The Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice,
Noting that the following topics were proposed as potential main themes for the eighth and subsequent meetings of the Conference of the Parties:
(a) Restoration and rehabilitation of degraded ecosystems and recovery of rare and threatened species;
(b) The importance of biodiversity for human health;
(c) Importance of biosecurity in preserving biodiversity through the control of invasive alien species;
(d) The role of biodiversity in natural disaster prevention and relief;
(e) Island biodiversity; and
(f) Biodiversity of urban and peri-urban areas,