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The concept of an extensive global survey as originally planned, including wide stakeholder and indigenous peoples participation, had to be abandoned due to the lack of timely received funds. UNEP and UNESCO, together with the Convention on Biological Diversity secretariat, held various consultative meetings on the approach of a survey on environment and cultural diversity, as requested in UNEP Governing Council decision GC 22/16. The final report took into account previous studies, in-house research on the topic, as well as the findings and results of the consultative meetings with UNESCO and the Convention on Biological Diversity secretariat, and makes suggestions for possible developments in the area of environment and cultural diversity for UNEP. No decision was taken nor adopted by the Governing Council on the topic during its twenty-third session, in 2005. The report on environment and cultural diversity is also downloadable from the UNEP website.
