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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-CA">Date: 27 March 2017 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-CA">From: Executive
Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-CA">To: CBD National Focal
Points and SBSTTA Focal Points, other Governments and relevant
organizations
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-CA">Subject: Submission of
information regarding the conservation and sustainable use of
pollinators
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-CA">Thematic area:
Agricultural Biodiversity
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-CA">Ref.:
SCBD/SPS/DC/SBG/MK/86418 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-CA"> NOTIFICATION <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-CA">No. 2017-030 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-CA"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-CA">Dear Madam/Sir,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-CA"> The purpose of this
notification is to invite Parties, other Governments and
relevant organizations to provide information on relevant
national initiatives and activities to promote the conservation
and sustainable use of pollinators. This invitation is made in
response to the request of the Conference of the Parties to the
Convention on Biological Diversity in its decision XIII/15.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-CA"> In the same decision,
the Conference of the Parties welcomed the assessment on
pollinators, pollination and food production prepared by the
Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and
Ecosystem Services (IPBES) and requested the Executive Secretary
to review, together with the Food and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations (FAO) and in collaboration with other
partners, the implementation of the International Initiative on
the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Pollinators and to
prepare a draft updated and streamlined plan of action, for
consideration by the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical
and Technological Advice (SBSTTA).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-CA">The information provided
by invited Parties, other Governments and relevant organizations
will be compiled and used as an input for the preparation of the
documents for consideration by SBSTTA, at its twenty-first
meeting. In order to facilitate the timely preparation of
documentation, contributions should be submitted as soon as
possible and no later than
<b>15 May 2017</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-CA"> I thank you for your
cooperation and for your continued support for the work of the
Convention.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-CA"> The text of this
notification is also available on the CBD website at:
<a
href="http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2017/ntf-2017-030-pollinators-en.pdf">http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2017/ntf-2017-030-pollinators-en.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-CA"> Please accept,
Madam/Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-CA"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-CA">Cristiana Paşca Palmer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-CA">Executive Secretary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-CA">Secretariat of the
Convention on Biological Diversity<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-CA">United Nations
Environment Programme<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-CA">413 Saint-Jacques Street,
Suite 800<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-CA">Montreal, Quebec, Canada<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-CA">Tel: +1 514 288 2220<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-CA">Fax: +1 514 288 6588<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-CA">E-mail:
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:secretariat@cbd.int">secretariat@cbd.int</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-CA">Web: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.cbd.int">http://www.cbd.int</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Dr. David W. Inouye
Professor Emeritus
Department of Biology
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-4415
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:inouye@umd.edu">inouye@umd.edu</a>
Principal Investigator
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
PO Box 519
Crested Butte, CO 81224</pre>
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