The Government of Madagascar will host the 11th COP of the Nairobi Convention as the current Chair of the Bureau to take stock of progress made since the 10th COP which was held virtually in November 2021 due to the COVID pandemic. A lot has been achieved during the intersessional period focusing on different complementary themes addressing the triple planetary crises of biodiversity loss, pollution and waste, and climate change. The ongoing amendments to the ‘Biodiversity’ Protocol; development of a Regional Ocean Governance Strategy; a regional information management strategy; completion of a toolkit for Green Port Development for Blue Economy, *progressive development of an ecosystem indicator monitoring framework, strengthened strategic partnerships; and investments in regional capacity building such as marine spatial planning and, marine protected areas, information management, and many others in different domains relevant to the broad mandate of the Convention.
The 11th COP is being held against a backdrop of major global policy developments including the adoption of the High Seas Treaty, Kunming-Montreal Biodiversity Framework, the Decade of Ocean Science and the Decade of Ecosystem Restoration among others. A new regional integrated programme and nested to it, a new Work Programme has been developed, to build on the current (2022-2024) Work Programme and also ensure linkages to these emerging global policy developments.
