Notification 2005-033

Dear Madam/Sir, In paragraph 5 of decision VII/12, the Conference of the Parties requested the Executive Secretary to undertake further work on issues pertaining to use of terms for sustainable use, adaptive management, monitoring and indicators building on the outcome of the Addis Ababa workshop. The work on use of terms and associated instruments will further assist Parties in the implementation of the Addis Ababa Principles and Guidelines for the Sustainable Use of Biodiversity, adopted by COP-7. In response to this request, the Secretariat organized an electronic forum in order to gather further comments and proposals on issues pertaining to use of terms for sustainable use, adaptive management, monitoring and indicators, which was informed to Parties through notification 2004-072, dated 30 August 2004. Due to the low response received so far through the electronic forum, I wish to renew the invitation to interested experts to comment and formulate proposals, as appropriate, and to submit them to the Secretariat through the electronic forum, fax or email, in order to further advance the work on the use of terms and associated instruments based on sections I D and II D of the report of the Addis Ababa Workshop (UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/9/INF/8), together with appendix I of annex I. For ease of reference, the aforementioned text and its appendix is attached to this notification. Parties, Governments and relevant organizations are kindly invited to provide the Secretariat with information on the above no later than 20 May 2005. Comments received will be compiled by the Secretariat and integrated in a revised document for consideration at SBSTTA-11.

Executive Secretary

To: CBD National Focal Points Relevant organizations