Evidence-based policy and management decision making and monitoring and reporting is supported through improved information and data sharing, scientific and technical cooperation and capacity building and technology transfer on a voluntary basis and mutually agreed terms (in a manner that promotes the mutual advantage of both providers and users), taking into account that traditional knowledge, innovations, practices and technologies of Indigenous Peoples and local communities should only be accessed with their free, prior and informed consent, in accordance with national legislation and international instruments.

Strengthen capacity-building and development, access to and transfer of technology, and promote development of and access to innovation and technical and scientific cooperation, including through South-South, North-South and triangular cooperation, to meet the needs for effective implementation, particularly in developing countries, fostering joint technology development and joint scientific research programmes for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and strengthening scientific research and monitoring capacities, commensurate with the ambition of the goals and targets of the framework.

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