In 2002, Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity adopted the Strategic Plan, committing themselves to more effective and coherent implementation of the objectives of the Convention to achieve, by 2010, a significant reduction in the current rate of biodiversity loss. The 2010 Target was subsequently endorsed by the World Summit on Sustainable Development in its Plan of Implementation (paragraph 44). Recognizing that, to achieve this target, more effective processes for evaluation, reporting and reviewing implementation of the Convention and the Strategic Plan were needed, the Conference of the Parties adopted decision VII/30, paragraph 23, establishing the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention (WGRI).

The first meeting of the Working Group was held in September 2005 in Montreal. The final report and recommendations of this meeting are available here.

The second meeting of the Working Group (WGRI-2) was held from 9-13 July 2007 at UNESCO headquarters in Paris. Further information is available here.