Biodiversity
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...
Beth
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26 Jul 2011
A National Environment Management Plan was developed in 2004 to oversee the socio-economic development and environmental preservation of Guinea-Bissau. It has established a National Department for the Environment and Sustainable Development, which in the future will have the capacity to develop a National Strategic Action Plan (NSAP). Guinea-Bissau has also ratified the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, and following this an Institute for Biodiversity and Protection Areas was established...
Beth
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25 Jul 2011
The Comoros has not yet developed a dedicated National Plan for Sustainable Development, but it has instituted a Commission to pursue such a plan. It has also developed various national polices on several socio-economic and environmental sectors to guide sustainable development and implementation of the Mauritius Strategy. These include the National Policy on Environment and National Action Plan on the Environment, National Development Strategy on Statistics, a National Strategy for Growth and...
Beth
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20 Jul 2011
Fiji has submitted its Fourth National Report to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, and also has a National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan.
Fiji is a natural resource-based economy that thrives on the exploitation of natural resources for its economic development. Land- and marine-based natural resources have been harvested for exports to improve Fiji’s foreign reserves for national economic development. There are drawbacks associated with all of these activities. Habitat...
