The latest issue of "Aichi Targets" reports on regional and national processes for revising National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs), Japan's support to capacity-building activities, and implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020.
Other articles address recent activities and launches of biodiversity initiatives.
April 2012: Published by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the April 2012 issue of the Aichi Targets Newsletter includes several articles on regional and national processes for the revision of National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs), among other topics.
The newsletter contains an article by Goshi Hosono, Minister of Environment of Japan, regarding on Japan’s support to capacity-building activities, and a message by CBD Executive Secretary Braulio Dias on the path towards implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020.
Other articles address: the regional workshops for the Pacific region, Central Asia, the Caribbean, Mesoamerica, Central and Eastern Europe, Africa, and East, South and Southeast Asia on updating NBSAPs; the global launch of the UN Decade on Biodiversity 2011-2020; the creation of a Mediterranean network of local authorities to protect biodiversity; the Satoyama Initiative; and the December 2011 meeting of the Expert Group on Biodiversity for Poverty Eradication and Development. [Publication: Aichi Targets Newsletter, Volume 1, Issue 3]