2018 UN Biodiversity Conference
On Tuesday, Working Group I discussed a series of items on information sharing, national reporting, and assessment and review, under the Convention and its Protocols, including:
• knowledge management and communication under the Convention;
• operations and activities of the Biosafety Clearing-House;
• access and benefit-sharing (ABS) Clearing-House and information sharing under the Nagoya Protocol;
• mechanisms for national reporting, and assessment and review under the Convention;
• monitoring and reporting, and assessment and review under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety; and
• monitoring and reporting under the Nagoya Protocol on ABS.
WG II addressed:
• sustainable wildlife management;
• conservation and sustainable use of pollinators;
• Article 8(j) (traditional knowledge);
• biodiversity and climate change.
• enhancing integration under the Convention and its Protocols with respect to provisions related to ABS, biosafety, and Article 8(j);
• the second work programme of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES);
• spatial planning, protected areas, and other effective area-based conservation measures; and
• marine and coastal biodiversity.
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