Highlights and images for 5 December 2016

Summary

On Monday morning, plenary heard statements from participants and high-level representatives, including the President of Mexico. In the afternoon, WG I reviewed progress towards implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and achievement of the Aichi Targets. WG II addressed issues related to marine and coastal biodiversity, including ecologically or biologically significant marine areas, biodiversity and acidification in cold-water areas, marine debris and underwater noise, and marine spatial planning; and started deliberations on invasive alien species.

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Plenary

L-R: David Cooper, Deputy Executive Secretary, CBD Secretariat; Tia Stevens, Australia, on behalf of COP 13 President;
and CBD Executive Secretary Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias

Laetitia Navarro, Executive Secretary, Group on Earth
Observations
Biodiversity
Observation Network
(GEOBON)

Inger Andersen, Director-General, IUCN

Lily Rodriguez, International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS), speaking on behalf of the Science Biodiversity Forum

Eva Ursula Müller, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)

L-R: Ibrahim Thiaw, Deputy Executive Director, UN Environment; Enrique Peña Nieto, President of Mexico; CBD Executive Secretary Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias; and Rafael Pacchiano Alamán, COP 13 President

Carlos Manuel Joaquín González, Governor of the State of Quintana Roo, Mexico