Recommendations adopted by the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice at its Sixteenth Meeting

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Ways and means to improve the effectiveness of the subsidiary body and options for collaboration with the intergovernmental science-policy platform on biodiversity and ecosystem services

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Considerations for the preparation of the fourth edition of the Global Biodiversity Outlook

3.

Island biodiversity: in-depth review of the implementation of the programme of work

4.

Marine and coastal biodiversity: ecologically or biologically significant marine areas

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Marine and coastal biodiversity: sustainable fisheries and addressing adverse impacts of human activities on marine and coastal biodiversity

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Marine biodiversity: marine spatial planning and voluntary guidelines for the consideration of biodiversity in environmental impact ssessments and strategic environmental assessments in marine and coastal areas

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Advice on the application of relevant REDD+16 safeguards for biodiversity, and on possible indicators and potential mechanisms to assess impacts of REDD+ measures on Biodiversity

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Proposals on integrating biodiversity considerations into climate-change-related activities, including addressing gaps in knowledge and information

9.

Technical and regulatory matters on geoengineering in relation to the convention on biological diversity

10.

Global Strategy for Plant Conservation

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Revised Draft Capacity-Building Strategy for the Global Taxonomy Initiative

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New and emerging issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity

13.

Biofuels and biodiversity

14.

Incentive measures: progress in implementing decision X/44

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Reports on collaborative work on biodiversity and agriculture, forests, and biodiversity and health