 8(j) and Clearing-House Mechanism Capacity-Building Workshop on Networking and Information Exchange (Latin America and the Caribbean Region)
| Quito, Ecuador | CBD |
14 Dec -
16 Dec 2006 | International Conference on Oasis and Sustainable Tourism
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| Elche, Spain | UNCCD |
17 Dec -
20 Dec 2006 | International Conference on Desertification and the International Policy Imperative organized by United Nations University (UNU)
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| Algiers, Algeria | UNCCD |
21 Dec -
24 Dec 2006 | International Conference on Music, Dance and Culture of the Desert
| Jaisalmer, India | UNCCD |
