Press Release

May 07, 2024
  • Nature & Parks

26th Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA26), 4th Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation(SBI4)

1. The 26th meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-26) will be held in Nairobi, Kenya (United Nations Office at Nairobi), from May 13 to 18, 2024.
For details of the meeting, please refer to the following official website.
https://www.cbd.int/meetings/SBSTTA-26

2. The 4th meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI-04) will be held on May 21 to 29, 2024.
 
3. The Ministry of the Environment, Japan, will hold side events relating to the revise of the National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plan (NBSAP) and landscape approaches during the period of the SBSTTA-26 and SBI-04 meetings.

■ Side events

Major side events hosted and co-hosted by the Government of Japan during the period of SBSTTA-26 and SBI-04 are as follows.

● Landscape approaches to assessing multi-stakeholder contributions to the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
(1) Date: May 18, 2024, from 13:15 (Local time)

(2) Venue: Conference room in the building of the United Nations Office at Nairobi (CR-10-GRULAC)

(3) Hosted by: United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS)
International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI)
Ministry of the Environment (MOE), Japan
Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN)
Forest Peoples Programme (FPP)

(4) Outline: While introducing the efforts in compiling and synthesizing practical examples on landscape approaches, this event will provide methodological implications for assessing landscape-level initiatives and informing policymaking and implementation.

For details, please refer to the following website.
https://www.cbd.int/side-events/5330

● Lessons learned from National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) updating
(1) Date: May 22, 2024, from 18:15 (Local time)

(2) Venue: Conference room in the building of the United Nations Office at Nairobi (CR-11-JUSCANZ)

(3) Hosted by: Ministry of the Environment (MOE), Japan
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD)

(4) Outline: This side event aims to share experiences on NBSAPs, including actions based on NBSAPs and lessons learned from holding NBSAP dialogues. The event will also discuss future expectations regarding the results of the support programs.

For details, please refer to the following website.
https://www.cbd.int/side-events/5389