Biodiversity

elena | 14 Apr 2011
Mauritius submitted its Fourth National Report on the Convention on Biological Diversity to the CBD in 2010. Mauritius also updated its National Environment Policy in 2007. Mauritius also has a National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan, released in 2006. The flora and fauna of Mauritius has a relatively high level of diversity and endemism as a result of the island’s location, age, isolation and varied topography. The extent of reasonable quality native forest (i.e., with more than...