The tenth meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), held in Nagoya, Japan in October 2010, adopted a comprehensive decision on the biodiversity of dry and sub-humid lands (decision X/35).7 e decision called for the publication of a peer-reviewed special CBD Technical Series report, in collaboration with the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), on the value of dry and sub-humid lands,8 taking into account the traditional knowledge of pastoralist and other indigenous and local communities and their role in the conservation and sustainable use of dryland biodiversity. is report was developed under the supervision of the Global Mechanism, a subsidiary body of the UNCCD.