Montreal – This week the 22nd Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice #SBSTTA2018 to the Convention on Biodiversity takes place.
The meeting helps build the agenda for the upcoming CBD COP14.
SBSTTA-22 will consider the following agenda items:
- Digital sequence information on genetic resources
- Risk assessment and risk management of living modified organisms
- Synthetic biology
- Updated scientific assessment of progress towards selected Aichi Biodiversity Targets and options for accelerating progress
- Protected areas and other measures for enhanced conservation and management
- Marine and coastal biodiversity: ecologically or biologically significant marine areas, addressing anthropogenic underwater noise and marine debris, biodiversity in cold-water areas and marine spatial planning
- Biodiversity and climate change: ecosystem-based approaches to climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction
- Invasive alien species
- Conservation and sustainable use of pollinators
- Second work programme of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Key Links
https://www.cbd.int/conferences/sbstta-sbi/sbstta-22
https://www.cbd.int/conferences/sbstta-sbi/sbstta-22/documents
http://enb.iisd.org/vol09/enb09699e.html
http://enb.iisd.org/biodiv/sbstta22-sbi2/
Official Comments
https://www.cbd.int/doc/speech/2018/sp-2018-07-02-sbstta22-en.pdf
Questions for #SBSTTA2018
- Is there a directory of participants?
- Do meetings have livestreaming and recorded video? (See https://www.facebook.com/pg/UNBiodiversity/videos)
- Are relevant documents, presentations and publications available online?
- Is anyone reporting on the event?
- What is on the agenda for COP14?
- Focusing on biodiversity, how are we improving communication, education and public awareness?
- What would locals like visitors to know about Montreal?
Twitter Moment
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