Notification 2018-001

Dear Madam/Sir, In recommendation XXI/1, the Executive Secretary was requested to undertake a peer review of four information documents on scenarios for the 2050 Vision for Biodiversity and the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development, prepared for the twenty-first meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, and to make revised versions of these documents available for the information of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation at its second meeting and the Conference of the Parties at its fourteenth meeting. In light of this request, the information notes have been made available for peer review and can be accessed from the document review webpage for the twenty-second meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice and the second meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation, accessible from https://www.cbd.int/sbstta22-sbi2/review.shtml. To provide comments on the information documents, please use the template accessible at the webpage noted above, and return it to the Secretariat by e-mail at secretariat@cbd.int or by fax at: +1 514 288 6588. The deadline for peer review comments is 31 January 2018. Please accept, Madam/Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration. Cristiana Paşca Palmer, PhD Executive Secretary

Executive Secretary

To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, relevant organizations