Progress towards Aichi Biodiversity Target 18 on traditional knowledge and customary sustainable use of biodiversity

Furthermore, in decision 14/1, the Conference of the Parties requested the Executive Secretary to continue to update the analysis of progress towards the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, on the basis of information contained in the sixth national reports. [...] In the light of the development of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, the main messages from the Global Thematic Dialogue for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (Montreal, Canada, 17-18 November 2019) are contained in the annex to the present document, in order to complement the present progress report and to highlight 3 advice provide. [...] In order to ensure effective participation of indigenous peoples and local communities in meetings of the Convention, the Secretariat is working with other agencies, partners, indigenous peoples and local community organizations and China, the host country of the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, to organize a summit on nature and culture. [...] In decision XIII/28, the Conference of the Parties welcomed the updated list of indicators for the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, including the following indicators for status and trends in the knowledge, innovations and practices of indigenous peoples and local communities relevant for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity: (a) Trends in linguistic diversity and. [...] In the context of the operationalization of the Convention indicator on trends in linguistic diversity and numbers of speakers of indigenous languages, the UNESCO-led initiatives described above, including the online platform for the World Atlas of Languages, the “Survey of World Languages”, and the preparation of the UNESCO World Report of Languages, are significant contributions to realizing thi.