Meeting Documents

Report of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice on the work of its ninth meeting
(Reposted for technical reasons on 2 December 2003)

1.

Provisional agenda

2.

Organization of work
Annotations to the provisional agenda

3.

Progress in the implementation of the thematic programmes of work

4.

Progress in the implementation of the work on cross cutting issues

5.

Report of the Chair of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice on the inter-sessional activities of the Bureau

6.

Status and trends of, and threats to, protected areas

7.

Protected areas
Proposed programme of work

8.

Review of methods and approaches for the planning, establishment and management of protected areas and protected area networks

9.

Outcomes of the Fifth World Parks Congress

10.

Protected Areas: Recommendations of the International Workshop on Protected Forest Areas, Montreal, 6 8 November 2003

11.

Technology transfer and cooperation
Proposals for the development of a programme of work on technology transfer and cooperation

12.

Draft elements of a programme of work on technology transfer and cooperation

13.

Review of status of implementation of decisions on technology transfer and cooperation

14.

Ecosystem approach: further elaboration, guidelines for implementation and relationship with sustainable forest management

15.

Sustainable use: Development of practical principles, operational guidance and associated instruments

16.

Management of forest biodiversity to derive products and services and benefit-sharing

17.

Sustainable use: Proposals for the prevention of losses caused by unsustainable harvesting of timber and non-timber forests resources

18.

Elaboration of proposals for the application of ways and means to remove or mitigate perverse incentives

19.

Monitoring and indicators: Designing national-level monitoring programmes and indicators

20.

Climate change
Review of the interlinkages between biological diversity and climate change, and advice on the integration of biodiversity considerations into the implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Kyoto Protocol

21.

Mountain ecosystems
Mountain biodiversity: Proposed programme of work

22.

Preparation for the tenth and eleventh meetings of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice
Draft provisional agendas

23.

Integration of outcome-oriented targets into the programmes of work of the Convention, taking into account the 2010 biodiversity target, the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation, and relevant targets set by the World Summit on Sustainable Development

24.

Outcome oriented targets and deadlines for the implementation of the revised programme of work on inland water biological diversity

25.

Implementation of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation

26.

Outcome-oriented targets for the implementation of the elaborated programme of work on marine and coastal biological diversity

27.

Outcome-oriented targets for the implementation of the elaborated programme of work on marine and coastal biological diversity
Corrigendum

28.

Invasive alien species: identification of specific gaps and inconsistencies in the international regulatory framework

1.

Technology transfer and cooperation
Chair’s report of the Norway/United Nations Conference on Technology Transfer and Capacity-building

2.

Protected areas
Synthesis of information in thematic reports on protected areas

3.

Report of the ad hoc technical expert group on protected areas

4.

Ecosystem approach: Further elaboration, guidelines for implementation and relationship with sustainable forest management
Report of the Expert Meeting on the Ecosystem Approach

5.

Management of forest biodiversity, sustainable use to derive products and services, and benefit-sharing: compilation of the responses to the questionnaire on forest biodiversity submitted by Parties

6.

Report of the ad hoc technical expert group meeting on the potential impacts of genetic use restriction technologies on smallholder farmers, indigenous and local communities and farmers’ rights

7.

Report of the Expert meeting on indicators of biological diversity including indicators for rapid assessment of inland water ecosystems

8.

Sustainable use: Development of practical principles, operational guidance and associated instruments
Report of the Fourth Open-ended Workshop on Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity

9.

Consideration of the results of the meeting on “2010 – the Global Biodiversity Challenge”

10.

Incentive measures: Proposals for the application of ways and means to remove or mitigate perverse incentives
Report of the Workshop on Incentive Measures for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of the components of Biological Diversity

11.

Report of the ad hoc technical expert group on mountain biodiversity

12.

Report of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Biodiversity and Climate Change

13.

Technology transfer and cooperation
Indicative list of technologies for conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity

14.

Progress in the implementation of the thematic programmes of work
Forest biological diversity: integration of non timber forest resources in forest inventory and management

15.

Progress in the implementation of the thematic programmes of work
Forest biological diversity: elements for a possible joint work programme on fire prevention and management

16.

Global Taxonomy Initiative: Progress and implementation of the programme of work

17.

Preliminary report of first Global Taxonomy Initiative workshop in Asia

18.

Proposals for further development and refinement of the guidelines for incorporating biodiversity-related issues into environmental impact assessment legislation or procedures and in strategic impact assessment: report on ongoing work

19.

Biodiversity indicators for national use: Preliminary lessons from the gef project
Progress report by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP-WCMC) and the National Institute for Public Health and Environment in the Netherlands (RIVM)

20.

Progress report on the millennium ecosystem assessment
Report prepared by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Secretariat

21.

Protected Areas: Outcomes of the Fifth World Park Congress
The Durban Accord

22.

The Durban Action Plan

23.

Message of the Fifth World Parks Congress to the Convention on Biological Diversity

24.

Recommendations of the World Parks Congress

25.

Emerging issues

26.

Protected Areas
Report of the liaison group meeting on the outcome of the World Parks Congress

27.

Achieving sustainable management of tropical marine ecosystems: The action statement from the second International Tropical Marine Ecosystems Management Symposium (ITMEMS 2) and its relevance to the Convention on Biological Diversity

28.

Report of the expert meeting on the global strategy for plant conservation

29.

Methods for rapid assessment of marine and coastal biological diversity

30.

Proposed biodiversity indicators relevant to the 2010 target

31.

Using existing processes as building blocks in reporting on the 2010 target

32.

Protected areas: Looking for synergies in the implementation of site based international agreements and programmes

33.

Outcome oriented targets for the implementation of the revised programme of work on inland water biological diversity

34.

Draft guide to the global taxonomy initiative

35.

Forest biological diversity: Relationships between IPF/IFF proposals for action and activities in the expanded programme of work on forest biological diversity

36.

Invasive alien species: identification of specific gaps and inconsistencies in the international regulatory framework

37.

Pilot assessments: the ecological and socio-economic impact of invasive alien species on island ecosystems

38.

Incentive measures: Proposals for the application of ways and means to remove or mitigate perverse incentives
Perverse incentives in biodiversity loss: submission by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

39.

Conceptual frameworks and case-based knowledge management for the ecosystem approach
Report submitted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

40.

The scope of organic agriculture, sustainable forest management and ecoforestry in protected area management
Report submitted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

41.

Update on the Global forest resources assessment
Report submitted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

42.

International assessment of agricultural science and technology for development: Final report of the Steering Committee for the Consultative process on agricultural science and technology

43.

Protected Areas: Report of the International Workshop on Protected Forest Areas

44.

Protected areas
Biodiversity Access and Benefit-sharing Policies for Protected Areas: report submitted by the Institute of Advanced Studies of the United Nations University

45.

Implementing target 11 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation: discussion paper from the CITES Plants Committee

1.

Information for participants.
(Paragraph 4 new)

2.

Information for participants.
Corrigendum

3.

Pre-registration form

4.

Invitation letter to the Workshop on the Application of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Methods and Tools to the issues of relevance to the Convention on Biological Diversity

5.

On-line request for side-events form

6.

Request for side-events form

7.

Calendar of side-events