Sustainable use: further consolidation of the work on the use of terms
and on associated instruments
The Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice,
Recalling paragraph 5 of decision VII/12, on sustainable use,
1. Welcomes the development of the biodiversity and sustainable use
module of the United Nations Environment Programme's project on Issue-Based
Modules for Coherent Implementation of Biodiversity-related Conventions, as a
helpful tool for implementation;
Use of terms
2.
Recalls that the use of terms as set down in Article 2 of the
Convention provides guidance for all activities under the Convention;
Adaptive management and monitoring
3. Takes note of the recent progress made in consolidating work on
adaptive management and monitoring by including information and guidance on
adaptive management and monitoring into the webbased sourcebook and the Users'
Guide on the Ecosystem Approach, prepared pursuant to paragraph9(d) of decision
VII/11 in collaboration with Parties and relevant international and regional
organizations;
Indicators
Taking note of the progress made on indicators relevant to the focal area
on sustainable use of the framework for assessing progress towards the 2010
target contained in decision VII/30,
Recognizing the need to further consolidate work on indicators for
sustainable use initiated primarily at the thematic (decision VII/12, paragraph
5), national (decision VII/8) and global (decisionVII/30) levels,
Recalling the list of headline indicators associated with the sub-targets
of goal 4 ("Promote sustainable use") contained in annex II to
recommendation X/5 of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and
Technological Advice,
4. Takes note of the ongoing, and encourages new, initiatives and
processes on the regional and international levels to further develop
indicators on sustainable use applicable in different regions and sectors (see
the annex to the present recommendation for a preliminary list of ongoing
initiatives and processes) and encourages those initiatives to consider
the specific conditions and capacity constraints of developing countries when
developing indicators,
5. Requests the Executive Secretary to take note of initiatives,
processes and organizations and their efforts to further develop and
consolidate indicators on the sustainable use of biodiversity and to report
thereon to the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties;
6. Recommends that
the Conference of the Parties invites the Ad
Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and related provisions, in the
context of its work on the development of indicators on the protection of
traditional knowledge, innovations and practices of indigenous and local
communities as requested in decision VII/30 to also consider indicators on
sustainable use that relate to the customary use of biological resources in
accordance with traditional cultural practices that are compatible with
conservation or sustainable use requirements (Article 10(c));
Casestudies
Recalling paragraph 4 of decision VII/12,
7. Recommends that the Conference of the Parties invites the Global
Environment Facility and other funding institutions to support in-depth
case-studies on the application of the
Addis Ababa Principles and Guidelines for the Sustainable Use of Biodiversity;
Regional workshops on sustainable use
Noting with appreciation the support provided by the Governments of the
Russian Federation and of Argentina in hosting respectively, the Central and
Eastern European, and the Latin American and Caribbean regional expert
workshops on sustainable use, as well as the financial support provided by the
Government of the Netherlands,
Recognizing the important role these workshops play in identifying
emerging issues for the regions,
8. Recalling that SBSTTA, in accordance with paragraph 4 of decision
VII/12, will consider success stories, best practices and lessons learnt in the
application of the Addis Ababa Principles and Guidelines at a meeting prior to
the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, notes the
contribution the reports of the workshops could make in assessing the
application of the Principles and Guidelines in different regions;
9. Recalling that the Conference of the Parties, in paragraph 3 of
decision VII/12, requested SBSTTA to explore the applicability of the Addis
Ababa Principles and Guidelines to agricultural biodiversity at a meeting prior
to the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, notes the
contribution the report of the Latin American and Caribbean regional experts
workshop on sustainable use could make to this exploration.
Annex
PROVISIONAL LIST OF ONGOING INITIATIVES AND PROCESSES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF
INDICATORS ON SUSTAINABLE USE
1. The initiative on Streamlining European 2010 Biodiversity Indicators,
coordinated by the European Environment Agency and its European Topic Centre on
Biological Diversity (ETCBD), the European Centre for Nature Conservation and
the World Conservation Monitoring Centre of the United Nations Environment
Programme;
2. The IUCN ad hoc working group on sustainable use indicators in the context of
the 2010 target;
3. The workshop on sustainable use indicators to be held in January 2006 by
UNEP-WCMC and the IUCN Sustainable Use Specialist Group.
