BioCAP: Biodiversity Capacity Development Update has been developed to provide periodic updates on the implementation of the short-term action plan on capacity-building adopted in Cancun by the Conference of the Parties, with a particular focus on the main outcomes of the capacity development and technical and scientific cooperation activities facilitated and supported by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity in collaboration with partners.

The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity is pleased to inform you that the second issue of the BioCAP: Biodiversity Capacity Development Update is now available at: http://www.cbd.int/doc/newsletters/biocap/biocap-02-en.pdf.

The inaugural issue of BioCAP is available on the CBD website.