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UNEP/LAC-IG.XVII/6Page 287. To recognize the need to create a new mechanism to strengthen the sciencepolicy interface on biodiversity and ecosystem services.8. To contribute positively to the third and final negotiations meeting to be heldin June 2010 in the Republic of Korea on improving the science-policy interface onbiodiversity and ecosystem services, as a way to strengthen the objectives of CBD,Bonn Convention on Migratory Species, Ramsar Convention and other related globalagreements, to support generation of knowledge at the local, national, regional andglobal levels.9. To call upon UNEP, to the extent possible, to provide resources to support theactive participation of the countries from the region in the Third IntergovernmentalMeeting to strengthen the science-policy platform on biodiversity and ecosystemservices (IPBES).10. To increase efforts to conserve biodiversity, promoting the full implementationof multilateral environmental agreements on biodiversity.11. To actively participate in the discussion and adoption of a 10 YearFramework Programme on Sustainable Consumption and Production, during thedeliberations of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development at its2010 to 2011 sessions.12. To reaffirm the need that the transition towards sustainable consumption andproduction patterns should be accelerated in developed countries.13. To take into account the priorities of the region, to expedite the transition tosustainable consumption and production patterns, that promote social andeconomic development within the limits of capacity of ecosystems, and facilitate thedecoupling between economic growth and ecosystem degradation, throughimprovements in resource efficiency and productive processes, and by reducing thedegradation of natural resources, pollution and waste.14. To adopt mechanisms that strengthens South-South cooperation among thecountries of Latin America and the Caribbean as a tool for transferring knowledge,successful experiences, technology and technical resources, among others.15. To continue strengthening the opportunities and capacities for the active andinformed participation of all major groups in policies and programmes towardssustainable development.16. To reaffirm our commitment to incorporate the environmental agenda in longtermnational policies and advocate for the integration of environmentalconsiderations into the daily work of public administrations, parliaments, judicialsystems, local communities, private company, research institutions, academia, andall sectors of society.17. To strengthen and continue to actively participate in the discussion fora forthe construction of the methodological sheets of environmental indicators emergingand in development.18. To promote the elaboration and use of the ILAC indicators at the regional andsubregional levels, promoting synergies among related regional mechanisms, inorder to monitor progress in meeting the objectives of sustainable development.