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Decision COP XII/31
UNEP/CBD/COP/DEC/XII/31

Multi-year programme of work of the Conference of the Parties up to 2020

The Conference of the Parties,

Taking into account the priorities defined in the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and findings from the fourth edition of the Global Biodiversity Outlook,

Informational
1.Reaffirms that the Conference of the Parties should review progress in the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 at each of its meetings to 2020, and that the development of further guidance for policy development and to support implementation should be based on this review as well as on information available in national reports and on other information that may become available, including through scientific assessments;
Operational Active
2.Decides to update the multi-year programme of work for the Conference of the Parties up to 2020 according to the list of issues in the annex to the present decision;
Operational Active
3.Also decides to address, at each of its meetings, standing items consistent with earlier decisions as well as other issues arising from decisions of the Conference of the Parties in relation to particular programmes of work and cross-cutting issues, and to maintain sufficient flexibility in the multi-year programme of work in order to accommodate urgent emerging issues and respond to emerging opportunities.
Body
Conference of the Parties (COP)

Meeting
COP-12
Twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
6 - 17 October, 2014
Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea

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