On Friday morning, Achim Steiner, Executive Director, UNEP, opened the plenary stressing the need to communicate a more sophisticated story about the 2010 target than merely “failure.” WGRI-3 delegates then adopted recommendations on, inter alia, the strategy for resource mobilization, implementation of the Strategic Plan and its revision. Chair Flasbarth heralded the “tremendous progress” made on a number of “heavy” issues at WGRI 3, and noted this boded well for negotiations at Nagoya at COP 10. He gaveled the meeting to a close at 5:12 pm.

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On Thursday morning in plenary, WGRI 3 participants considered: progress towards the 2010 biodiversity target, MYPOW 2011-2020 and BTI. Contact Groups met during the lunch break. Participants gathered in plenary in the afternoon to discuss the draft new Strategic Plan, strategic goals and 2020 headline targets.After an intermission during which delegates split into Contact Groups again, the plenary reconvened for a late evening session.
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On Wednesday morning, in plenary, Chair Flasbarth proposed a short morning plenary session to allow the two Contact Groups, on revision of the Strategic Plan and resource mobilization, to continue and finish their work before night.

In plenary, WGRI 3 participants considered the proposed Biodiversity Technology Initiative (BTI) and the establishment of an Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), in plenary. In the late morning, they split into Contact Groups and continued working into the evening.
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On Tuesday morning, in plenary, WGRI 3 participants tackled the implementation of the strategy for resource mobilization. In the afternoon, and into the evening, discussions continued in two contact groups: one on revision of the Strategic Plan and the other on resource mobilization.
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The third meeting of the Working Group on Review of Implementation (WGRI 3) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) opened on Monday at UN Environment Programme (UNEP) headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya.

Delegates met in plenary to hear opening statements, address organizational matters, and consider issues relating to: progress towards the 2010 biodiversity target, revision of the Strategic Plan for the post-2010 period, and the multi-year programme of work (MYPOW) of the Convention for the period 2011-2022.
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