Biodiversity
Beth
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28 Jul 2011
The Bahamas released its third national report on the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) to the Commission on Biological Diversity in 2005. The Bahamas has adopted a National Invasive Species Strategy, and a Biosecurity Strategy has been drafted. Conservation Area Plans have been developed as well. The Bahamas has also enacted the Wildlife Conservation and Trade Act against international trade of endangered species.
A mosaic of natural systems exists within the Bahamas...
Beth
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28 Jul 2011
Along with the Commission on Biological Diversity and the Global Partnership of Cities and Biodiversity, Singapore led the development of a City Biodiversity Index (CBI) to try to measure urban efforts towards biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. In 2010, Singapore also submitted its Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity.
Despite Singapore’s highly urban setting, it has a wide range of terrestrial ecosystems including mangroves, coastal...
Beth
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27 Jul 2011
Sao Tomé et Principe is a signatory to the Convention on Biological Diversity and submitted its Fourth National Report on Biological Diversity in 2009. It has also established a National Strategy and Action Plan for Biodiversity Conservation of Fauna, Flora and Protected Areas to address the preservation of natural ecosystems. The Law on the Conservation of Fauna, Flora and Protected Areas addresses the conservation of ecosystems that are considered to be national treasures and the...
Beth
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26 Jul 2011
Cape Verde has signed and ratified the Convention on Biological Diversity, and itsFourth Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity was presented to the Commission on Biological Diversity in 2009. Cape Verde also has a Second Environmental Action Plan 2004-2014 (PANA II) in place with provisions for protecting biodiversity.
Uninhabited until the 15th century, Cape Verde is faced with a multitude of anthropologic threats to its biodiversity. Soil erosion in rural areas, soil pollution in...
Beth
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26 Jul 2011
In 2010, the Maldives Ministry of Housing and Environment presented their Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity (NBSAP) to the Commission on Biological Diversity. The Maldives also follows a Third National Environmental Action Plan (NEAPIII). These strategies have aimed to integrate biodiversity issues into national and sector plans and policies.
Although the Maldives boasts rich and diverse marine and terrestrial biological diversity, comprehensive studies of these...
