Summary
The 22nd meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 22) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) continued Friday with the consideration of conference room papers (CRPs) based on the discussions held earlier in the week. CRPs were discussed in plenary during morning, afternoon, and evening sessions on the following agenda items:
- Protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures;
- Invasive alien species;
- Conservation and sustainable use of pollinators;
- The second work programme of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES); and
- Biodiversity and climate change.
The contact group on digital sequence information met at lunchtime. A Friends of the Chair meeting to resolve three outstanding paragraphs in the CRP on synthetic biology also met and reported back to plenary on Friday night.
For extensive details on the day’s negotiations and to hear what delegates said in the corridors, see our daily Earth Negotiations Bulletin.
IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has provided daily web coverage, daily reports, and a summary and analysis from SBSTTA 22 and SBI 2.
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L-R: CBD Deputy Executive Secretary David Cooper; Alexander Shestakov, CBD Secretariat; SBSTTA 22 Chair Theresa Mundita Lim; and Junko Shimura, CBD Secretariat
CBD Deputy Executive Secretary David Cooper
Sarat Babu Gidda, CBD Secretariat
L-R: Gillian Guthrie, Jamaica, and Lorenzo Ciccarese, Italy
Kim Downes Agard, Barbados
Moustafa Fouda, Egypt
Frank Barsch, Germany
Malta Qwathekana, South Africa
Hirohide Matsushima, Japan
Lucy Mulenkei, Indigenous Women's Organization
Stig Johansson, Finland
Andri Wahyono, Indonesia
Kalina Stoyanova, Bulgaria
Alejandro Masís, Costa Rica
Gilles Seutin, Canada
Matilde da Conceiçao Gomes Lopes, Guinea Bissau
Karma Nyedrup, Bhutan
Boukar Attari, Niger
Roxana Solis, Peru
Gillian Guthrie, Jamaica
Olle Hojer, Sweden
Nela Miauta, Romania
Fionna Cumming, New Zealand
Hachime Abdérémane, Comoros
Asdaporn Krairapanond, Thailand
Sergiy Gubar, Ukraine
Vin Fleming, UK
Larbi Sbaï, Morocco
L-R: Sonia Peña Moreno and Dao Nguyen, IUCN
L-R: Asako Kobayashi, Nobuyuki Fujita and Rie Funabiki, Japan
L-R: Pam Chasek, IISD Reporting Services; and Harry Jonas, Natural Justice
L-R: Silvia Ribeiro and Jim (the Pirate) Thomas, ETC Group
L-R: Tim Packeiser, WWF, in conversation with Daniela Diz, Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law and Governance
Delegates from China
SBSTTA 22 exhibition booths