Notification 2025-080

Dear Sir or Madam,

In its decision NP-5/5, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization agreed to the methodology for the second assessment and review of the effectiveness of the Protocol. One of the elements to be considered in the assessment and review is a preliminary review of the cooperative procedures and institutional mechanisms to promote compliance with the provisions of the Nagoya Protocol and to address cases of non-compliance as contained in the annex to decision NP-1/4.

This is further to section G of the procedures and mechanisms on compliance, which provides that the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol is to undertake the review of the effectiveness of the procedures and mechanisms under the assessment and review provided for in Article 31 of the Protocol.

I am pleased to invite Parties, other Governments, indigenous peoples and local communities, women and youth representatives and relevant stakeholders, and other organizations to submit views to inform the preliminary review of the procedures and mechanisms on compliance.

The views received will be analyzed and synthesized as part of the assessment and review process described in decision NP-5/5.  

Views should be submitted as soon as possible, but no later than 31 July 2025, through the central portal of the clearing-house mechanism using this link . Should technical problems prevent submitting views through the clearing-house mechanism, contributions may be sent through an official letter addressed to the Executive Secretary, by e-mail to secretariat@cbd.int .

Please accept, Sir, Madam, the assurances of my highest consideration. 

(Signed) Astrid Schomaker
Executive Secretary