19th Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice
and 9th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j)
and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

**2-5 and 4-7 November 2015 | Headquarters of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Montreal, Canada**

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	L-R: SBSTTA Chair Andrew Bignell (New Zealand); CBD Executive Secretary Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, and David Cooper, CBD Secretariat


	On Monday, 2 November 2015, SBSTTA 19 delegates met in plenary throughout the day to address organizational matters, and consider strategic scientific and technical issues related to the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020: further consideration of the implications of the findings of the fourth edition of the Global Biodiversity Outlook (GBO 4), including with respect to biodiversity mainstreaming across sectors; key scientific and technical needs, and related research; tools to evaluate the effectiveness of policy instruments; and indicators.
	IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has provided daily web coverage, daily reports and a summary and analysis report from the 19th Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice and 9th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). In addition, IISD Rerporting Services will provide a summary and analysis, available in HTML and PDF formats. Available in ENB Mobile at:http://enb.iisd.mobi/biodiv-sbstta19-wg8j9/.



	L-R: Balakrishna Pisupati, UNEP; CBD Executive Secretary Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias; SBSTTA Chair Andrew Bignell; David Cooper, CBD Secretriat; Simone Schiele, CBD Secretariat; and Robert Höft, CBD Secretariat


	Balakrishna Pisupati, UNEP, speaking on behalf of Achim Steiner, UNEP Executive Director


	SBSTTA Chair Andrew Bignell


	CBD Executive Secretary Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias


	David Cooper, CBD Secretariat


	Hendrik Segers, Belgium


	Hesiquio Benitez Diaz, Mexico


	Robert McLean, Canada


	Marina von Weissenberg, Finland


	Fumiko Nakao, Japan


	Malta Qwathekana, South Africa



	L-R: Christine von Weizsäcker, ECOROPA and Simone Lovera, Global Forest Coalition


	Mike Ipanga Mwaku, Democratic Republic of the Congo


	Almuth Ostermeyer-Schlöder, Germany


	Hem Pande, India


	Nermalie Lita, the Philippines


	Andy Stott, UK


	Snežana Prokic, Serbia



	L-R: Ruth Spencer, Ester Camac, and Jennifer Tauli Corpuz, International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity (IIFB)


	Melina Sakiyama, Global Youth Biodiversity Network


	Joji Cariño, IIFB


	Gunn-Britt Retter, IIFB


	Wendy Jackson, New Zealand


	Li Junsheng, China


	Andreas Obrecht, Switzerland



	L-R: Alexander Shestakov, WWF, in a conversation with Gabriele Obermayr, Austria


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