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.