Retired sections: paragraphs 1 and 6-11.
Cooperation with other bodies
The Conference of the Parties,
1. Takes note of ongoing cooperation activities;
2. Invites the Executive Secretary to strengthen cooperation,
particularly in the area of scientific and technical assessment of
biodiversity, bearing in mind the importance of biodiversity assessments in
identifying emerging issues and reviewing the programmes of work and the
impact of measures taken under the Convention;
3. Invites the Executive Secretary to strengthen the cooperation
with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, including its
Kyoto Protocol, on relevant issues such as dry and sub-humid lands, forest
biological diversity, coral reefs, and incentive measures;
4. Welcomes and endorses the second joint work plan (2000-2001)
between the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Ramsar Convention on
Wetlands (UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/5/INF/12), and commends it as a useful example of
future cooperation between the Convention on Biological Diversity and other
environmental conventions;
5. Notes that the second joint work plan between the Convention on
Biological Diversity and the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands includes a range
of cooperative actions in relation to several ecosystem themes and cross-cutting
issues of the Convention on Biological Diversity, as well as
proposing actions to harmonize institutional processes, and requests the
Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice and the
Executive Secretary to take these actions fully into consideration in
furthering the respective programmes of work for these areas;
6. Recalling decision III/21, takes note of the United Nations
Environment Programme/Convention on Migratory Species study on the
complementarities between the Convention on Migratory Species and the
Convention on Biological Diversity (UNEP/CBD/COP/5/INF/28);
7. Requests the Executive Secretary to take the study into
consideration and, in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Convention on
Migratory Species, to develop a proposal on how migratory species could be
integrated into the work programme of the Convention on Biological Diversity,
and the role the Convention on Migratory Species could play in the
implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity with regard to,
inter alia, the ecosystem approach, the Global Taxonomy Initiative,
indicators, assessments and monitoring, protected areas, public education and
awareness, and sustainable use, including tourism;
8. Requests the Executive Secretary to submit the proposal referred
to in paragraph 7 above for review by the Subsidiary Body on Scientific,
Technical and Technological Advice prior to the sixth meeting of the
Conference of the Parties and requests the Subsidiary Body to provide advice
to the Conference of the Parties at its sixth meeting;
9. Takes note of the International Biodiversity Observation Year of
DIVERSITAS, to take place from 2001 to 2002, and requests the Executive
Secretary and invites Parties, to find ways and means of collaborating with
this initiative and ensure complementarity with the initiative foreseen to be
undertaken by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity to
increase scientific knowledge and public awareness of the crucial role of
biodiversity for sustainable development;
10. Requests the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and
Technological Advice to identify opportunities for collaboration with the
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment in contributing to the assessment needs of
the Convention, in particular through the pilot scientific assessment
projects referred to in paragraph 29 (b) of decision V/20;
11. Decides to accept the invitation of the Millennium Ecosystem
Assessment to be represented in the Executive Committee, nominates for this
purpose the Chair of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and
Technological Advice and the Executive Secretary, and directs that the
Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice be kept
informed on developments and progress;
12. Recognizes the importance of the Global Biodiversity Forum as a
mechanism for building understanding and capacity in implementing the
Convention, and encourages support of the Global Biodiversity Forum process
