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9th
Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological
Advice of the Convention on Biological Diversity
Highlights for Friday, 14 November 2003 On
Friday, Working Group I met briefly in the morning to consider a
Conference Room Paper on the programme of work for protected areas, and
adopt its report. Closing Plenary convened in morning and
afternoon sessions to discuss preparations for SBSTTA-10 and 11, adopt
the meeting's report, including recommendations from the meeting, and
hear closing statements. |
Working Group I: |
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Plenary:
Chair
Robert Andren (Sweden) reported on the work of WG-I,
which had worked into the morning.
Chair Asghar
Fazel (Iran) reported on the work of WG-II, which had overcome
many challenges.
Closing Statements:
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Malaysia,
on behalf of the Asia Pacific Group, reiterated the invitation
to COP-7 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Mauritius,
on behalf of the Small Island Developing States, said that
biodiversity was crucial, particularly in fragile and vulnerable
marine and coastal ecosystems.
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Above
photo: Congratulations for a successful conclusion of SBSTTA-9.
Links
ENB Summary of CBD SBSTTA-8 (HTML, PDF,
TEXT).
ENB
archives of CBD meetings.
CBD web site.
SD
summary and coverage of the Vth IUCN World Parks Congress
SD
summary of the Norway/UN Conference on Technology Transfer and
Capacity Building