Notification 2014-017

Dear Madam/Sir, To facilitate the timely preparation of background documentation for the eighteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 18), to take place from 23 to 28 June 2014, in Montreal, Canada, a number of notifications have recently been issued by the Secretariat. Parties and observers are reminded of the following upcoming deadlines for submissions and encouraged to submit information: (a) Notification (2013-124) - Follow-up to the seventeenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2013/ntf-2013-124-sbstta-en.pdf Action required by 15 February 2014 (b) Notification (2013-113) - Follow-up to decision XI/19 on biodiversity and climate change related issues http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2013/ntf-2013-113-redd-en.pdf Action required by 15 February 2014 (c) Notification (2013-102) - Follow-up to decisions X/33 and XI/20 in relation to climate-related geoengineering http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2013/ntf-2013-102-geoeng-en.pdf Action required by 15 February 2014 (d) Notification (2013-114) - Follow-up to decision XI/25 on sustainable use of biodiversity: bushmeat and sustainable wildlife management http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2013/ntf-2013-114-sustainable-use-en.pdf Action required by 22 February 2014 (e) Notification (2014-004) - Peer-review of the Draft Updated Synthesis of the Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Marine Biodiversity http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2014/ntf-2014-004-marine-en.pdf Action required by 28 February 2014 In addition, Parties are reminded of the deadline of 31 March 2014 to submit the fifth national report. The full text of all notifications is available at: http://www.cbd.int/notifications/. Please accept, Madam/Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration.

Executive Secretary

To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and Relevant organizations