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IISD Reporting Services (IISD RS) Coverage
IISD RS has produced daily web coverage, daily reports and a summary and analysis from WGRI 5 and SBSTTA 18. To download our reports, click the HTML or PDF icons below. |
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Fifth meeting of the Working Group on the Review of Implementation (WGRI 5) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and
Eighteenth meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 18)
16-20 & 23-28 June 2014
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Headquarters,
Montreal, Canada
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On Saturday morning, SBSTTA 18 delegates met in plenary to consider draft recommendations on, inter alia: obstacles encountered in implementing options identified for eliminating, phasing out or reforming incentives that are harmful for biodiversity; IAS; GBO-4; EBSAs and other marine and coastal biodiversity issues; biodiversity and climate change; ecosystem and restoration; sustainable use of biodiversity; and a revised recommendation on scientific and technical needs for implementing the Strategic Plan.
Plenary adopted 14 recommendations and the meeting report. In closing, Braulio Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, lauded delegates for priority actions adopted to help accelerate achievement of Aichi Target 10 (coral reefs and closely associated ecosystems), as well as the guidance adopted on devising and implementing measures towards achieving Aichi Target 9 (IAS). He announced that 41 countries have ratified the Nagoya Protocol, and called on others to consider ratifying the Protocol, noting that the UN Treaty Division accepts signed, scanned versions of instruments of ratification via email. SBSTTA Chair Dalle Tussie (Ethiopia) gaveled the meeting to a close at 1:12 pm.
Download our summary and analysis from this session in HTML or PDF formats.
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