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On Thursday, SBI 2 delegates met in plenary in the morning, afternoon, and evening, and addressed conference room papers (CRPs) on: mainstreaming of biodiversity within and across sectors and other strategic actions to enhance implementation; resource mobilization, including elements of methodological guidance for identifying, monitoring and assessing the contribution of indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLCs) to the achievement of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity and the Aichi Targets, and taking the voluntary guidelines on safeguards in biodiversity financing mechanisms into account when selecting, designing and implementing financing mechanisms and when developing instrument-specific safeguards; global multilateral benefit-sharing mechanism under the Nagoya Protocol on access and benefit-sharing (ABS); capacity building, technical and scientific cooperation and technology transfer; national reporting, and assessment and review, under the Convention and its Protocols; the trust fund for facilitating the participation of parties in the Convention process; mechanisms to facilitate review of implementation; integration of Article 8(j) and provisions related to IPLCs in the work of the Convention and its Protocols; review of the effectiveness of processes under the Convention and its Protocols; monitoring and reporting under Article 33 of the Biosafety Protocol; national reporting under the Convention and its Protocols; specialized international ABS instruments in the context of Article 4(4) of the Nagoya Protocol; review of implementation of the financial mechanism; proposals for a comprehensive and participatory process for the preparation of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework; and cooperation with other conventions, international organizations and partnerships. 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 For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page L-R: Jyoti Mathur-Filipp, CBD Secretariat; SBI 2 Chair Francis Ogwal (Uganda); and Amy Ann Fraenkel, CBD Secretariat SBI 2 Chair Francis Ogwal (Uganda) Jyoti Mathur-Filipp, CBD Secretariat CBD Executive Secretary Cristiana Paşca Palmer L-R: Hesiquio Benítez Díaz and Edda Fernández Luiselli, Mexico Laure Ledoux, EU Shirin Karryeva, Turkmenistan Nicky Black, International Council on Mining and Metals Elizabeth Munro, Cook Islands Luciano Donadio, Argentina Rosemary Paterson, New Zealand Jorge Murillo, Colombia José Luis Echeverría Tello, Guatemala Kelly Torck, Canada Larbi Sbaï, Morocco Gaute Voigt-Hanssen, Norway Stephanie Aktipis, US Edison Mayorga, Venezuela Parveen Ejaz, Pakistan Marci Gompers-Small, Suriname Ana Paula Francisco, Mozambique L-R: Patrick Wargute and Samuel Mutuku Kasiki, Kenya L-R: Victor Alvarado, Hesiquio Benítez Díaz and Mariana Bellot Rojas, Mexico CBD Secretariat staff advising SBI 2 Chair Francis Ogwal (Uganda) Delegates from South Africa consulting SBI 2 Snapshots Delegates from ASEAN countries with participants from the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity L-R: Erie Tamale, CBD Secretariat; and SBI 2 Chair Francis Ogwal (Uganda) L-R: Alissa Takesy, Federated States of Micronesia; and Joan Yang, Palau Delegates from Small Island Developing States L-R: Sol Guerrero Ortiz and Natalhie Campos-Reales Pineda, Mexico Participants from the Philippines and the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity

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. Photos by IISD/ENB | Franz Dejon For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page 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

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 For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page 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

The 22nd meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 22) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) continued Thursday with the consideration of conference room papers (CRPs) based on the discussions held earlier in the week. CRPs were discussed in plenary on the following agenda items: Updated scientific assessment of progress towards selected Aichi Biodiversity Targets and options to accelerate progress; and Synthetic biology. A Friends of the Co-Chairs group met in the morning on digital sequence information. The contact group on risk assessment met over lunch and in the evening. The contact group on marine and coastal biodiversity also convened in the evening. 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 For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page L-R: Alexander Shestakov, CBD Secretariat; SBSTTA 22 Chair Theresa Mundita Lim; Manoela Pessoa de Miranda, CBD Secretariat; and Marianela Araya, CBD Secretariat Plenary session considering conference room papers SBSTTA 22 Chair Theresa Mundita Lim Robert Höft, CBD Secretariat Yuri Kato, Japan Vin Fleming, UK L-R: CBD Deputy Executive Secretary David Cooper and Alexander Shestakov, CBD Secretariat Scott Wilson, Canada Fionna Cumming, New Zealand Boukar Attari, Niger Jaime Grubb, Australia Wadzi Mandivenyi, South Africa José Luis Echeverría Tello, Guatemala L-R: Georgina Catacora-Vargas, Bolivia; and Edison Mayorga, Venezuela Astrid Hilgers, the Netherlands Raed Bani-Hani, Jordan Marina von Weissenberg, Finland Anne Teller, EU Prudence Tangham Galega, Cameroon Marina Hernandez, Dominican Republic Edison Mayorga, Venezuela Larbi Sbaï, Morocco Kent Nnadozie, Secretary, International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture L-R: SBSTTA 22 Chair Theresa Mundita Lim; Manoela Pessoa de Miranda, CBD Secretariat; and Marianela Araya, CBD Secretariat Elise Murphy, Australia Georgina Catacora-Vargas, Bolivia L-R: Alejandro Masís and Eugenia Arguedas Montezuma, Costa Rica L-R: Tamara Thomas, Nature Conservancy, and Ruth Spencer, Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme Delegates from Cambodia L-R: Johanna Niemivuo-Lahti, Finland; Cristina Romanelli, CBD Secretariat; and Marina von Weissenberg, Finland L-R: Suneetha Subramanian, International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI); and Clarissa Arida, ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity

The 22nd meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 22) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) continued Tuesday in Montreal. Delegates engaged in discussions on the following agenda items: Updated scientific assessment of progress towards selected Aichi Biodiversity Targets and options to accelerate progress; Protected areas and other measures for enhanced conservation and management (OECMs); and Marine and coastal biodiversity: ecologically or biologically significant marine areas (EBSAs), addressing anthropogenic underwater noise and marine debris, biodiversity in cold-water areas and marine spatial planning.  A contact group on risk assessment and risk management of living modified organisms met in the evening. 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 For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page L-R: CBD Deputy Executive Secretary David Cooper; Alexander Shestakov, CBD Secretariat; Eugenia Arguedas Montezuma (Costa Rica), SBSTTA Bureau ; Robert Höft, CBD Secretariat SBSTTA plenary listening to presentations on IPBES assessment reports Eugenia Arguedas Montezuma (Costa Rica), SBSTTA Bureau Sonali Senaratna Sellamuttu, Co-Chair, IPBES Regional Assessment for Asia Pacific Nichole Barger, Coordinating Lead Author, IPBES Land Degradation Assessment Mark Rounsevell, Co-Chair IPBES Regional Assessment for Europe and Central Asia Scott Wilson, Canada Somaly Chan, Cambodia Xu Jing, China Luciana Melchert, Brazil Jeremy Woon Ren Wei, Singapore Snežana Prokic, Serbia Jane Smart, IUCN Anne Larigauderie, IPBES Executive Secretary Joji Cariño, Forest People's Programme Astrid Hilgers, the Netherlands Prudence Tangham Galega, Cameroon Els Martens, Belgium L-R: Alexander Shestakov, CBD Secretariat; Adams Toussaint (Saint Lucia), SBSTTA Bureau; and Sarat Babu Gidda, CBD Secretariat Glenn Litsios, Switzerland Angella Kabira, Zimbabwe Larbi Sbaï, Morocco Alice Hicuburundi, UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea Nainy Zaw Htun, Myanmar Denis Duclos, France Takehiro Nakamura, UNEP Swetha Stotrabhashyam, Global Youth Biodiversity Network Raed Bani-Hani, Jordan Alissa Takesy, Federated States of Micronesia L-R: Adem Bilgin and Mustafa Uzun, Turkey Grace Aurora Pastores, the Philippines Moustafa Fouda, Egypt Participants collecting biodiversity information materials L-R: Ahmed Birouk, Morocco, and Lahcene Rekik, CBD Secretariat L-R: Lisa Pedicelli, CBD Secretariat, and Issa Bado, Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie L-R: Jeremy Woon Rei Wen, Singapore; Elpidio Peria, ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity; and June Batang-ay, Tebtebba Foundation Photos from Side Events Side event on "The Evolution of ‘Inclusive Conservation’: From Durban and PoWPA to the Aichi Targets, GEF-7 and the post-2020 biodiversity framework” organised by the ICCA Consortium featured Indigenous peoples, local communities and grassroots organisations from nine countries sharing their perspectives on the meaning of "inclusive conservation," as well as commentators from IUCN Global Protected Areas Programme, IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas, GEF-SGP, UNEP-WCMC, WWF-International and the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity. The side event highlighted the many diverse contributions of territories and areas conserved by Indigenous peoples and local communities (abbreviated as "ICCAs -- territories of life") to biological and cultural diversity, the need to reform "fortress conservation" and the importance of ensuring that GEF's seventh replenishment programme on inclusive conservation is defined and guided by Indigenous peoples and local communities themselves.     Better Tools and Standards: Enhancing Effectiveness and Mainstreaming of Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) by FEBA, IUCN and IISD This jointly held side event aims to address these challenges based on the diverse experiences of Friends of EbA (FEBA) members IISD and IUCN. Presentations concentrated on the biodiversity-adaptation nexus and the introduction of different tools, quality criteria, and standards to enhance the effectiveness of EbA. A specific focus was the new Adaptation, Livelihoods and Ecosystems (ALivE) Planning Tool. ALivE is a practical computer-based EbA planning tool designed to support its users in organizing and analyzing information to plan effective EbA options based on a context-specific analysis of ecosystems, livelihoods, and climate change, to assist adaptation practitioners, conservationists, and government decision-makers with the development and planning of effective EbA projects. Such tools increase the effectiveness of EbA implementation on the ground and also enhance integration of effective EbA into conservation and development approaches and policy.