Summary
On Monday, SBSTTA delegates met throughout the day in plenary to hear opening statements and address: scenarios for the 2050 vision for biodiversity and the links between the Aichi Biodiversity Targets and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); tools for evaluating the effectiveness of policy instruments for implementing the Strategic Biodiversity Plan; guidance for a more sustainable wild meat sector; and biodiversity and human health. A Friends of the Chair group on bushmeat, facilitated by Prudence Galega (Cameroon), convened in the evening.
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Opening Plenary
L-R: Dais during the opening plenary with Lisa Janishevski, CBD Secretariat; Sarat Babu Gidda, CBD Secretariat; SBSTTA 21 Chair Theresa Mundita Lim, the Philippines; CBD Executive Secretary Cristiana Paşca Palmer; Deputy Executive Secretary David Cooper; and Robert Höft, CBD Secretariat
CBD Executive Secretary Cristiana Paşca Palmer
SBSTTA 21
Chair Theresa Mundita Lim, the Philippines
Andreas Obrecht, UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
CBD Deputy Executive Secretary David Cooper
SBSTTA 21 participants observing a moment of silence in memory of Damaso Luna, Mexico
Paul Leadley, University of Paris-Saclay and Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Multidisciplinary Expert Panel (MEP) member
View of the presentation on the scenarios for the 2050 Vision on Biodiversity by Paul Leadley, University of Paris-Saclay and IPBES MEP member
IPBES Executive Secretary Anne Larigauderie
Wahiakatste Diome-Deer, IIFB
Basile van Havre, Canada
Simone Lovera, Global Forest Coalition
Hamdallah Zedan, Egypt
Senka Barudanovic, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Jing Xin, China
Almuth Ostermeyer-Schlöder, Germany
Norberto Navarro, the Philippines
Francis Ogwal, Uganda
Hesiquio Diaz, Mexico
John Fa, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
View of the presentation on guidance for a sustainable wild meat sector by John Fa, CIFOR
View of SBSTTA 21 participants
Prudence Galega, Cameroon
Lisama Sabry, Maldives
CBD Executive Secretary Cristiana Paşca Palmer, consuting with CBD Deputy Executive Secretary David Cooper
SBSTTA 21 Snapshots
L-R: Jyoti Mathur-Filipp and Amy Ann Fraenkel, CBD Secretariat
Delegates from the Philippines with SBSTTA 21
Chair Theresa Mundita Lim, the Philippines
L-R: Lahcene Rekik, CBD Secretariat; Cyrie Sendashonga, IUCN; Franca D'Amico, CBD Secretariat