Summary
On Tuesday, Working Group I did not meet to allow for contact group discussions. In morning, afternoon and evening sessions, Working Group II addressed:
- biodiversity mainstreaming in the energy and mining, infrastructure, manufacturing, and processing sectors under the Convention;
- marine and coastal biodiversity, including ecologically or biologically sensitive marine areas (EBSAs);
- integration of Article 8(j) (traditional knowledge) under the Convention and its Protocols;
- conservation and sustainable use of pollinators;
- invasive alien species; and
- liability and redress under the Convention.
Deliberations continued into the night.
Contact groups and Friends of the Chair groups met throughout the day to address:
- digital sequence information;
- the budget;
- socio-economic considerations under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety;
- the post-2020 preparatory process;
- resource mobilization and the financial mechanism; and
- a global multilateral benefit-sharing mechanism under the Nagoya Protocol on access and benefit-sharing.
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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