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Gender plan of action

Date: 17-11-2018
Treaty
Convention on Biological Diversity
Meeting
Fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
Type
Decision
Status
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Gender, Implementation

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The Conference of the Parties,
Recalling decision XII/7, in which it welcomed the 2015-2020 Gender Plan of Action under the Convention,
Noting that the 2015-2020 Gender Plan of Action is at its mid-way point, and recognizing the need for effective implementation of the Plan, including towards the achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets and the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020,
1.Welcomes the updated assessment of progress in the implementation of the 2015-2020 Gender Plan of Action;11CBD/SBI/2/2/Add.3.
2.Emphasizes the need to address gender considerations in the development of the post-2020 biodiversity framework and in line with the gender targets of the Sustainable Development Goals;22See General Assembly resolution 70/1, annex.
3.Encourages Parties to develop and implement gender-responsive strategies and actions to support the implementation of the Convention and the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020;
4.Encourages Parties and invites other relevant stakeholders to support actions to strengthen knowledge on the linkages between gender and biodiversity, including through the provision of resources for capacity‑building on gender and biodiversity issues, and the collection of sex-disaggregated data;
5.Encourages Parties and invites other relevant stakeholders to support harmonized approaches to capacity‑building and implementation of gender-responsive measures for biodiversity across the multilateral environmental agreements;
6.Requests the Executive Secretary, subject to availability of resources, to undertake a review of the implementation of the 2015-2020 Gender Plan of Action, in parallel to the development of the fifth edition of the Global Biodiversity Outlook and the second edition of the Local Biodiversity Outlooks, in order to identify gaps, best practices and lessons learned;
7.Also requests the Executive Secretary, subject to the availability of resources, to organize regional workshops on the linkages between gender and biodiversity, and the lessons learned from the implementation of the 2015-2020 Gender Plan of Action;
8.Further requests the Executive Secretary, subject to the availability of resources, to include discussions on the linkages between gender and biodiversity, and the lessons learned from the implementation of the 2015-2020 Gender Plan of Action within the regional consultations on the post-2020 global biodiversity framework.