Overview of CBD Activities
The Conference of the Parties has underlined the importance of positive incentive measures. Work on positive incentive measures is an activity in the implementation of the
programme of work on incentive measures that was adopted by the Conference of the Parties in 2000. Further to a
request expressed by the Conference of the Parties at its seventh meeting, the Executive Secretary prepared an
analysis of existing and new instruments that provide positive incentives, including traditional laws and practices which generate positive incentives, their interaction with other policy measures, and their effectiveness, including their requirements for successful application, possible limitations and shortcomings.
The Conference of the Parties at its eighth meeting
recognized that positive incentive measures can influence decision-making by recognizing and rewarding activities that are carried out for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, and are important in achieving the objectives of the Convention and the 2010 biodiversity target, when such positive incentive measures are targeted, flexible, transparent, appropriately monitored and adapted to local conditions.
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encouraged relevant national, regional and international organizations and initiatives to strengthen mechanisms that build capacity and extend research and training on the design, implementation and review of positive incentive measures for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, in accordance with domestic needs and priorities, taking into account the need to understand the risks of perverse effects on livelihoods, sustainable development or the biodiversity of third parties.
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encouraged relevant national, regional and international institutions and organizations, such as IUCN and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, as well as representatives of indigenous and local communities and relevant stakeholders, to strengthen research activities, including research cooperation and exchange at national, regional and international levels, on a number of research topics related to positive incentive measures.
