The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has just released a 91-page report on its activities on implementation of the work programme of the CBD and its Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, covering the period from January to December 2008. In addition, on a related matter, the report on agenda item 49.f (on `Sustainable development: Convention on Biological Diversity`) from the Second Committee of the 63rd session of the UN General Assembly is now available on the web. See http://www.cbd.int/doc/reports/cbd-report-2008-en.pdf (in English) and http://www.un.org/ga/second/63/reports.shtml (in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish) respectively or contact [email protected] for more information.

04/01/2009