Global
Taxonomy Initiative
The Conference of the
Parties
1.
Notes the progress and commitment being made in implementing
the programme of work for the Global Taxonomy
Initiative;
2.
Invites Parties,
other Governments, regional and international organizations to take
full account of the importance of taxonomic capacities in achieving
the goals of the Convention, to support taxonomic activities to
attain the 2010 target, and to provide all necessary support to
national, and where appropriate regional , taxonomic centres of
research and expertise; and urges Parties, other Governments
and relevant funding organizations to provide adequate and timely
support to developing countries to assist in the implementation of
the Global Taxonomy Initiative, and for integrating taxonomic
capacity-building activities into thematic and cross-cutting
programmes, including supporting activities and projects, such as,
where appropriate, stand alone capacity‑building
projects;
3.
Invites Parties to appoint national focal points for the
Global Taxonomy Initiative as called for in decision V/9, and
urges all Parties to ensure that those focal points work
with their taxonomic communities taking into account the programme
of work for the Global Taxonomy Initiative;
4.
Requests Parties to appropriately include and give full
support to the taxonomic work needed to accomplish the thematic and
cross-cutting programmes of work and activities under the
Convention;
5.
Invites developed country Parties to provide technical and
financial support for the operations of the Coordination Mechanism
of the Global Taxonomy Initiative;
6.
Requests Parties to report on the status of implementation
of the programme of work for the Global Taxonomy Initiative and
further invites national and international, taxonomic
institutions, funding organizations, financial agencies, and the
financial mechanism of the Convention to contribute information on
their relevant activities to the review of the Global Taxonomy
Initiative for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at
its eighth meeting;
7.
Requests the Executive Secretary, in collaboration with the
Coordination Mechanism for the Global Taxonomy Initiative
to:
(a) Ensure
that appropriate taxonomic expertise with balanced regional
representation is included in inter-sessional meetings and expert
groups convened by the Secretariat as appropriate;
(b)
Develop the process and
guidelines for the in-depth review, including mechanisms for
monitoring progress in the implementation of the programme of work
for the Global Taxonomy Initiative, to be finalized during the
tenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and
Technological Advice for consideration at the eleventh meeting of
the Subsidiary Body; and
(c)
Undertake an analysis of the existing thematic programmes of work
and cross‑cutting issues with respect to taxonomic
components, in order to more effectively build taxonomy into the
work programmes and to develop an understanding of the taxonomic
capacity necessary to accomplish the targets of these programmes of
work.
(d)
Undertake a gap analysis of missing elements of the existing
programme of work for the Global Taxonomy Initiative in the light
of the decisions at the sixth and seventh meetings of the
Conference of the Parties, considering also the result of the
regional workshops held after the adoption of the programme of
work.
(e) Further
facilitate the synergistic collaboration between existing
initiatives, including the clearing-house mechanism, the Global
Biodiversity Information Facility, and regional and sub-regional
taxonomic networks in order to develop more accessible information
sources for countries on their biodiversity;
(f) Ensure
that there are linkages between Articles 15 and 8(j) of the
Convention, decisions VII/19 A-F of the Conference of the
Parties, on access and benefit-sharing, and taxonomy;
8.
Welcomes the contribution offered by the Government of
Belgium through the Directorate-General for Development Cooperation
for training in taxonomy and collection management for developing
countries.
