Summary
On Tuesday, 6 December, Working Group I discussed: implementation of Aichi Target 16 on the Nagoya Protocol; the third assessment and review of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety; monitoring and reporting under the Cartagena Protocol; compliance under both Protocols; assessment and review under the Nagoya Protocol; and resource mobilization and the financial mechanism under the Convention and both its Protocols. WG II addressed: invasive alien species (IAS); synthetic biology; pollinators; geoengineering; sustainable wildlife management; mainstreaming biodiversity; biodiversity and climate change; forest biodiversity; ecosystem restoration; progress towards Aichi Targets 11 (protected areas) and 12 (threatened species); and biodiversity and human health. Contact groups on IAS, ecologically or biologically significant marine areas (EBSAs) and synthetic biology met throughout the day.
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Working Group I
L-R: Yibin Xiang, Manoela Pessoa de Miranda and Markus Lehmann, CBD Secretariat; WG I Chair Mette Gervin Damsgaard,
and Ravi Sharma, CBD Secretariat
Prudence Tangham Galega, Cameroon
Cai Lei, China
Hoang Thi Thanh Nhan, Viet Nam
El Khitma El Awad Mohammed Ahmed, Sudan
Wadzi Mandivenyi, South Africa
Dubrovka Stepic, Croatia
Mariana Bellot, Mexico
Mahaletchumy Arujanan, Malaysian Biotechnology Information Centre
Simone Lovera, Global Forest Coalition (GFC)
L-R: Alejandro Lago, Santiago Carrizosa, Onno van den Heuvel,
and David Meyers, UN Development Programme (UNDP)
Chizuru Aoki, Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Working Group II
WG II dais
Leina Al-Awadhi, Kuwait
Ricarda Steinbrecher, Federation of German Scientists
Ana María Hernández Salgar, Colombia
Sorka Jannet Copa Romero, Bolivia
L-R: Allen Rojas, Eugenia Arguedas and Angela Gonzales, Costa Rica
L-R: Jim Louter and Brad Fraleigh, Canada
Mitzi Gurgel Valente da Costa, Brazil
Meenakumari Kunnuthara, India
Contact Group: Synthetic Biology
Delegates at the contact group on synthetic biology
View of the contact group on synthetic biology
COP 13 Snapshots
ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity booth
L-R: Enrique Lendo and Juan Mateos, Mexico, with Sabrina Shaw, IISD
“ Voices from the Good Earth,” an installation by Silas Birtwistle and Adam Birtwistle in collaboration with
the International
Fund for
Agriculture
Development (IFAD)
Participants at the COP 13 documentation counter
COP 13 mini guide