Table 1: Status of the Preparation for SB8J-1 (27 to 30 October 2025)
Types of Actions Expected/taken by Parties and Observers[1]
Agenda Items (Source Decisions) | Actions expected by SB8J-1 | Intersessional Activities[2] | Timeframe 2025 (Notification issued) | I | II | III |
Item 3. In-depth dialogue: “Strategies for mobilizing resources to ensure the availability of and access to financial resources and funding, as well as other means of implementation, including capacity-building, development and technical support for indigenous peoples and local communities, including women and youth, to support the full implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework”. (Decision 16/7 ) | SB8J will engage in an in-depth dialogue, providing inputs that will be reflected in the dialogue report, which will be attached to the meeting report. The dialogue reflects a substantive contribution to the implementation of Task 8.2 of the programme of work on Article 8(j), regarding access to funding for indigenous peoples and local communities. | N/A | N/A | | | |
Item 4. Modus operandi of the Subsidiary Body on Article 8(j) and Other Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity Related to Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities. (Decision 16/5) | SB8J will develop its modus operandi based on the draft contained in Recommendation 12/2 of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intersessional Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention. | Parties, other Governments, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant stakeholders were invited to submit views and information on the modus operandi. | Completed Extended deadline: 30 May Submissions are available at Notification 2025-061 | | X | |
Item 5. Implementation of the programme of work on Article 8(j) and other provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity related to indigenous peoples and local communities to 2030 - (a) Guidelines on indigenous and traditional territories to support the protection and restoration practices led by indigenous peoples and local communities in line with Targets 2 and 3 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (Task 1.1);
- (b) Guidelines for the inclusion and consideration of traditional lands and of resource use in spatial planning processes and environmental impact assessments (Task 1.2)
- * It is proposed that 5(a) and 5(b) addressed together.
- (c) Process to review and update the Voluntary Glossary of Key Terms and Concepts Within the Context of Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention (Task 5.4).
- (Decision 16/4)
| SB8J will develop guidelines as mandated under Tasks 1.1 and 1.2 of the programme of work on Art.8(j). | Parties, other Governments, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant stakeholders were invited to submit views and information on elements for the development of the guidelines under Tasks 1.1 and 1.2. | Completed Extended deadline: 30 May Submissions are available at Notification 2025-061 | | X | |
Invitation to Parties, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant stakeholders to submit nominations for Expert workshop to support the implementation of Tasks 1.1 and 1.2. | Completed Deadline: 28 May Report of the workshop | X | | |
| SB8J will agree on the process to review the Glossary, to implement Tasks 5.4 of the programme of work on Art.8(j). | N/A | N/A | | | |
Item 6. Provision of advice on traditional knowledge for the global report on collective progress in the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. (Decision 16/32) | SB8J will provide advice on traditional knowledge to the global report. | N/A | N/A | | | |
Item 7. Recommendations of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. (Decision 16/8) | SB8J will be invited to take note of the most recent recommendation of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues | N/A | N/A | | | |
[1] Action Types by Parties and Observers: I (nominations/registrations), II (submission of information), III (submission of peer-review comments)
[2] Some activities are subject to availability of financial resources.
