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Report of the fifth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice

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Provisional Agenda

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Item 2.1 of the Provisional Agenda
Organizational Matters: Adoption of the Annotated Provisional Agenda

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Item 3.1 of the Provisional Agenda
Cooperation with Other Bodies

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Item 3.2 of the Provisional Agenda
Pilot Phase of the Clearing-House Mechanism

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Item 3.3 of the Provisional Agenda
Review of the Global Taxonomy Initiative

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Item 3.4 of the Provisional Agenda
Alien Species: Guiding Principles for the Prevention, Introduction and Mitigation of Impacts

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Item 3.5.1 of the Provisional Agenda
Inland Waters Biological Diversity: Ways and Means to Implement the Programme of Work

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Item 3.5.2 of the Provisional Agenda
Marine and Coastal Biological Diversity: Implementation Tools for the Programme of Work and Analysis of Coral Bleaching

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Item 3.5.3 of the Provisional Agenda
Forest Biological Diversity: Status and Trends and Identification of Options for Conservation and Sustainable Use

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Item 4.1.1 of the Provisional Agenda
Biological Diversity of Dryland, Mediterranean, Arid, Semi-Arid, Grassland and Savannah Ecosystems: Options for the Development of a Programme of Work

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Item 4.1.2 of the Provisional Agenda
Agricultural Biodiversity: Assessment of Ongoing Activities and Priorities for a Programme of Work

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Item 4.2.1 of the Provisional Agenda
Ecosystem Approach: Further Conceptual Elaboration

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Item 4.2.2 of the Provisional Agenda
Development of Indicators of Biological Diversity

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Item 4.2.3 of the Provisional Agenda
Sustainable Use of the Components of Biological Diversity

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Item 4.3.1 of the Provisional Agenda
Mechanisms for Implementation: Establishment of Guidelines for the Second National Reports

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Item 4.3.2 of the Provisional Agenda
Ad Hoc Technical Expert Groups: Terms of Reference, Roster of Experts and Proposal on a Uniform Methodology for Their Use

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Item 5 of the Provisional Agenda
Draft Provisional Agendas for the Sixth and Seventh Meetings of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice

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Report of the independent review of the pilot phase of the Clearing-house Mechanism

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Clearing-house Mechanism's Strategic Plan

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Clearing-house Mechanism's Longer-Term Programme of Work

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Pilot phase of the Clearing-house Mechanism

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List of information documents received from parties, countries and relevant organizations

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Establishment of guidelines for the second national reports, including indicators and incentive measures
Synthesis of information contained in the first national reports and status of reports submitted

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Establishment of guidelines for the second national reports, including indicators and incentive measures
Assessing the state of implementation of the Convention

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Establishment of guidelines for the second national reports, including indicators and incentive measures
An interim assessment of biodiversity enabling activities

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Agricultural biological diversity:
Assessment of ongoing activities and instruments

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Marine and Coast Biological Diversity: Report of the expert consultation on coral bleaching

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Cooperation with other bodies
Proposed joint work 2000-2001 of the CBD and RAMSAR

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List of Participants

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Mechanism for Management of the Global Taxonomy Initiative

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Invitation Letter

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Information for Participants