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/… For reasons of economy, this document is printed in a limited number. Delegates are kindly requested to bring their copies to meetings and not to request additional copies. CBD CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY Distr. GENERAL UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/11/INF/22 17 November 2005 ENGLISH ONLY SUBSIDIARY BODY ON SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVICE Eleventh meeting Montreal, 28 November – 2 December 2005 Item 5.2 of the provisional agenda* IMPLICATIONS OF THE FINDINGS OF THE MILLENNIUM ECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENT FOR THE FUTURE WORK OF THE CONVENTION THE BIODIVERSITY SYNTHESIS REPORT Note by the Executive Secretary 1. The Executive Secretary is circulating herewith, for the information of the participants to the eleventh meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA), the Synthesis Report for the Convention on Biological Diversity prepared by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. 2. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) was carried out between 2002 and 2005 to assess the consequences of ecosystem change for human well-being and to analyse options available to enhance the conservation and sustainable use of ecosystems and their contributions to human well-being. The Assessment responds to requests for information received through the Convention on Biological Diversity and other international conventions and is also designed to meet needs of other stakeholders including business, civil society, and indigenous peoples. 3. At its seventh meeting, the Conference of the Parties, in its decision VII/6, requested SBSTTA to review the findings of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, including the synthesis report on biodiversity, and to prepare recommendations to the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties. 4. Accordingly, the synthesis report on biodiversity is being made available to SBSTTA in this information document. It is being provided in the language and form in which it was received by the Secretariat of the Convention. The Summary for Decision Makers, which summarizes the main findings of the full synthesis report, is available separately, in all official languages, as a working document for the eleventh meeting of SBSTTA (UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/11/7/Add.1). * UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/11/1.
