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Decision COP XIV/26

CBD/COP/DEC/14/26

Communication

The Conference of the Parties,
Recalling decision XIII/22,
Operational Active Parties Other Government(s) Relevant organizations
1.Invites Parties, other Governments, and relevant organizations to target their communication towards increasing awareness of and action for biodiversity and its values globally;
Operational Active Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity
2.Requests the Executive Secretary, subject to the availability of funding;
Operational Active Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity
(a)To continue the implementation of the framework for a global communications strategy;
Operational Active Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity
(b)To develop, in collaboration with the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, relevant multilateral environmental agreements, and other relevant organizations, such as the International Union for Conservation of Nature, and in consultation with the Informal Advisory Committee on Communication, Education and Public Awareness, themes and background material around which Parties, other Governments, relevant organizations, and indigenous peoples and local communities, can organize communication and public awareness campaigns in the coming biennium on the current state of biodiversity and the discussions towards the preparation of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework;
Operational Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity
(c)To submit a progress report on the above activities and the implementation of decision XIII/22 to the Subsidiary Body on Implementation for consideration at its third meeting and for subsequent consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its fifteenth meeting.