Summary
The 22nd meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 22) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) concluded its work Saturday. In the morning, parties considered the remaining conference room papers (CRPs) on:
• Risk assessment and risk management of living modified organisms;
• Marine and coastal biodiversity; and
• Digital sequence information.
In the afternoon, SBSTTA 22 adopted all ten draft recommendations to forward to the fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties in November 2018.
After adopting the report of the meeting and hearing closing statements, SBSTTA 22 closed at 6:43 pm.
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.
Photos by IISD/ENB | Franz Dejon
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L-R: Alexander Shestakov, CBD Secretariat; SBSTTA 22 Chair Theresa Mundita Lim; CBD Deputy Executive Secretary David Cooper; Jacqueline Grekin, CBD Secretariat; and Jihyun Lee, CBD Secretariat
Yuri Kato, Japan
Georgina Catacora-Vargas, Bolivia
Gillian Guthrie, Jamaica
Anne Teller, EU
L-R: Marie-May Muzungaile, Seychelles; and Snežana Prokić, Serbia
R.H.M.P. Abeykoon, Sri Lanka
Jesse Verhalle, Belgium
Parveen Ejaz, Pakistan
Janos Hennicke, Germany
Liu Ying, China
Youngdawng Moh, Republic of Korea
Adem Bilgin, Turkey
Prudence Tangham Galega, Cameroon
Wenxuan Yu, China University of Political Science and Law
Leo Fidjeland, University of the Arts London
John Clorley, UK
François Lengrand, France
Christine von Weizsäcker, ECOROPA
Mette Gervin Damsgaard, Denmark
Tim Strabala, New Zealand
Moustafa Fouda, Egypt
L-R: Hesiquio Benítez Díaz and Edda Fernández Luiselli, Mexico
L-R: CBD Executive Secretary Cristiana Paşca Palmer; Alexander Shestakov, CBD Secretariat; SBSTTA 22 Chair Theresa Mundita Lim; and CBD Deputy Executive Secretary David Cooper
CBD Executive Secretary Cristiana Paşca Palmer
Samuel Dieme, SBSTTA 22 Rapporteur
Gabriele Obermayr, Austria for the EU
Ilham Atho Mohamed, Maldives
Senka Barudanovic, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Hesiquio Benítez Díaz, Mexico
L-R: Hamdallah Zedan and Moustafa Fouda, Egypt
Scott Wilson, Canada
Chrissy Grant, International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity
Li Ching Lim, Third World Network
Alexander Shestakov, CBD Secretariat
SBSTTA 22 Chair Theresa Mundita Lim gaveled the meeting to a close at 6:43 pm
L-R: Samuel Dieme, SBSTTA 22 Rapporteur; Alexander Shestakov, CBD Secretariat; CBD Executive Secretary Cristiana Paşca Palmer; SBSTTA 22 Chair Theresa Mundita Lim; and CBD Deputy Executive Secretary David Cooper
SBSTTA 22 Snapshots
Participants taking a break watching the 2018 World Cup
L-R: Li Ching Lim, Third World Network; Edward Hammond, Third World Network; Dana Perls, Friends of the Earth; Silvia Ribeiro, ETC Group; Jim Thomas, ETC Group; and Ricarda Steinbrecher, Federation of German Scientists
L-R: Young-Hyo Chang and Soo Hyo Lee, Republic of Korea
SBSTTA 22 Chair Theresa Mundita Lim with participants from the Philippines and ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity
L-R: Henry Philippe Ibañez de Novion and Luciana Melchert, Brazil
L-R: Hesiquio Benítez Díaz, Mexico; and Hendrik Segers, Belgium
L-R: Edison Mayorga, Venezuela; Georgina Catacora-Vargas, Bolivia; and Jesus Guerra Bell, Cuba
Delegates from Austria
Delegates from Small Island Developing States
Delegates from Mexico
L-R: ENB SBSTTA 22 team with Asterios Tsioumanis, Pam Chasek, Annelies van Gaalen, Jennifer Bansard, Natalie Jones, and Franz Dejon