Biodiversity
Beth
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29 Jul 2011
Kiribati signed the Convention on Biodiversity and ratified it on 6 August, 1994. It has further decided to ratify the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. In 2000, Kiribati became a party to the World Heritage Convention. In 2003, Kiribati submitted its second national report to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
Conservation of biological diversity and the environment has been part of the culture of the i-Kiribati people ever since the first settlement of the Kiribati atolls. The new...
Beth
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29 Jul 2011
Barbadoshas established its National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP). The country submitted its Third National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in 2006. In addition, the Integrated Gully Ecosystem Management Plan provides biodiversity management guidelines to the country. Alien/exotic species management guidelines have also been drafted.
Barbados' biodiversity conservation policies are formulated via an integrated approach through sectors such as...
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...
