Guidance

The Conference of the Parties provided guidelines for the review of the programmes of work of the Convention in annex III to decision VIII/15.

Sample in-depth review documents

Below is a list of selected official in-depth review pre-session documents prepared for SBSTTA-14. They serve as examples of what the pre-session document for the in-depth review of the island biodiversity programme of work at SBSTTA-16 could look like. Note that they are provided as samples for information purposes only.

• In-depth review of the programme of work on the biological diversity of inland water ecosystems

• In-depth review of the implementation of the programme of work on marine and coastal biological diversity

• In-depth review of the implementation of the programme of work on mountain biological diversity

• In-depth review of the implementation of the programme of work on protected areas

• In-depth review of the work on biodiversity and climate change
  Note that official in-depth review pre-session documents are generally accompanied by longer “information documents”, which, in the case of SBSTTA-14, can be found here.