December 2016: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP, or UN Environment) has issued two publications addressing the interrelationship among and understanding of biodiversity-related conventions: ‘Enhancing Synergies across Global Biodiversity Conventions – Experiences from the Global South,’ published with support from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and partners; and ‘Strengthening the national biodiversity strategies and action plans: revision and implementation.’
‘Enhancing Synergies across Global Biodiversity Conventions – Experiences from the Global South’ contains workshop proceedings and country reports from a workshop on National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) and synergies among biodiversity conventions, held in Nairobi, Kenya, from 15-17 March 2016. Countries from Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), and the Pacific that participated in the workshop shared knowledge and national experiences on the revision of their NBSAPs.
The report adopts a synergies perspective in approaching the biodiversity-related conventions, including the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) and the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar Convention). It contains country studies from: Comoros, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea Bissau, Kenya and Sierra Leone (Africa); Brazil, Mexico, Saint Lucia, and Saint Kitts and Nevis (LAC); and Kiribati, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu (Pacific).
‘Strengthening the national biodiversity strategies and action plans: revision and implementation’ focuses on seven biodiversity-related conventions, namely: CBD; CITES; CMS; the Ramsar Convention; the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (World Heritage Convention); the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA); and the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC). The publication aims to support and enhance a better understanding of biodiversity conventions in the context of updating, revising or reviewing the NBSAPs and their subsequent implementation. [Publication: Enhancing Synergies across Global Biodiversity Conventions: Experiences from the Global South] [Publication: Strengthening the National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans: Revision and Implementation] [UNEP Knowledge Repository]