• Decisions on the ecosystem approach
• Guidance to Parties
• Financial mechanism and resources
• Guidance to the Secretariat
• Guidance to SBSTTA
• Cooperation with other conventions and organizations
• Relevant aspects of thematic work programmes
• Other relevant decisions

Relevant aspects of thematic work programmes

• Decision IV/4 paragraph 7 (b)
  Status and trends of the biological diversity of inland water ecosystems and options for conservation and sustainable use
• Decision IV/5 annex B, paragraph 2; annex C, operational objective 2.1
  Conservation and sustainable use of marine and coastal biological diversity, including a programme of work
• Decision IV/7 annex I, paragraph 3 (b); annex II, paragraphs 11-27
  Forest biological diversity
• Decision V/3 paragraph 9
  Progress report on the implementation of the programme of work on marine and coastal biological diversity (implementation of decision IV/5)
• Decision V/4 paragraphs 3, 8
  Progress report on the implementation of the programme of work for forest biological diversity
• Decision V/5 annex A, paragraph 4
  Agricultural biological diversity: review of phase I of the programme of work and adoption of a multi-year work programme
• Decision V/23 annex I, paragraph 3; Annex I, II, Part b, Activity 8
  Consideration of options for conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity in dryland, Mediterranean, arid, semi-arid, grassland and savannah ecosystems
• Decision VII/11 annex II, B Ecosystem Approach
  Ecosystem Approach