The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has invited reports on parties' progress in raising issues related to gaps and inconsistencies in the international regulatory framework on invasive alien species (IAS) to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO).
16 June 2011: The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has invited reports on parties’ progress in raising issues related to gaps and inconsistencies in the international regulatory framework on invasive alien species (IAS) to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO).
In accordance with COP Decisions IX/4 and X/38, the CBD COP has invited organizations to expand their coverage and address gaps and inconsistencies in the international regulatory framework with regard to international standards covering IAS, including animals that are not pests of plants under the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), nor diseases that are listed by OIE. In addition, the COP encouraged parties to raise these issues formally through their national delegations to OIE, FAO and WTO. Submission of reports on these issues is invited by 25 July 2011. [CBD Notification]