Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity
and its contribution to sustainable development
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Convention, in collaboration with relevant organizations, to continue to support
capacity-building and development activities to support the ratification and
implementation of the Protocol;
28. Also invites parties to the Convention to consider, as appropriate, ratifying
or acceding to the Cartagena Protocol;
29. Invites parties to the Cartagena Protocol to consider, as appropriate,
ratifying or acceding to the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on
Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety;
30. Takes note of the work done by the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intersessional
Working Group on Article 8 (j) and Related Provisions, and in this regard invites the
secretariat of the Convention, through the Secretary-General, to report on the progress
made when reporting on the implementation of the present resolution to the General
Assembly;
31. Stresses the importance of mainstreaming biodiversity in the
implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as part of national
implementation plans for the Sustainable Development Goals, in particular all
biodiversity-related Goals and targets;
32. Takes note of the outcome of the sixth plenary meeting of the
Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services,
held in Medellin, Colombia, from 17 to 24 March 2018, which aimed to provide
policy-relevant information on biodiversity and ecosystem services to assist decision
makers, including through its regional and subregional assessments of biodiversity
and ecosystem services and its thematic assessment of land degradation and
restoration;
33. Stresses the importance of the engagement of the private sector and other
relevant stakeholders, as well as indigenous peoples and local communities, in the
implementation of the three objectives of the Convention and in the achievement of
the biodiversity targets, invites them to align their practices more explicitly with the
objectives of the Convention, including through partnerships, in accordance with
national legislation, circumstances and priorities, in this regard stresses the
importance of the ongoing work of the Global Partnership for Business and
Biodiversity, and notes other related and complementary initiatives;
34. Notes the ongoing work of the Joint Liaison Group of the secretar iats and
offices of the relevant subsidiary bodies of the Convention on Biological Diversity,
the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries
Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa, 36 and the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 10 (the Rio conventions)
and the Liaison Group of Biodiversity-related Conventions, acknowledges the
importance of improving coherence in the implementation of those conventions,
recognizes the importance of enhancing synergies among the biodiversity -related
conventions, without prejudice to their specific objectives, in this regard notes the
contribution of the United Nations Environment Assembly, as reflected in its
resolution 2/17 of 27 May 2016, 37 and encourages the conferences of the parties to
the biodiversity-related multilateral environmental agreements to consider
strengthening efforts in this regard, taking into account relevant experiences and
bearing in mind the respective independent legal status and mandates of those
instruments;
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