CBD: Improvement in Reporting

The CBD Secretariat has received 175 Fourth National Reports, amounting to 90 percent of CBD Parties having fulfilled their reporting obligations. According to the Secretariat, the improvement in submission rates reflects the higher importance and greater efforts many Parties have given to the timely preparation of the report. However, the rate of submission of national reports remains unsatisfactory, as only 14 percent of Parties met the mandatory deadline of 30 March 2009 established by the COP. 18 Parties have yet to submit their Fourth National Reports.