Below are some specific recommendations from the workshop concerning preparation of Chapter II. Your further suggestions are most welcome.

This chapter should not be a repetition of the strategy and action plan. It should be concise and analytical. It is stressed that more focus should be put on outcomes or impacts of implementation of national biodiversity strategies and action plans, particularly achieving the targets set and priority actions identified therein. Meanwhile countries should assess the effectiveness of the strategy by identifying gaps in implementation, including challenges encountered, and future actions that need to be taken to address threats identified in Chapter I. If countries have revised or updated their strategies and action plans, the major differences between the current strategy and the earlier one(s) should be highlighted. The Chapter could report on the activities and outcomes of implementing the earlier strategies if the implementation of the new or revised strategy has just started. 

Countries should report on their implementation activities and outcomes achieved no matter whether they have adopted a strategy and/or action plan.