21/01/2015 As part of the ongoing cooperation between the secretariats of the International Treaty and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) I have the honour to provide the following information to you, and to invite you to review and comment on one of the initial outputs from a project being implemented by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on 'Improving the effectiveness of and cooperation among biodiversity-related conventions and exploring opportunities for further synergies'.