Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Ninety per cent rate achieved in submissions of fourth national reports

Montreal, 8 August 2011 – Ninety per cent of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) have submitted their fourth national reports. The Convention Secretariat has to date received 175 fourth national reports. Submitting a national report is an obligation that needs to be implemented by all 193 Parties without exception.

Speaking in his capacity as the President of the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 10), held in Nagoya in October 2010, the Minister of the Environment of Japan, H.E. Mr. Satsuki Eda, stated: “Japan is very pleased of having made its contribution in ensuring a submission of a maximum number of fourth national reports, as the information provided by the Parties greatly assisted in designing and adopting the Aichi Biodiversity Targets.”

Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, welcomed the contribution of the 175th Party to submit its report, stating that: “By completing their reports, Parties are not only fulfilling their obligations under the Convention, they are also providing an analysis for their updated national biodiversity strategies and action plans to achieve the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, as well as a baseline against which future progress can be assessed. I call upon the remaining 18 Parties that have not done so to submit their fourth national reports as soon as possible.”

All final versions of the fourth national reports are available on the Convention’s website at: www.cbd.int/reports/search/

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