The Scientific Council is requested to, subject to the availability of resources: a) support the work of the joint CMS/IOSEA Nesting Beach Management Steering Group, in collaboration with the Inter-American Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles as appropriate, aimed at expanding the existing guidelines on the management of beaches as an ecosystem and as important habitat for marine turtles and other migratory species that depend on coastal soft sediment habitats, and make recommendations on their implementation to COP16; b) develop guidance for the identification of potential new nesting beaches, taking into account expected effects of climate change, as these habitats may require increased conservation effort over time, as appropriate in collaboration with the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation and Management of Marine Turtles and their Habitats of the Indian Ocean and South-East Asia (IOSEA Marine Turtle MOU) and the Inter-American Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles.