NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY POLICY

BACKGROUNDBACKGROUND

NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY POLICY

GOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENTGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT

Governmental Agreement 220-2011, Friday July 15th 2011

Approve the National Biodiversity Policy

Implementation and coordination of biodiversitymanagement assigned to CONAP

Governmental Agreement 220-2011

management assigned to CONAP

Public institutions who’s work relates to biologicaldiversity must comply with the Biodiversity Policy

NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY POLICY

PURPOSEPURPOSE

• Actions oriented by key stakeholders in

Governmental, non governmental and private sectors

• Clear rules that define responsabilities, obligations,

rights and atributions of for stakeholder and sector

Purpose

rights and atributions of for stakeholder and sector

• Biological diversity as collective heritage, based on

the perceptions, conceptions and rights of each

stakeholder

Biological diversity valuation is the

baseis to guarantee sustainablehuman development, climate

change adaptation, human health,

Foundations

change adaptation, human health,

reduction of social and

environmental vulnerabilities and

food security.

Operative foundations include

conservation, sustainable use

Foundations

conservation, sustainable useand the fair and equitable distribution

of benefits derived from the use of

biological diversity and ecosystem

services.

It directly allows the

implementation of the Conventionon Biological Diversity, in a manner

that is coherent with the Milenium

Foundations

that is coherent with the Milenium

Development Goals, the Universal

Declaration on Human Rights and

national policies including

Descentralization, Climate Change

and Integral Rural Development

Policies.

NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY POLICY

AREASAREAS

National Biodiversity Policy Areas

Eje 5 Instrumentalización de la Política Nacional de Diversidad Biológica

NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY POLICY

NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY STRATEGY

POLÍTICA NACIONAL DE DIVERSIDAD BIOLÓGICA

LA ESTRATEGIA NACIONAL DE LA ESTRATEGIA NACIONAL DE DIVERSIDAD BIOLÓGICA

Regional workshops in Guatemala City with the

participation of keystakeholders

NBSAP development process

Collective traditionalknowledge - workshops

Rural workshops – at a local level

Stakeholder articulationand institutional

development

Valuation of Biological

OPERATIVE STRATEGIES

Valuation of BiologicalDiversity

Sustainable ProductiveLandscapes and territorial planning for conservation

Attention to threats tobiodiversity

OPERATIVE STRATEGIES

biodiversity

Restoration

Institucionalidad territorial y articulación de actores

Conciencia y Valoración

Ecosistemas productivos sostenibles y planificación sostenibles y planificación

territorial para la conservación

Atención a amenazas sobre la diversidad biológica

Restauración

“Guatemala Megadiversa

2012-2022: la década de la 2012-2022: la década de la

vida y el Desarrollo”