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The OECD maintains an active progamme of biodiversity-related events:

International conferences dedicated to biodiversity issues (part of the OECD Global Forum series) – where recent OECD work is shared and further discussed with government officials and biodiversity experts from all over the world.
Sessions in key events in the international biodiversity agenda, such as the celebrations for the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity led by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) – where policy messages from recent and on-going work are showcased.
Workshops and expert meetings that help implement the OECD programme by providing an opportuinity to receive and discuss expert input into OECD projects.

A list of recent and upcoming events can be found below. More information about participation possibilities and outcomes can be obtained trough the links provided. In addition, OECD experts are often called to make biodiversity-related presentations in international events, and to provide expert input to global or regional processes.

Upcoming Event

May
2013

OECD participation at the 7th Conference on Biodiversity, Trondheim, Norway (27-31 May 2013) for the release of the publication "Financing Mechanisms for Biodiversity"

February 2013	Seminar on the assessment of ecosystem services and its use for public policies, organised jointly by the OECD and the General Commission for Sustainable Development (Commissariat général au Développement Durable-CGDD), 1 February 2013, OECD Conference Centre
October 2012	CBD COP-11: 11th Meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity, 8-19 October 2012, Hyderabad, India
May 2012	International Workshop on Finance Mechanisms for Biodiversity: Examining Opportunities and Challenges, convened by the OECD, the World Bank, GEF and the EC, together with Sweden and India, 12 May 2012, Montreal, Canada
March 2012	Presentation by Simon Upton, OECD Environment Director, of the Biodiversity Chapter to the OECD Environmental Outlook to 2050 at TEEB Conference 2012: The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity: Mainstreaming the Economics of Nature: Challenges for Science and Implementation, 19-22 March 2012, Leipzig, Germany
March 2011	Workshop on Mobilising Private Sector Finance for Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use, 9 March 2011, OECD Conference Centre
Oct. 2010	OECD convened a Side Event at CBD COP 10, held from 18-29 October 2010, in Nagoya, Japan
Sept. 2010	UN General Assembly Session on Biodiversity, 20-22 September 2010, New York, USA.
March 2010	OECD Expert Workshop on Enhancing the Cost-Effectiveness of Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES), 25 March 2010, OECD Conference Centre
February 2010	Conference on Biodiversity 2010: Getting the targets right - working for sustainable development, 1-5 February 2010, Trondheim, Norway
July 2009	Workshop on Innovative International Financing for Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use, 2 July 2009, OECD Conference Centre
May 2008	Side Event on OECD Work on the Economic Aspects of Biodiversity, 9th Meeting of the Conference of the Parites (COP9) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) COP9 CBD, 22 May 2008, Bonn, Germany
March 2008	Workshop on Incentives to Capture the Biodiversity and Carbon Benefits for Reducing Deforestation, 26 March 2008

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