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The second meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI 2) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) opened on Monday, following the 22nd meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 22) and a Sunday seminar on transformational change for the biodiversity agenda. Delegates heard opening remarks, addressed organizational matters, and engaged in discussions on: review of progress in the implementation of the Convention and the Strategic Plan 2011-2020; assessment and review of the effectiveness of the Nagoya Protocol on access and benefit-sharing (ABS); and mainstreaming of biodiversity within and across sectors, and other strategic actions to enhance implementation. In the evening, an opening reception was held on the theme “Indigenous peoples, local communities and the future of biodiversity.” For extensive details on the day’s negotiations and to hear what delegates said in the corridors, see our daily Earth Negotiations Bulletin. IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has provided daily web coverage, daily reports, and a summary and analysis from SBSTTA 22 and SBI 2. Photos by IISD/ENB | Franz Dejon For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page L-R: Roberta Bondar, Canada's first female astronaut, and founder, Roberta Bondar Foundation; Jyoti Mathur-Filipp, CBD Secretariat; SBI 2 Chair Francis Ogwal (Uganda); Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez, Vice Minister, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico; CBD Executive Secretary Cristiana Paşca Palmer; and CBD Deputy Executive Secretary David Cooper Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez, Vice Minister, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico SBI 2 Chair Francis Ogwal CBD Executive Secretary Cristiana Paşca Palmer Jiří Hlaváček, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) SBI 2 observed a moment of silence in memory of Olivier de Munck, CBD Secretariat SBI 2 keynote speaker, Roberta Bondar, Canada's first female astronaut, and founder, Roberta Bondar Foundation View of a presentation by Roberta Bondar, Canada's first female astronaut, and founder, Roberta Bondar Foundation Belal Alhayek, Syrian Arab Republic Eugenia Arguedas Montezuma, Costa Rica Jesus Guerra Bell, Cuba Soonhwan Hwang, Republic of Korea Prudence Tangham Galega, Cameroon Wolfram Tertschnig, Austria, for the EU Wilson Rojas, Ecuador Senka Barudanovic, Bosnia and Herzegovina Shoni Munhedzi, South Africa Fionna Cumming, New Zealand Arora Sujata, India Crisanta Marlene Rodriguez, the Philippines Jing Xin, China View of a presentation on mainstreaming biodiversity by UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and African Wildlife Foundation Neville Ash, UNEP-WCMC Jimmiel Mandima, African Wildlife Foundation SBI 2 Snapshots L-R: Roberta Bondar, Canada's first female astronaut and founder, Roberta Bondar Foundation; and CBD Executive Secretary Cristiana Paşca Palmer Roberta Bondar, Canada's first female astronaut, and founder, Roberta Bondar Foundation, with CBD Secretariat, and SBSTTA 22 Chair Mundita Lim Delegates from Small Island Developing States consulting L-R: CBD Executive Secretary Cristiana Paşca Palmer and Kent Nnadozie, Secretary, International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) geared towards enhancing cooperation between the two Secretariats. SBSTTA 22 Chair Mundita Lim (center) with participants from the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity L-R: Lahcene Rekik, Lisa Pedicelli, and Florence Blot, CBD Secretariat

The 22nd meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 22) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) concluded its work Saturday. In the morning, parties considered the remaining conference room papers (CRPs) on: •       Risk assessment and risk management of living modified organisms; •       Marine and coastal biodiversity; and •       Digital sequence information. In the afternoon, SBSTTA 22 adopted all ten draft recommendations to forward to the fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties in November 2018. After adopting the report of the meeting and hearing closing statements, SBSTTA 22 closed at 6:43 pm. For extensive details on the day’s negotiations and to hear what delegates said in the corridors, see our daily Earth Negotiations Bulletin. IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has provided daily web coverage, daily reports, and a summary and analysis from SBSTTA 22 and SBI 2. Photos by IISD/ENB | Franz Dejon For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page L-R: Alexander Shestakov, CBD Secretariat; SBSTTA 22 Chair Theresa Mundita Lim; CBD Deputy Executive Secretary David Cooper; Jacqueline Grekin, CBD Secretariat; and Jihyun Lee, CBD Secretariat Yuri Kato, Japan Georgina Catacora-Vargas, Bolivia Gillian Guthrie, Jamaica Anne Teller, EU L-R: Marie-May Muzungaile, Seychelles; and Snežana Prokić, Serbia R.H.M.P. Abeykoon, Sri Lanka Jesse Verhalle, Belgium Parveen Ejaz, Pakistan Janos Hennicke, Germany Liu Ying, China Youngdawng Moh, Republic of Korea Adem Bilgin, Turkey Prudence Tangham Galega, Cameroon Wenxuan Yu, China University of Political Science and Law Leo Fidjeland, University of the Arts London John Clorley, UK François Lengrand, France Christine von Weizsäcker, ECOROPA Mette Gervin Damsgaard, Denmark Tim Strabala, New Zealand Moustafa Fouda, Egypt L-R: Hesiquio Benítez Díaz and Edda Fernández Luiselli, Mexico L-R: CBD Executive Secretary Cristiana Paşca Palmer; Alexander Shestakov, CBD Secretariat; SBSTTA 22 Chair Theresa Mundita Lim; and CBD Deputy Executive Secretary David Cooper CBD Executive Secretary Cristiana Paşca Palmer Samuel Dieme, SBSTTA 22 Rapporteur Gabriele Obermayr, Austria for the EU Ilham Atho Mohamed, Maldives Senka Barudanovic, Bosnia and Herzegovina Hesiquio Benítez Díaz, Mexico L-R: Hamdallah Zedan and Moustafa Fouda, Egypt Scott Wilson, Canada Chrissy Grant, International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity Li Ching Lim, Third World Network Alexander Shestakov, CBD Secretariat SBSTTA 22 Chair Theresa Mundita Lim gaveled the meeting to a close at 6:43 pm L-R: Samuel Dieme, SBSTTA 22 Rapporteur; Alexander Shestakov, CBD Secretariat; CBD Executive Secretary Cristiana Paşca Palmer; SBSTTA 22 Chair Theresa Mundita Lim; and CBD Deputy Executive Secretary David Cooper SBSTTA 22 Snapshots Participants taking a break watching the 2018 World Cup L-R: Li Ching Lim, Third World Network; Edward Hammond, Third World Network; Dana Perls, Friends of the Earth; Silvia Ribeiro, ETC Group; Jim Thomas, ETC Group; and Ricarda Steinbrecher, Federation of German Scientists L-R: Young-Hyo Chang and Soo Hyo Lee, Republic of Korea SBSTTA 22 Chair Theresa Mundita Lim with participants from the Philippines and ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity L-R: Henry Philippe Ibañez de Novion and Luciana Melchert, Brazil L-R: Hesiquio Benítez Díaz, Mexico; and Hendrik Segers, Belgium L-R: Edison Mayorga, Venezuela; Georgina Catacora-Vargas, Bolivia; and Jesus Guerra Bell, Cuba Delegates from Austria Delegates from Small Island Developing States Delegates from Mexico L-R: ENB SBSTTA 22 team with Asterios Tsioumanis, Pam Chasek, Annelies van Gaalen, Jennifer Bansard, Natalie Jones, and Franz Dejon

The 22nd meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 22) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) continued Thursday with the consideration of conference room papers (CRPs) based on the discussions held earlier in the week. CRPs were discussed in plenary on the following agenda items: Updated scientific assessment of progress towards selected Aichi Biodiversity Targets and options to accelerate progress; and Synthetic biology. A Friends of the Co-Chairs group met in the morning on digital sequence information. The contact group on risk assessment met over lunch and in the evening. The contact group on marine and coastal biodiversity also convened in the evening. For extensive details on the day’s negotiations and to hear what delegates said in the corridors, see our daily Earth Negotiations Bulletin. IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has provided daily web coverage, daily reports, and a summary and analysis from SBSTTA 22 and SBI 2. Photos by IISD/ENB | Franz Dejon For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page L-R: Alexander Shestakov, CBD Secretariat; SBSTTA 22 Chair Theresa Mundita Lim; Manoela Pessoa de Miranda, CBD Secretariat; and Marianela Araya, CBD Secretariat Plenary session considering conference room papers SBSTTA 22 Chair Theresa Mundita Lim Robert Höft, CBD Secretariat Yuri Kato, Japan Vin Fleming, UK L-R: CBD Deputy Executive Secretary David Cooper and Alexander Shestakov, CBD Secretariat Scott Wilson, Canada Fionna Cumming, New Zealand Boukar Attari, Niger Jaime Grubb, Australia Wadzi Mandivenyi, South Africa José Luis Echeverría Tello, Guatemala L-R: Georgina Catacora-Vargas, Bolivia; and Edison Mayorga, Venezuela Astrid Hilgers, the Netherlands Raed Bani-Hani, Jordan Marina von Weissenberg, Finland Anne Teller, EU Prudence Tangham Galega, Cameroon Marina Hernandez, Dominican Republic Edison Mayorga, Venezuela Larbi Sbaï, Morocco Kent Nnadozie, Secretary, International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture L-R: SBSTTA 22 Chair Theresa Mundita Lim; Manoela Pessoa de Miranda, CBD Secretariat; and Marianela Araya, CBD Secretariat Elise Murphy, Australia Georgina Catacora-Vargas, Bolivia L-R: Alejandro Masís and Eugenia Arguedas Montezuma, Costa Rica L-R: Tamara Thomas, Nature Conservancy, and Ruth Spencer, Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme Delegates from Cambodia L-R: Johanna Niemivuo-Lahti, Finland; Cristina Romanelli, CBD Secretariat; and Marina von Weissenberg, Finland L-R: Suneetha Subramanian, International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI); and Clarissa Arida, ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity