Small Island Developing States

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