Decision COP 16/18
Invasive alien species
1. Welcomes The Thematic Assessment Report on Invasive Alien Species and Their Control of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, including its summary for policymakers and key messages, and notes its relevance to the work undertaken under the Convention on Biological Diversity and to the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework;
2. Encourages Parties, other Governments, relevant organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant stakeholders to make use, as appropriate, of the information contained in the assessment in the implementation of the Convention and the Framework, including when updating or revising and implementing national biodiversity strategies and action plans and during the preparation of the seventh and subsequent national reports, and urges developed country Parties, other Parties in a position to do so and relevant organizations to provide support to developing countries in this regard, including through capacity-building, financing and technology transfer;
3. Recognizes that increasing the availability and accessibility of information and means of implementation and addressing major knowledge gaps on biological invasions, in particular in developing countries, would result in more robust and effective policy instruments and management actions and that additional efforts and cooperation are particularly needed to improve data collection in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean and the Pacific region;
4. Highlights the fact that access to adequate and sustained financial and other resources, including international funding to support developing countries, in accordance with Article 20 of the Convention, underpins and improves the effectiveness of actions for the long-term management of biological invasions, including the eradication, control and ongoing monitoring of invasive alien species and their pathways of introduction;
6. Endorses the following elements of voluntary guidance developed on the basis of the work of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Invasive Alien Species and further complemented through a peer review process to support the implementation of the Framework:
7. Urges Parties, within their capabilities and in line with their priorities, to make use of the elements of voluntary guidance endorsed in paragraph 6 for the updating and implementation of national biodiversity strategies and action plans and to inform national and subnational actions for the management of invasive alien species;
9. Urges Parties, within their capabilities, and invites other Governments and relevant organizations, as appropriate, in line with national circumstances and priorities and in a manner consistent with relevant international obligations, in the light of the findings of the assessment on invasive alien species and their control:
(a) To make use of the information available in the assessment, including the status of and trends in invasive alien species, the role of direct and indirect drivers in the introduction and establishment of invasive alien species, and effective management options, such as cross-sectoral collaboration, for the implementation of Target 6 of the Framework;
(b) To support and/or develop policy instruments that seek synergies among relevant sectors to manage invasive alien species, and to consider the use of existing multisectoral approaches for achieving the necessary coordination, as appropriate;
(c) To develop or strengthen existing national regulatory instruments to reduce the movement and introduction of invasive alien species, which may be complemented, when appropriate, by the use of relevant voluntary guidance and codes of conduct, including for the regulation of online trade and areas that are not already covered by existing standards, in a manner consistent with relevant international obligations, and taking into account national circumstances and legislations;
(e) To address knowledge and data gaps identified in the assessment by, among other things, promoting further scientific and socioeconomic research on areas relevant to the management of invasive alien species and supporting capacity-building, technology transfer and technical and scientific cooperation;
(f) To support, including through the provision of financial resources, the development, updating and long-term operation of open and interoperable information platforms systems, infrastructures and data-sharing to support the management of invasive alien species;
(g) To engage a wide range of stakeholders, including women, youth, indigenous peoples and local communities, academia and scientific and technical groups, in the management of invasive alien species;
(i) To seek opportunities to enhance coordination and collaboration among countries and international and regional mechanisms, and across sectors, to support the implementation of the One Health approach, among other holistic approaches, and to ensure that sustained strategic actions are taken to manage invasive alien species;
(j) To conduct knowledge-sharing and capacity-building activities to support Parties, in particular developing country Parties, with implementing Target 6 of the Framework, ensuring the full and effective participation of indigenous peoples and local communities, women and youth in those activities;
10. Requests the Executive Secretary, subject to the availability of resources:
(a) To further strengthen collaboration among relevant organizations through the Inter-agency Liaison Group on Invasive Alien Species, in line with their respective mandates, with a view to supporting the implementation of Target 6 of the Framework by:
(b) To hold an open-ended online forum to facilitate the exchange of information and experiences on:
(i) Work carried out by Parties and stakeholders, including on tools and mechanisms used, challenges and best practices with regard to the prevention, management, control and eradication of invasive alien species, towards the implementation of Target 6 of the Framework, in particular to facilitate international and regional cooperation;
(ii) Approaches that can be taken to facilitate a collaborative response to biological invasions and the threats and impacts of invasive alien species, and how those individual approaches could be integrated into the One Health approach;
- Body
- Conference of the Parties (COP)
- Meeting
- COP-1621 Oct - 1 Nov, 2024Cali, Colombia
- Actors
- 53 13 Parties 12 Government(s) 12 Relevant organizations 2 Indigenous peoples and local communities 1 Stakeholder(s) 1 Women 1 Youth 11 Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity
- GBF targets
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- Subjects
- 36 36 Invasive Alien Species
- Decision document
- 16/18Invasive alien species
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