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UNEP/LAC-IG.XVII/6Page 342. To invite the Agencies of the ITC, along with the members of the Forum, toconduct a conceptual revision of the implementation structure and modalities of theRAP with a view toward assessing the effectiveness of and compliance with theirobjectives, identifying implementation problems, and presenting options toimplement the programmatic decisions of the Forum.3. To promote a process of intersessional discussion, which in terms of theaforementioned assessment and the lessons learned, would facilitate theestablishment of programmes along with the Agencies of the ITC, without prejudicefor the activities carried out by the Agencies individually, in order to support theefforts made by the countries in the region to continue to implement the ILAC.Decision 2Biological Diversity and EcosystemsRecalling that Latin America and the Caribbean is the region with most biodiversityin the planet, and the growing recommendation of the governments and societyregarding the value of biodiversity and its services associated to ecosystemstherefore many countries have adopted regulatory frameworks for biodiversity andthe sustainable use of its components;Recognizing the need of reverting biodiversity loss and increasing to themaximum the provision of services from ecosystems in Latin America and theCaribbean;Reaffirming that States are responsible for the conservation of biological diversityand sustainable use of natural resources;Emphasizing the opportunity offered by the celebration of the International Yearof Biodiversity in 2010, to promote actions, at the national, regional andinternational level, contributing to increase awareness on the role of biologicaldiversity in ensuring the subsistence and the well-being of human kind, and topresent it as a viable, long term and necessary component to promotes sustainabledevelopment for which means of implementation are essential;Underlining the relevance of the decision relating to the celebration in 2011 of theInternational Year of Forests, as an opportunity to promote actions, at the national,regional and global levels, promoting sustainable forest management and theirrecognition as a key element for the sustainable development of the region due tothe services and benefits they provide;Recalling decision 9 of the Sixteenth Meeting of the Forum of Ministers on thesustainable management of natural protected areas and recognizing the effortsmade by the countries of the region in more than doubling the number of protectedareas in Latin America and the Caribbean between 1990 and 2008.DECIDE:1. To cooperate, at the maximum extent possible, in the protection andsustainable use of biological diversity in the sectoral and intersectoral plans,programmes and policies.