[39], The sixth ordinary meeting of the parties to the convention took place in April 2002, in The Hague, Netherlands. It plays a key role in making recommendations to the COP on scientific and technical issues. At present, 10.6% of Malaysias land area has been designated as terrestrial protected areas. [34], The second ordinary meeting of the parties to the convention took place in November 1995, in Jakarta, Indonesia. The four functions and core areas of work of SBI are: (a) review of progress in implementation; (b) strategic actions to enhance implementation; (c) strengthening means of implementation; and (d) operations of the convention and the Protocols. [30] Non-commercial researchers and institutions such as natural history museums fear maintaining biological reference collections and exchanging material between institutions will become difficult,[31] and medical researchers have expressed alarm at plans to expand the protocol to make it illegal to publicly share genetic information, e.g. In 2014, the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity established the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI) to replace the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the convention. The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), known informally as the Biodiversity Convention, is a multilateral treaty. While past conservation efforts were aimed at protecting particular species and habitats, the Convention recognizes that ecosystems, species and genes must be used for the benefit of humans. Article 25 of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) establishes an open-ended intergovernmental scientific advisory body known as the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) to provide the Conference of In accordance with Article 26 of the convention, parties prepare national reports on the status of implementation of the convention. It sets principles for the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising from the use of genetic resources, notably those destined for commercial use. It has two supplementary agreements, the Cartagena Protocol and Nagoya Protocol. In 2006, the World Trade Organization (WTO) ruled that the European Union had violated international trade law between 1999 and 2003 by imposing a moratorium on the approval of genetically modified organisms (GMO) imports. HAFIZ H IUMW 2. The conference gave a mid-term evaluation to the UN Decade on Biodiversity (20112020) initiative, which aims to promote the conservation and sustainable use of nature. acting executive secretary is Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, who took up this post on 1 December 2019. At the end of the meeting, the meeting adopted the "Pyeongchang Road Map", which addresses ways to achieve biodiversity through technology cooperation, funding and strengthening the capacity of developing countries.[48]. It argues, however, that conservation will bring us significant environmental, economic and social benefits in return. Following a recommendation of CBD signatories during COP 10 at Nagoya, the UN, on 22 December 2010, declared 2011 to 2020 as the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity. [50][51] Governments also agreed to accelerate action to achieve the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, agreed in 2010, until 2020. This article is partly based on the relevant entry in the CIA World Factbook, as of 2008[update] edition. IUCN COP7 Position paper on ABS. The meeting achieved a total of 35 decisions,[47] including a decision on "Mainstreaming gender considerations", to incorporate gender perspective to the analysis of biodiversity.