Summary
The second meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI 2) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) opened on Monday, following the 22nd meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 22) and a Sunday seminar on transformational change for the biodiversity agenda.
Delegates heard opening remarks, addressed organizational matters, and engaged in discussions on:
- review of progress in the implementation of the Convention and the Strategic Plan 2011-2020;
- assessment and review of the effectiveness of the Nagoya Protocol on access and benefit-sharing (ABS); and
- mainstreaming of biodiversity within and across sectors, and other strategic actions to enhance implementation.
In the evening, an opening reception was held on the theme “Indigenous peoples, local communities and the future of biodiversity.”
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: Roberta Bondar, Canada's first female astronaut, and founder, Roberta Bondar Foundation; Jyoti Mathur-Filipp, CBD Secretariat; SBI 2 Chair Francis Ogwal (Uganda); Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez, Vice Minister, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico; CBD Executive Secretary Cristiana Paşca Palmer; and CBD Deputy Executive Secretary David Cooper
Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez, Vice Minister, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico
SBI 2 Chair Francis Ogwal
CBD Executive Secretary Cristiana Paşca Palmer
Jiří Hlaváček, UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
SBI 2 observed a moment of silence in memory of Olivier de Munck, CBD Secretariat
SBI 2 keynote speaker, Roberta Bondar, Canada's first female astronaut, and founder, Roberta Bondar Foundation
View of a presentation by Roberta Bondar, Canada's first female astronaut, and founder, Roberta Bondar Foundation
Belal Alhayek, Syrian Arab Republic
Eugenia Arguedas Montezuma, Costa Rica
Jesus Guerra Bell, Cuba
Soonhwan Hwang, Republic of Korea
Prudence Tangham Galega, Cameroon
Wolfram Tertschnig, Austria, for the EU
Wilson Rojas, Ecuador
Senka Barudanovic, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Shoni Munhedzi, South Africa
Fionna Cumming, New Zealand
Arora Sujata, India
Crisanta Marlene Rodriguez, the Philippines
Jing Xin, China
View of a presentation on mainstreaming biodiversity by UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and African Wildlife Foundation
Neville Ash, UNEP-WCMC
Jimmiel Mandima, African Wildlife Foundation
SBI 2 Snapshots
L-R: Roberta Bondar, Canada's first female astronaut and founder, Roberta Bondar Foundation; and CBD Executive Secretary Cristiana Paşca Palmer
Roberta Bondar, Canada's first female astronaut, and founder, Roberta Bondar Foundation, with CBD Secretariat, and SBSTTA 22 Chair Mundita Lim
Delegates from Small Island Developing States consulting
L-R: CBD Executive Secretary Cristiana Paşca Palmer and Kent Nnadozie, Secretary, International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and
Agriculture, signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) geared towards enhancing cooperation between the two Secretariats.
SBSTTA 22 Chair Mundita Lim (center) with participants from the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity
L-R: Lahcene Rekik, Lisa Pedicelli, and Florence Blot, CBD Secretariat