The Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Director of UNEP-WCMC have signed a jointly agreed programme of work on support of UNEP-WCMC for the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020.

The Plan was adopted by the 10th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the CBD in 2010 in Nagoya, Japan. The programme of work identifies a number of areas where UNEP-WCMC and CBD will collaborate, including, among others, biodiversity indicators, marine and coastal biodiversity, protected areas, and capacity-building for National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans.