This decision has been retired.
Future programme of work for terrestrial biological diversity:
dryland, mountain and inland water ecosystems
The Conference of the Parties,
Taking note of the relevant parts of the report of the third session of
the Commission on Sustainable Development, on the review of sectoral cluster:
Land, desertification, forests and biodiversity (chapters 10-15 of
Agenda 21), as contained in document UNEP/CBD/COP/3/Inf.45,
Recognizing the need for an integrated approach to the planning and
management of land resources,
Reaffirming the central importance of biological diversity to
sustainable development in drylands and montane areas as well as in other
terrestrial ecosystems,
Recalling decision II/18 of the Conference of the Parties, in which it
decided that it may consider at its fourth meeting in 1997, inter alia,an
assessment of the status and trends of the biological diversity of inland
water ecosystems and the identification of options for conservation and
sustainable use,
Concerned that activities carried out under the Convention should not
duplicate existing efforts, but rather should complement them,
1. Endorses paragraph 5 of recommendation II/8 of the Subsidiary
Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice and thereby requests
the Executive Secretary:
(a) To explore ways and means to cooperate with the United Nations
Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious
Drought and/or Desertification particularly in Africa on matters relating to
biological diversity and drylands, with a view to identifying common
priorities;
(b) To contact those agencies and networks working on sustainable
mountain development with a view to examining forms of cooperation on matters
relating to biological diversity and mountains;
(c) To make the results of these activities available to the third
meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological
Advice;
2. Requests the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and
Technological Advice to provide the fourth meeting of the Conference of the
Parties with scientific, technical and technological advice on the status and
trends of biological diversity in inland water ecosystems and the
identification of options for conservation and sustainable use.
