A/RES/69/15 SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway Biodiversity 89. We agree to promote international cooperation and partnerships, as appropriate, and information exchange, and in this context we welcome the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity, 2011–2020, for the purpose of encouraging the active involvement of all stakeholders in the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, as well as their access to and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources, with the vision of living in harmony with nature. 90. We recognize that, overall, small island developing States have extraordinary marine and terrestrial biodiversity that in many cases is fundamental to their livelihoods and identity. Noting that this valuable biodiversity and the ecosystem services it provides are at grave risk, we strongly support the efforts of small island developing States: (a) To conserve biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources; (b) To export organic, natural, sustainably produced and locally grown products; (c) To access financial and technical resources for the conservation and sustainable management of biodiversity. 91. We invite parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity 31 to consider ratifying and implementing the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from Their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity, 32 while acknowledging that having access to and sharing the benefits of genetic resources contribute to the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, poverty eradication and sustainable development. Desertification, land degradation and drought 92. We recognize that addressing desertification, land degradation and drought challenges will be critical for the achievement by small island developing States of food security and nutrition, their adaptation to climate change, the protection of their biodiversity and the development of resilience to natural disasters. We also strongly support the efforts of small island developing States in designing and implementing preparedness and resilience policies relating to desertification, land degradation and drought as a matter of priority and in catalysing financial resources from a range of public and private sources, as well as in promoting the sustainability of their limited soil resources. 93. We acknowledge the decision of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa entitled “Follow-up to the outcomes of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20)”,33 in which the Conference of the Parties established an intergovernmental _______________ 31 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1760, No. 30619. See United Nations Environment Programme, document UNEP/CBD/COP/10/27, annex, decision X/1. 33 ICCD/COP(11)/23/Add.1 and Corr.1, decision 8/COP.11. 32 22/30