Several of the regional and global biodiversity-related agreements relate to similar topics and themes. Based on this assumption, a more coherent approach towards implementation of the biodiversity commitments could be enhanced if structured information on issues of common concern to different MEAs is made available to national focal points and other actors.

UNEP and IUCN in cooperation with UNEP-WCMC have developed an online practical tool (http://www.svs-unepibmdb.net), which provides a logical issue-based framework on commitments and obligations from agreements concerned with a common issue. Following a thematic classification, the website offers access to major multilateral agreements and their decisions in relation to specific biodiversity issues. The modules pull together different pieces of the same puzzle by using simplified language. Five modules have been developed, namely on Inland Waters, Invasive Alien Species, Sustainable Use, Protected Areas, and Climate Change & Biodiversity. Several donors provided resources for the development of these modules, in particular Belgium, Germany, Norway, Finland, and the European Commission.

• UNEP and IUCN Develop Issue-based Modules for the Coherent Implementation of Biodiversity-related Conventions(Link)