Highlights and images for 20 November 2018

On Tuesday, Working Group I discussed a series of items on information sharing, national reporting, and assessment and review, under the Convention and its Protocols, including:

•   knowledge management and communication under the Convention;

•   operations and activities of the Biosafety Clearing-House;

•   access and benefit-sharing (ABS) Clearing-House and information sharing under the Nagoya Protocol;

•   mechanisms for national reporting, and assessment and review under the Convention;

•   monitoring and reporting, and assessment and review under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety; and

•   monitoring and reporting under the Nagoya Protocol on ABS.WG II addressed:

•    sustainable wildlife management;

•    conservation and sustainable use of pollinators;

•    Article 8(j) (traditional knowledge);

•    biodiversity and climate change.

•    enhancing integration under the Convention and its Protocols with respect to provisions related to ABS, biosafety, and Article 8(j);

•    the second work programme of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES);

•   spatial planning, protected areas, and other effective area-based conservation measures; and

•   marine and coastal biodiversity.In the afternoon and evening, plenary held an interactive dialogue on approaches to living in harmony with nature; and addressed preparations for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework.A contact group on socio-economic considerations under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety met in the evening.For more details on the day’s events and to hear what delegates said in the corridors, see our daily Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB).

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