a) Parties should consider promoting actions to reinforce linkages between theIntergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)and CITES and to strengthen the science-policy interface at the national and international levels, including through the governing body of IPBES, as appropriate; and b) Parties are invited to provide inputs to the Secretariat in order to provide timely responses to IPBES in regard to CITES participation.