Parties are requested to: a) submit tracking and tagging data of CMS-listed species, including data resulting from public and private research and monitoring to publicly accessible databases, as identified by the Scientific Council in line with Decision 14.202 (d); b) submit spatial data on existing, planned and foreseen linear infrastructure, including data held by multilateral development banks, bilateral donors, private investors and development finance institutions to publicly accessible databases identified by the Secretariat; c) identify opportunities for mitigation of barriers to migration, mortality hotspots and bottlenecks caused by existing linear infrastructure; d) identify, in collaboration with experts, border fences and walls that pose significant threats to migratory species, and facilitate dialogue among Parties, with support of the Secretariat, on mitigating their effects; e) identify actions to plan and project new linear infrastructure using the green infrastructure approach, and taking into account ecological connectivity and ecological restoration; and f) promote the participation of infrastructure companies in national and regional Business and Biodiversity initiatives and encourage the contribution of these initiatives to the CBD's Global Partnership for Business and Biodiversity.
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