WGRI Recommendation
. Implementation of goals 2 and 3 of the Strategic Plan
2/1Implementation of goals 2 and 3 of the Strategic Plan
The Ad Hoc Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention,
Having undertaken the in-depth review of the implementation of goals 2 and 3 of the Strategic Plan,
1.Recommends that the Conference of the Parties at its ninth meeting
(a)Adopt a decision along the lines provided in the annex to the present recommendation;
(b)Consider developing a framework of options to mobilize human and technological resources at national level, drawing on, and taking full consideration of, existing instruments, initiatives, and experiences;
(c)Consider the continuation of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention taking into account the importance of making progress in the implementation of the Convention;
2.Requests the Executive Secretary, to invite Parties to submit views on the revision of the Strategic Plan beyond 2010, and to prepare a report for the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, taking into account also the views expressed by Parties at the second meeting of the Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention.
Annex
DRAFT DECISION FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES AT ITS NINTH MEETING
The Conference of the Parties
1.Takes note of the status of implementation of goals 2 and 3 of the Strategic Plan provided in paragraphs (a)-(p) of the summary of the note by the Executive Secretary on the status of implementation of goals 2 and 3 of the Strategic Plan (UNEP/CBD/WG-RI/2/2);
2.Emphasizes that national biodiversity strategies and action plans and equivalent instruments are key implementation tools of the Convention and therefore play an important role in achieving the 2010 biodiversity target;
3.Highlights that practical implementation should be one of the key messages in all aspects of the work of the Convention;
4.Notes with concern the insufficient financial, human and technical resources, the inadequate mainstreaming of biodiversity, in particular in sectoral planning processes and in national development and poverty eradication strategies, and the paucity of information in relation to the implementation of national biodiversity strategies and action plans;
5.Emphasizes the need to strengthen coordination at the national level for implementation of the multilateral environment agreements, including the Rio conventions, in order to promote a more integrated approach and coherent implementation of national biodiversity strategies and action plans;
National biodiversity strategies and action plans
6.Urges Parties that have not yet done so to develop a national biodiversity strategy and action plan or adapt existing strategies, plans or programmes, as required by Article 6 of the Convention, as soon as possible and preferably no later than the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties;
7.Further emphasizes the importance of securing high-level government support in the process of developing, updating and implementing national biodiversity strategies and action plans, and the need to engage all relevant sectors and stakeholders;
8.Recalling the guidance provided by the Conference of the Parties concerning national biodiversity strategies and action plans, annexed to this recommendation, and taking note of the lessons learned from the in-depth review, urges Parties in developing, implementing and revising their national and, where appropriate, regional, biodiversity strategies and action plans, and equivalent instruments, in implementing the three objectives of the Convention, to:
Meeting the three objectives of the Convention:
(a)Ensure that national biodiversity strategies and action plans are action-driven, practical and prioritized, and provide an effective and up-to-date national framework for the implementation of the three objectives of the Convention, its relevant provisions and relevant guidance developed under the Convention;
(b)Ensure that national biodiversity strategies and action plans take into account the principles in the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development adopted at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development;
(c)Emphasize the integration of the three objectives of the Convention into relevant sectoral or cross-sectoral plans, programmes and policies;
(d)Promote the mainstreaming of gender considerations;
(e)Identify priority actions at national or regional level, including strategic actions to achieve the three objectives of the Convention;
(f)Develop a plan to mobilize national, regional and international financial resources in support of priority activities, considering existing and new funding sources;
Components of biodiversity strategies and action plans
(g)Take into account the ecosystem approach;
(h)Highlight the contribution of biodiversity, including, as appropriate, ecosystem services, to poverty eradication, national development and human well-being, as well as the economic, social, cultural, and other values of biodiversity as emphasized in the Convention on Biological Diversity, making use, as appropriate, of the methodologies and conceptual framework of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment;
(i)Identify the main threats to biodiversity, including direct and indirect drivers of biodiversity change, and include actions for addressing the identified threats;
(j)As appropriate, establish national, or where applicable, sub-national, targets, to support the implementation of national biodiversity strategies and action plans, consistent with the flexible framework established in decisions VII/30 and VIII/15, taking into account, as appropriate, other relevant strategies and programmes, such as the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation and focusing on national priorities;
Support processes
(k)Include and implement national capacity development plans for the implementation of national biodiversity strategies and action plans, making use of the outcomes of national capacity self-assessments in this process, as appropriate;
(l)Engage indigenous and local communities, and all relevant sectors and stakeholders including representatives of society and the economy that have a significant impact on, benefit from or use biodiversity and its related ecosystem services. Activities might include:
(i)Preparing, updating and implementing national biodiversity strategies and action plans with the participation of a broad set of representatives from all major groups to build ownership and commitment;
(ii)Identifying relevant stakeholders from all major groups for each of the actions of the national biodiversity strategies and action plans;
(iii)Consulting those responsible for policies in other areas so as to promote policy integration and multidisciplinary, cross-sectoral and horizontal co-operation to ensure coherence;
(iv)Establishing appropriate mechanisms to improve the participation and involvement of indigenous and local communities and civil society representatives
(v)Striving for improved action and cooperation to encourage the involvement of the private sector, namely through the development of partnerships at the national level;
(vi)Strengthening the contribution of the scientific community in order to improve the science/policy interface to support research-based advice on biodiversity;
(m)Respect, preserve and maintain the traditional knowledge, innovations and practices of indigenous and local communities consistent with Article 8(j);
(n)Establish or strengthen national institutional arrangements for the promotion, coordination and monitoring of the implementation of the national biodiversity strategy and action plans,
(o)Develop and implement a communication strategy for the national biodiversity strategy and action plan;
(p)Address existing planning processes in order to mainstream biodiversity concerns in other national strategies, including, in particular, poverty eradication strategies, national strategies for the Millennium Development Goals, sustainable development strategies, and strategies to adapt to climate change and combat desertification, as well as sectoral strategies, and ensure that national biodiversity strategies and action plans are implemented in coordination with these other strategies;
(q)Make use of or develop, as appropriate, regional, subregional or subnational networks to support implementation of the Convention;
(r)Promote and support local action for the implementation of national biodiversity strategies and action plans, by integrating biodiversity considerations into sub-national and local level assessments and planning processes, and, as and where appropriate, the development of sub-national and local biodiversity strategies and/or action plans, consistent with national biodiversity strategies and action plans;
Monitoring and review
(s)Establish national mechanisms including indicators, as appropriate, and promote regional cooperation to monitor implementation of national biodiversity strategies and action plans and progress towards national targets, to allow for adaptive management, and provide regular reports on progress, including outcome-oriented information, to the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity;
(t)Review national biodiversity strategies and action plans to identify successes, constraints and impediments to implementation, and identify ways and means of addressing such constraints and impediments, including revision of the strategies where necessary;
(u)Make available through the Convention’s clearing-house mechanism national biodiversity strategies and action plans, including periodic revisions, and where applicable, reports on implementation, case studies of good practice, and lessons learned;
9.Invites the financial mechanism, and urges Governments and other donors to provide adequate funding to developing countries, in particular the least developed countries and small island developing States, as well as countries with economies in transition, for the implementation and revision of national, and where appropriate, regional biodiversity strategies;
10.Notes that, in line with the guidelines for the fourth national reports developed in accordance with decision VIII/14, Parties should report on progress in implementing national biodiversity strategies and action plans and on mainstreaming as part of their fourth national reports, and reiterates the importance of submitting their fourth national reports on or before 30 March 2009.
Priority areas for capacity-building, access to and transfer of technology
Recognizing the importance of capacity-building and access to and transfer of technology and that these should address identified national needs and priorities, Aware that inadequate capacity building, access to and transfer of technology, and technology cooperation are obstacles to the implementation of the Convention, especially in developing countries, in particular least developed countries and small island developing States, as well as countries with economies in transition, Noting the need for a better use of existing mechanisms and an enhanced partnership with international and regional organizations, Emphasizing the importance of the issue of access to and transfer of technology and technology cooperation, and scientific and technical cooperation in the implementation of the Convention and, in that respect, of the mandate of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group established in decision VIII/12 (Technology transfer and cooperation),
11.Recalling Article 20, of the Convention, urges Parties, to fulfil their obligations and commitments in regard to the Convention;
12.Encourages relevant implementing agencies to address nationally identified capacity needs for the implementation of the Convention;
13.Notes the need to provide Parties with additional information on guidance, initiatives, mechanisms, systems and tools to improve technology transfer and cooperation, including:
(a)Approaches to technology transfer and cooperation which address the prioritized needs of countries based on priorities in the national biodiversity strategies and action plans rather than non-specific and global approaches;
(b)Bilateral and multilateral cooperation agreements as means to achieve effective transfer of technology;
(c)Guidance and initiatives to increase private sector engagement and strengthen enabling environment for investments at the national level;
14.Recommends that capacity building for national biodiversity strategies and action plans focus on:
(a)Elaboration and updating of national biodiversity strategies and action plans with broad stakeholder participation and based on nationally-identified needs and obstacles;
(b)Effective delivery and implementation of national biodiversity strategies and action plans;
(c)Monitoring implementation of national biodiversity strategies and action plans;
(d)Mobilization of financial resources for development, review and implementation of national biodiversity strategies and action plans;
15.Encourages Parties to establish or strengthen national clearing-house mechanisms to promote scientific and technical cooperation with other Parties, in particular with developing countries, in particular the least developed countries and small island developing States, as well as countries with economies in transition;
16.Requests the Executive Secretary, in cooperation with partner organizations to facilitate:
(a)The continued exchange of best practices and lessons learned from the preparation, updating and implementation of national biodiversity strategies and action plans, through appropriate forums and mechanisms such as the clearing-house mechanism and, subject to available resources, strengthened cooperation with regional processes, South-South cooperation and voluntary peer review;
(b)The provision of training and technical support from partner organizations;
(c)Scientific and technical cooperation as well as technology transfer and cooperation to enhance the capacity of developing country Parties, in particular least developed countries and small island developing States, as well as countries with economies in transition, to support national implementation of the Convention including through a better use of the clearing house mechanism, the financial mechanism and communication, education and public awareness under the Convention;
17.Recalling paragraph 6 of decision VIII/8, reaffirms the need for regional and subregional meetings to discuss national experience in implementing national biodiversity strategies and action plans, and the integration of biodiversity concerns into relevant sectors, including consideration of obstacles and ways and means for overcoming the obstacles;
18.Requests the Executive Secretary, to:
(a)Continue to build upon the existing database of national biodiversity strategies and action plans;
(b)In collaboration with partner organizations continue to compile a range of instruments, including toolkits and documentation of best practices and lessons learned, to support Parties to develop, review and implement their national biodiversity strategies and action plans and related implementation activities, including for the achievement of the 2010 biodiversity target;
(c)Identify opportunities in the organization of work of the bodies of the Convention, as appropriate, to support development, review and implementation of national biodiversity strategies and action plans;
19.Takes note of the opportunity provided by the ongoing development of “One UN” programmes and encourages Parties, including the “One UN” pilot countries, to give due consideration to integrating biodiversity issues as identified in their national biodiversity strategies and action plans;
20.Invites the United Nations Environment Programme, the United Nations Development Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, in partnership with the Convention, building upon, inter alia, the Bali Strategic Plan for Technology Support and Capacity building, to further examine ways and means to support national implementation of the Convention;
21.Invites all bilateral and multilateral development cooperation agencies to promote mainstreaming of the environment, including biodiversity, into development cooperation activities;
22.Also invites Parties and other Governments and relevant organizations to contribute to initiatives aimed at assessing the benefits of implementing the three objectives of the Convention, and the costs of the loss of biodiversity and the failure to take measures to fulfil the three objectives of the Convention, and encourages Parties to take this information into account when elaborating, reviewing and implementing national biodiversity strategies and action plans;
Mechanisms for the implementation of the Convention and inputs to the process of revising the Strategic Plan beyond 2010
23.Agrees that the recommendations from the second meeting of the Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention arising from the in-depth review of goals 2 and 3 of the Strategic Plan provide an input to the review of Strategic Plan beyond 2010;
24.Requests the Executive Secretary to prepare an updated overview of guidance generated in the framework of the Convention, including, inter alia, guidelines, principles, and programmes of work, for the implementation of the Convention, in the context of the Strategic Plan, including an analysis of the relationship of the thematic programmes of work with the cross-cutting issues;
25.Invites Parties to provide comments on the effectiveness of the guidance as summarized in the overview prepared by the Executive Secretary, referred to in paragraph 24 above.
Appendix
DECISIONS OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES PROVIDING GUIDANCE TO PARTIES ON NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANS 1
| CBD Article/ programme of work/cross-cutting issue | Decision | Guidance |
|---|---|---|
| Articles 6 and 8 | II/7 (para. 5) | Encourages Parties, in preparing and implementing their national strategies and action plans, to collaborate with relevant organizations and, if so desired, to take into consideration existing guidelines such as “National Biodiversity Planning” published by the United Nations Environment Programme, the World Resources Institute and the World Conservation Union (IUCN) |
| Articles 6 and 8 | III/9 (para. 2) | Urges Parties to include in their national plans, strategies or legislation measures for (a) in situ and ex situ conservation; (b) integration of biodiversity objectives in relevant sectoral policies to achieve conservation and sustainable use; and (c) equitable sharing of benefits from the use of genetic resources |
| Targets | III/9 (para. 5) | Invites Parties to set measurable targets to achieve biodiversity conservation and sustainable use objectives |
| Agricultural biodiversity | III/11 (para. 15) | Encourages Parties to develop national strategies, programmes and plans which identify key components of biodiversity in agricultural production systems, encourage the adoption of repairing practices, and integrate with other plans, programmes and projects relating to the conservation and sustainable use of other terrestrial, freshwater, coastal and marine ecosystems |
| Cooperation | III/21 (para. 8) | Urges the Parties to ensure that the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands, and of migratory species and their habitats, are fully incorporated into national strategies, programmes and plans’ |
| Marine and coastal biodiversity | IV/5, annex (para. 10) (retired) | Parties should, in accordance with Article 6 of the Convention, develop national strategies, plans and programmes in order to promote the conservation and sustainable use of marine and coastal biological diversity |
| Public education and awareness | IV/10 B (para. 1(a)) | Urges Parties to place special emphasis on the requirements of Article 13 of the Convention in the development of their national strategies and action plans |
| Ecosystem approach | V/6, annex, section C (para. 12) | From the operational guidance for application of the ecosystem approach: As the primary framework of action to be taken under the Convention, the ecosystem approach should be fully taken into account in developing and reviewing national biodiversity strategies and action plans. |
| Education and public awareness | V/17 (para. 6) | Invites Parties, Governments, organizations and institutions to support capacity-building for education and communication in biological diversity as part of their national biodiversity strategies and action plans, taking into account the global initiative |
| Dry and sub-humid lands biodiversity | V/23, annex I (para. 2 (f)) | From the programme of work: Support the development of national strategies and programmes, and to promote the integration of biological diversity concerns in sectoral and cross-sectoral plans, programmes and policies, in furtherance of Article 6 of the Convention, in seeking harmonization and avoiding duplication when undertaking activities relevant to other related conventions... |
| Access and benefit-sharing | V/26 (para. 3) | Urges Parties to ensure that national biodiversity strategies as well as legislative, administrative or policy measures on access and benefit-sharing contribute to conservation and sustainable-use objectives |
| Dry and sub-humid lands biodiversity | VI/4 (para. 2) | Requests the Executive Secretary, in collaboration with the secretariats of relevant conventions, to prepare a proposal for the development of a mechanism to coordinate activities in these areas, and for linking and ensuring integration of the national biodiversity strategies and action plans under the Convention on Biological Diversity and the national action programmes under the Convention to Combat Desertification |
| Global Strategy for Plant Conservation | VI/9 (para. 4) | Invites Parties and Governments to develop national and/or regional targets, and, as appropriate, to incorporate them into relevant plans, programmes and initiatives, including national biodiversity strategies and action plans |
| Forest biodiversity | VI/22 (para. 28) | Urges Parties and other Governments to incorporate relevant objectives and related activities of the programme of work into their national biodiversity strategies and action plans and national forest programmes and promote compatibility and complementarity between these plans/programmes and other related initiatives |
| Invasive alien species | VI/23 (para. 10) | Urges Parties and other Governments, in implementing the Guiding Principles, and when developing, revising and implementing national biodiversity strategies and action plans to address the threats posed by invasive alien species, to... (Further guidance is provided in VI/23(10) but is not reproduced here) |
| Strategic Plan for the Convention on Biological Diversity | VI/26 (annex) | Goal 3: National biodiversity strategies and action plans and the integration of biodiversity concerns into relevant sectors serve as an effective framework for the implementation of the objectives of the Convention. 3.1 Every Party has effective national strategies, plans and programmes in place to provide a national framework for implementing the three objectives of the Convention and to set clear national priorities. 3.4 The priorities in national biodiversity strategies and action plans are being actively implemented, as a means to achieve national implementation of the Convention, and as a significant contribution towards the global biodiversity agenda. |
| Implementation of the Convention, in particular, implementation of priority actions in national biodiversity strategies and action plans | VI/27 A (para. 2) | Urges Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity: (a) To develop and adopt national biodiversity strategies and action plans, where they have not yet done so; (b) To give priority to the integration of the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, as well as benefit-sharing, into relevant sectoral or cross-sectoral plans, programmes and policies, in accordance with Article 6 of the Convention; (c) To identify priority actions in national biodiversity strategies and action plans and other relevant national strategies; (d) To implement national biodiversity strategies and action plans; and to periodically revise them in the light of the experience of implementation; (e) To establish national mechanisms or consultative processes, with particular regard, where appropriate, to the special needs of indigenous and local communities, for coordinating, implementing, monitoring, evaluating and periodically revising national biodiversity strategies and action plans; (f) To identify constraints and impediments to implementation of national biodiversity strategies and action plans, and to reflect them in the national reports; (g) To make their national biodiversity strategies and action plans, including periodic revisions, available through their national clearing-house mechanism and the Convention website |
| Regional cooperation | VI/27 A (para. 3) | Parties are encouraged to develop regional, subregional or bioregional mechanisms and networks; and to support implementation of the Convention including, as appropriate, through the development of regional or subregional biodiversity strategies and action plans, the identification of common constraints and impediments to implementation; and promotion of joint measures for addressing these |
| Dry and sub-humid lands biodiversity | VII/2 (para. 5(c) (i)) | Requests the Executive Secretary ... to integrate activities related to national biodiversity strategies and action plans with national action programmes for the Convention to Combat Desertification, national adaptation programmes of action under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Ramsar wetland policies and other relevant programmes, including national strategies for sustainable development and poverty reduction |
| Marine and coastal biodiversity | VII/5 (para. 44) | Urges Parties and other Governments to adopt the use of relevant methods and techniques for avoiding the adverse effects of mariculture on marine and coastal biological diversity, and incorporate them into their national biodiversity strategies and action plans |
| Monitoring and indicators | VII/8 (para. 8) | Urges all Parties that have not done so to develop a set of biodiversity indicators as part of their national strategies and action plans, taking into account, as appropriate, the targets of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation and the target to achieve by 2010 a significant reduction in the current rate of biodiversity loss at the global, regional and national level, as well as the guidance, lessons learned and list of indicators provided in UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/9/10 |
| Biological diversity and tourism | VII/14 (para. 10) | Invites all Governments to integrate these Guidelines in the development or review of their strategies and plans for tourism development, national biodiversity strategies and action plans, and other related sectoral strategies, at appropriate levels in consultation with interested stakeholders including tourism operators and all members of the tourism sector |
| Global strategy for plant conservation | VII/10 (para. 6 (a)) | Encourages Parties ... to promote and facilitate implementation and monitoring of the Strategy at national level, including the identification of national targets and their integration in national biodiversity strategies and action plans and sectoral and cross-sectoral plans programmes and activities |
| Mountain biodiversity | VII/27 (para. 3) | Invites Parties to identify priority actions among the actions recommended in the programme of work depending on the particular national or local conditions and urges Parties to incorporate them into their national biodiversity strategies and action plans, as well as national programmes and activities on the implementation of regional mountain conventions and initiatives, and implement them taking into account the ecosystem approach |
| Island Biodiversity | VIII/1 (para. 3) | Urges Parties ...to implement the programme of work primarily through its incorporation into National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans, and to mainstream it into national sustainable development strategies. (Further guidance provided in the programme of work, annex to VIII/1) |
| Global Taxonomy Initiative | VIII/3 (para. 9) | Urges Parties and other Governments that have not done so to: [..] Undertake or complete or update, as a matter of priority, national taxonomic needs assessments, including related technical, technological and capacity needs, and establish priorities for taxonomic work that take into account country-specific circumstances. These assessments should take into account ongoing national biodiversity strategies and action plans as well as regional strategies and initiatives under development, with particular regard to user needs and priorities |
| Global Initiative on Communication, Education and Public Awareness | VIII/6 (annex II, para. 2) | CEPA strategies should be developed and implemented, wherever possible, as components of national biodiversity strategies and action plans. Where countries have yet to develop national biodiversity strategies and action plans, any CEPA strategies should take the potential of this into account. (Further guidance provided in annexes II and III of VIII/6) |
| Scientific and technical cooperation and the clearing-house mechanism | VIII/11 (programme of work of the CHM) | Actions by national clearing-house mechanisms: 1.1.8. Identify and implement opportunities to facilitate scientific and technical cooperation that will enhance the capacity to implement priority actions in national biodiversity strategies and action plans 1.2.3. Identify and implement opportunities to facilitate the transfer of technology that is needed to implement priority actions in national biodiversity strategies and action plans 3.3.4. Identify work areas where active networking between experts would facilitate implementation of priority actions in national biodiversity strategies and action plans, and seek to establish such networks |
| Financial resources and financial mechanism | VIII/13 (para. 2) | Affirms that Parties and Governments should determine their own funding priorities for national biodiversity activities based on the Strategic Plan, and national biodiversity strategies and action plans, and taking into account relevant elements of the Convention’s programmes of work |
| National reporting | VIII/14 (para. 3) | Decides that the fourth and subsequent national reports should be outcome oriented and focus on the national status and trends of biodiversity, national actions and outcomes with respect to the achievement of the 2010 target and the goals of the Strategic Plan of the Convention, and progress in implementation of national biodiversity strategies and action plans |
| Framework for monitoring implementation of the achievement of the 2010 target and integration of targets into the thematic programmes of work | VIII/15 (para. 10) | Emphasizes that the targets ... should ... be viewed as a flexible framework within which national and/or regional targets may be developed, relevant to the implementation by Parties of the programmes of work and National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans, according to national and/or regional priorities and capacities, taking into account differences in biological diversity between countries; |
| Ibid | VIII/15 (para. 11) | Urges Parties and invites other Governments to develop national and/or regional goals and targets and related national indicators ... and to incorporate them into relevant plans, programmes and initiatives, including national biodiversity strategies and action plans ... |
| Ibid | VIII/15 (para. 15) | Emphasizes that the elaborated technical rationale and proposed indicators for the outcome oriented targets for the programme of work on the biodiversity of dry and sub-humid lands provided in the annex to the note by the Executive Secretary (UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/11/4/Add.2) are intended as guidance to Parties in their implementation of National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans |
| Ibid | VIII/15 (para. 23) | Emphasizes that the technical rationale and proposed global indicators for the global outcome-oriented targets for the programme of work on mountain biological diversity contained in the note by the Executive Secretary (UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/11/10) are intended as guidance to Parties in their implementation of national biodiversity strategies and action plans |
| Private-sector engagement | VIII/17 (para. 1) | Urges national focal points, working with relevant government departments, to communicate the importance of biodiversity to companies operating within the jurisdiction of Parties, including state-owned companies and small and medium enterprises, to engage such companies in the development of national biodiversity strategies and action plans, and to encourage such companies to adopt practices that support the implementation of national biodiversity strategies and action plans and the objectives of the Convention |
| Agricultural biodiversity | VIII/23 (para. 5) | Urges Parties and other Governments to integrate biodiversity, food and nutrition considerations into their national biodiversity strategies and action plans and other national plans and activities, including national plans of action for nutrition and strategies for achievement of the Millennium Development Goals |
 2/5 | 2/2 |
1This table does not include short-term purely procedural requests to Parties for information. Please note also that additional guidance is available in relation to invasive alien species (decision VI/23, para 10), island biodiversity (decision VIII/1, annex) and CEPA (decision VIII/6, annexes II and III).