Global Biodiversity Outlook is the flagship publication of the Convention on Biological Diversity and preparations are currently underway for the production of its third edition. Global Biodiversity Outlook 3 will be formally launched in 2010, the year proclaimed as the International Year of Biodiversity. Several ancillary products, including but not limited to, brochures, fliers, presentations, key messages and a web-based data portal, are also planned. Global Biodiversity Outlook 3 (GBO-3) will be an important vehicle for informing a variety of audiences of the importance of biodiversity and the progress made in meeting the 2010 Biodiversity Target. More»

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27 June 2008

A meeting of the 2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership was held on June 25 and 26, 2008 in Montreal, Canada. Participants discussed the progress on the indicators to be used in the third edition of the Global Biodiversity Outlook, coordinated work plans and discussed issues related to communication.

30 May 2008

The Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, during their ninth meeting in Bonn, Germany, welcomed the scope, format, work plan, communication strategy and financial plan of the third edition of Global Biodiversity Outlook and in decision IX/10 requested the Executive Secretary to proceed with the preparation of the publication.

24 May 2008

The first meeting of the GBO-3 Advisory Group was held on 24 May 2008, in Bonn, Germany. The meeting provided an overview, as well as the opportunity to discuss, the preparation of GBO 3. During this meeting the inputs expected from the Advisory Group were further specified.