Relationship between the SPAW Protocol, the STAC and the Work Undertaken by the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

This report represents a summary of the work of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The report provides an overview of the accomplishments of the SBSTTA since its first meeting in 1995, focusing on the outputs from the SBSTTA that are potentially useful to the Programme on Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW).