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National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) are the principal instruments for implementing the Convention at the national level (
Article 6). The Convention requires countries to prepare a national biodiversity strategy (or equivalent instrument) and to ensure that this strategy is mainstreamed into the planning and activities of all those sectors whose activities can have an impact (positive and negative) on biodiversity.
Highlights
A series of regional and sub-regional
capacity-building workshops is being organized during 2011 to assist countries in establishing national targets in the framework of the
Aichi Biodiversity Targets and in revising and updating national biodiversity strategies and action plans in line with the
Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020. The workshops are being organized with the generous financial support of Japan and other donors. COP-10 urges Parties to develop their national targets by COP-11, and to revise their NBSAP (integrating their national targets) and adopt the revised NBSAP as a policy instrument by COP-11 or COP-12.
- Workshop for Meso-America held in San José, Costa Rica, from 28 November to 2 December 2011
- Workshop for the Caribbean held in St. George's, Grenada, from 17 to 21 October 2011
- Workshop for Central Asia held in Istanbul from 17 to 20 October 2011
- Training module on subnational biodiversity planning (BSAPs) now available
- Workshop for the Pacific held in Nadi, Fiji, from 3 to 7 October 2011
- Workshop for South America held in Quito, Ecuador, from 13 to 16 July 2011, back-to-back with a Workshop on the Amazon Regional Biodiversity Strategy
- Revised NBSAP Training Modules (2011)
- Workshop for European countries held in Geneva, from 30 June to 1 July 2011, back-to-back with PEBLDS Council Meeting
- Workshop for Central Africa held in Brazzaville, Congo, from 19 to 23 June 2011
- CMS and CITES prepare guidelines on integrating migratory species and CITES-related issues into NBSAPs
- Workshop for West Africa held in Dakar, Senegal, from 22 to 26 May 2011
- East, South and Southeast Asia workshop held in Xi'an, China, from 9 to 16 May 2011
- Workshop for North Africa and the Middle East held in Beirut, Lebanon, from 2 to 7 May 2011
- European workshop held in Vilm, Germany, from 14 to 20 April 2011
- Brazil launches consultation on 2020 Biodiversity Targets
- First workshop held in Kasane, Botswana, from 14 to 20 March 2011 (Communiqué)
- Latest NBSAPs (France, European Union, Venezuela, Serbia, Australia, Belarus, Italy)
- GEF funding available to support eligible countries develop and update the NBSAP and prepare the fifth national report
- COP 10 decision X/2 urges Parties to revise and update their NBSAPs in line with the revised and updated Strategic Plan for Biodiversity, including the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, for the 2011-2020 period More »
- Assessment of NBSAPs prepared by the UN University Institute of Advanced Studies (2010) (COP-10 Information Document)
- Brochure entitled "Action for Biodiversity - Towards a society in harmony with nature" (2010) based on information gathered during the preparation of GBO-3 illustrating the actions taken by Governments and other stakeholders towards the three CBD objectives.
