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Decision 8/COP.11 Follow-up to the outcomes of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) The Conference of the Parties, Recognizing the outcomes of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, 1. Decides to establish an intergovernmental working group to: (1) establish a science-based definition of land degradation neutrality in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas; (2) develop options relating to arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas that Parties might consider should they strive to achieve land degradation neutrality; and (3) advise the Convention on the implications for its current and future strategy, programmes and the resource requirements; 2. Also decides that this intergovernmental working group will consist of a maximum of five representatives from each region, nominated by the respective regional groups on the basis of nominations by national Governments; 3. Further decides that, in undertaking this work, the intergovernmental working group should also take note of the following, inter alia: (a) The ongoing process of elaborating the post-2015 development agenda, including, inter alia, the discussions in the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals called for at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development; (b) Relevant economic studies and work undertaken by the Science-Policy Interface, as appropriate; (c) The importance of identifying synergies to avoid duplication among the Rio conventions, other international bodies, and agencies addressing environment and development issues;

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