Brief for Pacific island countries: Convention on Biological Diversity tenth (10th) conference of the parties, 18-29th October, 2010, Nagoya Japan

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Convention on Biological Diversity Convention on Biological Diversity Tenth Conference of the Parties Brief for Pacific Island Countries 18 - 29 October, 2010 Nagoya, Japan Capacity building related to implementation of Multilateral Environment Agreements (MEA) in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Countries European Commission funded project implemented through UNEP and executed by SPREP in support of Pacific ACP States and Timor LestePACIFIC CBD COP 10 Brief 1 Introduction The Pacific CBD COP10 Brief (Pacific Brief) was prepared in response to a request by Pacific Island Countries at the Pacific regional CBD COP10 preparatory meeting held in Nadi, Fiji from the 16-18 August, 2010. The overall purposes of the Pacific Brief are to provide substantive information on key agenda items that are of relevance to the Pacific and to propose possible positions for the 14 Pacific Island Countries that are parties to the CBD to consider and take forward as part of the One Pacific Voice approach. SPREP, w