Notification 2022-034

Dear Madam/Sir, In its recommendation 24/2 (https://www.cbd.int/doc/recommendations/sbstta-24/sbstta-24-rec-02-en.pdf), paragraph 2, the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) requested the Executive Secretary, under the guidance of the Bureau of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, to compile comments from Parties, other Governments and relevant stakeholders on appendices 1 and 2 of this recommendation, and to facilitate a scientific and technical review, ensuring consultation with Parties, including through the organization of an expert workshop, of the proposed indicators of the monitoring framework for the post 2020 global biodiversity framework. In response to this request regarding the compilation of comments, the Secretariat, with the technical support of UNEP-WCMC, has prepared an online survey. Parties, other Governments and relevant organizations are therefore invited to submit their comments on appendices 1 and 2 of SBSTTA recommendation 24/2 using this online survey available here (https://www.post-2020indicators.org/submit-views). Moreover, this online survey also allows for comments to be provided on the compilation of available metadata for the proposed headline indicators of the draft monitoring framework available in information document CBD/SBSTTA/24/INF/38 (https://www.cbd.int/doc/c/72c0/7986/05fe89f0ae9898fdc872e144/sbstta-24-inf-38-en.pdf), in response to the same recommendation 24/2. The comments received through this online survey will be compiled by the Secretariat and made available as information for participants at the fourth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and the second part of the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties. The compilation will also be made available as information for participants at the Expert workshop on the monitoring framework for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, being convened by the Secretariat in Bonn, Germany from 29 June to 1 July 2022, as announced in notification 2022-019 (https://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2022/ntf-2022-019-indicators-en.pdf). This online survey will open on 1 June 2022 and be closed by 20 June 2022. Kindly contact the Secretariat at secretariat@cbd.int for any necessary technical assistance needed in completing the survey. Please accept, Madam/Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration.

Executive Secretary

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