REPORT of the twelfth meeting of the conference of the parties to the convention on biological diversity
The Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity held its twelfth meeting in Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea, from 6 to 17 October 2014. It adopted 35 decisions are as follows :
1. Mid-term review of progress in implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 including the fourth edition of the Global Biodiversity Outlook, and actions to enhance implementation
2. Review of progress in providing support in implementing the objectives of the Convention and the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, and enhancement of capacity-building, technical and scientific cooperation and other initiatives to assist implementation
3. Resource mobilization
4. Integrating biodiversity into the post-2015 United Nations development agenda and the sustainable development goals
5. Biodiversity for poverty eradication and sustainable development
6. Cooperation with other conventions, international organizations and initiatives
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7. Mainstreaming gender considerations
8. Stakeholder engagement
9. Engagement with sub National and local governments
10. Business engagement
11. Biodiversity and tourism development
12. Article 8(j) and related provisions
13. Access and benefit-sharing
14.Liability and redress in the context of paragraph 2 of Article 14 of the Convention
15. Global Strategy for Plant Conservation 2011-2020
16. Invasive alien species: management of risks associated with introduction of alien species as pets, aquarium and terrarium species, and as live bait and live food, and related issues
17. Invasive alien species: review of work and considerations for future work
18. Sustainable use of biodiversity: bushmeat and sustainable wildlife management
19. Ecosystem conservation and restoration
20. Biodiversity and climate change and disaster risk reduction
21. Biodiversity and human health
22. Marine and coastal biodiversity: ecologically or biologically significant marine areas (EBSAs)
23. Marine and coastal biodiversity: Impacts on marine and coastal biodiversity of anthropogenic underwater noise and ocean acidification, priority actions to achieve Aichi Biodiversity Target 10 for coral reefs and closely associated ecosystems, and marine spatial planning and training initiatives
24. New and emerging issues: synthetic biology
25. Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
26. Improving the efficiency of structures and processes of the Convention: Subsidiary Body on Implementation
27.Improving the efficiency of structures and processes of the Convention: Concurrent meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention and of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meetings of the Parties to the Protocols
28. Retirement of decisions
29. Improving the efficiency of structures and processes under the Convention: other matters
30. Financial mechanism
31. Multi-year programme of work of the Conference of the Parties up to 2020
32. Administration of the Convention and the budget for the Trust Funds of the Convention
33. Tribute to the Government and people of the Republic of Korea
34. Date and venue of the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties
35. Date and venue of the fourteenth and fifteenth meetings of the Conference of the Parties
[Source: To Review all the 35 Decisions, Kindly Visit: http://www.cbd.int/doc/?meeting=cop-12]
The first six decisions together form the Pyeongchang Roadmap for the enhanced implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and the achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets. The subsequent decisions focus on engaging actors in support of the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, followed by decisions on traditional knowledge, access and benefit-sharing and liability and redress, as well as on scientific and technical matters. Finally, there are decisions on procedural and organizational matters.
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The meeting encompass the summary report of the high-level segment, a report of the informal dialogue session held on 10 October, 2014. Where Parties requested statements made during the meeting of the Conference of the Partie. (To view detail please visit : http://www.cbd.int/doc/?meeting=cop-12) (More)