This comes as South Africa prepares to participate in the 11th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, CBD COP 11, which will be held shortly. Progress in current key activities will be reported to CBD COP 11. These activities include, among others, the development of national biodiversity targets, with a view to contributing to the collective global effort to reach global targets, and also updating and revising national biodiversity strategies and action plans.