CBD Distr. GENERAL UNEP/CBD/QR/55 13 February 2012 ENGLISH ONLY QUARTERLY REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY (October – December 2011) Note by the Executive Secretary I. OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY ........................................................................ 4 A. Personnel Arrangements ............................................................................................................... 8 B. Financial Arrangements ................................................................................................................ 9 II. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DECISIONS OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES 9 SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL MATTERS ......................................... 9 Decision X/4: Global Biodiversity Outlook ............................................................................................... 9 Decision X/7: Goals and targets ............................................................................................................... 10 Decision X/11: Science-policy interface on biodiversity, ecosystem services and human well-being and consideration of the outcome of the intergovernmental meetings ........................................... 10 Decision X/13: New and emerging issues ................................................................................................ 10 Decision X/17: Global Strategy for Plant Conservation ........................................................................ 10 Decision X/20: Cooperation with other Conventions and International Organizations and Initiatives ........................................................................................................................................................ 11 Decision X/28: Biological Diversity of Inland Waters ............................................................................ 11 Decisions IX/18 and X/31: Protected Areas ............................................................................................ 11 Decision X/9 (a) item ix ............................................................................................................................. 14 Decision X/32: Sustainable Use of Biodiversity ...................................................................................... 14 Decision X/33: Biodiversity and Climate Change .................................................................................. 15 Decision X/35: Biodiversity of Dry and Sub-humid Lands ................................................................... 15 Decisions VI/22, IX/5, X/33 (REDD+) and X/36: Forest Biodiversity .................................................. 16 Decision X/37: Biofuels and biodiversity ................................................................................................ 17 Decision IX/4 and X/38: Invasive Alien Species .................................................................................... 17 Decision IX/22 and X/39: Global Taxonomy Initiative .......................................................................... 18 ACCESS AND BENEFIT SHARING ............................................................................................. 18 /… UNEP/CBD/QR/55 Page 2 Decision X/1: Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization ................................................................................................................... 18 SOCIAL ECONOMIC AND LEGAL MATTERS ........................................................................ 20 Decision X/14: Retirement of decisions ................................................................................................... 20 Decision IX/13: Article 8(j) and Related Provisions ............................................................................... 20 Decision X/44 Incentive Measures ........................................................................................................... 21 Decision X/16 Technology Transfer and Cooperation ........................................................................... 21 Decision IX/28 and Decision X/22: Promoting engagement of cities and local authorities ................ 21 OUTREACH AND MAJOR GROUPS .......................................................................................... 22 Decision X/18: Communication, education and public awareness and the International Year of Biodiversity ................................................................................................................................... 22 IMPLEMENTATION AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT ................................................................ 24 Decision IX/8: National Biodiversity Strategies and Actions Plans ...................................................... 24 Decisions VIII/14 and X/10: National reporting: review of experience and proposals for the fifth national report .............................................................................................................................. 25 Decision X/3: (Strategy for resource mobilization in support of the achievement of the Convention's three objectives), Decision X/24 (Review of guidance to the financial mechanism), X/25 (Additional guidance to the financial mechanism), Decision X/26 (The financial mechanism: Assessment of the amount of funds needed for the implementation of the Convention for the sixth replenishment period of the Global Environment Facility Trust Fund), and Decision X/27 (Preparation for the fourth review of the effectiveness of the financial mechanism) ... 26 Decision X/26 (The financial mechanism: Assessment of the amount of funds needed for the implementation of the Convention for the sixth replenishment period of the Global Environment Facility Trust Fund) ............................................................................................. 26 Decision X/6: Integration of biodiversity into poverty eradication and development ........................ 26 Decision X/21: Business engagement ....................................................................................................... 27 Decision X/15: Scientific and Technical Cooperation and the Clearing-House Mechanism .............. 28 BIOSAFETY ..................................................................................................................................... 28 III. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DECISIONS OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES SERVING AS THE MEETING OF THE PARTIES TO THE PROTOCOL ........................ 28 Decision BS-V/2: Operation and Activities of the Biosafety Clearing House (BCH) .......................... 28 Decisions BS-IV/17 and BS-V/13: Public Awareness, Education and Participation ........................... 29 Decision BS-V/12: Risk Assessment and Risk Management ................................................................. 29 Decision BS-V/11: Liability and Redress ................................................................................................ 30 Decision BS-V/3 Capacity-Building ......................................................................................................... 30 Decision BS-V/3 (Section IV): Socio-economic considerations ............................................................. 30 Decisions BS-IV/9 and BS-V/8: Handling, Transport, Packaging and Identification ........................ 31 Decision BS-V/1: Compliance Committee ............................................................................................... 31 ANNEX I .................................................................................................................................................... 32 Meetings ..................................................................................................................................................... 32 ANNEX II .................................................................................................................................................. 35 Status of Implementation of the Agreed Administrative Arrangements ............................................. 35 ANNEX III ................................................................................................................................................. 41 UNEP/CBD/QR/55 Page 3 Organizational Chart of the CBD Secretariat ........................................................................................ 41 ANNEX IV ................................................................................................................................................. 49 General Trust Fund for Additional Voluntary Contributions in Support of Approved Activities under the Convention on Biological Diversity (BE) ............................................................................. 49 ANNEX V ................................................................................................................................................... 54 General Trust Fund for Additional Voluntary Contributions to Facilitate the Participation of Parties in the Process of the Convention on Biological Diversity (BZ) ................................................ 54 ANNEX VI ................................................................................................................................................. 56 General Trust Fund for the Convention on Biological Diversity (BY)................................................. 56 ANNEX VII ...............................................................................................................................................