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SBSTTA 16 Recommendations
Sixteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, 30 April - 5 May 2012 - Montreal, Canada
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Recommendations adopted by the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice at its Sixteenth Meeting

Recommendations
1.
Ways and means to improve the effectiveness of the subsidiary body and options for collaboration with the intergovernmental science-policy platform on biodiversity and ecosystem services
2.
Considerations for the preparation of the fourth edition of the Global Biodiversity Outlook
3.
Island biodiversity: in-depth review of the implementation of the programme of work
4.
Marine and coastal biodiversity: ecologically or biologically significant marine areas
5.
Marine and coastal biodiversity: sustainable fisheries and addressing adverse impacts of human activities on marine and coastal biodiversity
6.
Marine biodiversity: marine spatial planning and voluntary guidelines for the consideration of biodiversity in environmental impact ssessments and strategic environmental assessments in marine and coastal areas
7.
Advice on the application of relevant REDD+16 safeguards for biodiversity, and on possible indicators and potential mechanisms to assess impacts of REDD+ measures on Biodiversity
8.
Proposals on integrating biodiversity considerations into climate-change-related activities, including addressing gaps in knowledge and information
9.
Technical and regulatory matters on geoengineering in relation to the convention on biological diversity
10.
Global Strategy for Plant Conservation
11.
Revised Draft Capacity-Building Strategy for the Global Taxonomy Initiative
12.
New and emerging issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity
13.
Biofuels and biodiversity
14.
Incentive measures: progress in implementing decision X/44
15.
Reports on collaborative work on biodiversity and agriculture, forests, and biodiversity and health