A/RES/74/240 Natural plant fibres and sustainable development development priorities, as appropriate, and address challenges, environmental degradation and the adverse impacts of climate change; including (e) To develop and implement policies and plans to incentivize the sustainable production and use of natural plant fibres and to promote the identification and development of environmentally friendly alternatives to single -use plastic products, taking into account the full life-cycle implications of those alternatives, so as to reduce the utilization of single-use plastic, in line with national laws and priorities, as appropriate; (f) To build on and reinforce existing initiatives in order to scale up the sustainable production and use of natural plant fibres, as appropria te; (g) To facilitate synergies among all stakeholders, including the private sector, civil society and academia, and a holistic view of how to promote international partnerships and achieve national priorities related to the promotion of the sustainable production and use of natural plant fibres, as appropriate; (h) To share information and best practices, in particular leveraging the platform of South-South and triangular cooperation, regarding the multitude of innovative applications of natural plant fibres, with a view to promoting longer-term economic, social and environmental benefits for both producers and consumers; (i) To foster scientific research and development and cooperation at the national, regional and global levels, as appropriate, to sup port, in addition to traditional use, high-end, value-added and innovative use of natural plant fibres; (j) To preserve indigenous knowledge and technologies associated with natural plant fibres, and scale up their sustainable production and use, as appro priate; 6. Invites the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to lead the efforts and work with other United Nations agencies, including the United Nations Environment Programme, to scale up international efforts to promote the sustainable production and use of natural plant fibres, within their respective mandates and existing resources, and through voluntary contributions, as appropriate; 7. Invites Governments, international and regional organizations, the private sector, the business community and academia to foster an effective and enduring international partnership in support of research and development and technical know how to promote various applications of natural plant fibres, as appropriate; 8. Invites the Secretary-General to inform the General Assembly of the implementation of the present resolution on the basis of reports prepared by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, including those prepared for the Intergovernmental Group on Hard Fibres and the Intergovernmental Gro up on Jute, Kenaf and Allied Fibres, and decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-sixth session, under the item entitled “Agriculture development, food security and nutrition”, a sub-item entitled “Natural plant fibres and sustainable development”. 52nd plenary meeting 19 December 2019 4/4 19-22515