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Focal Area and Cross Cutting Strategies – Biodiversity
GEF Expanded Constituency Workshop15 to 17 February 2012
Dead Sea, Jordan
BiodiversityBiodiversity
Goal: the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and the maintenance of ecosystem goods and services
Convention on Biological Diversity
Biodiversity Strategy Objectives
1) Improve the sustainability of protected area systems• Improve Sustainable Financing of Protected
Area Systems:• Expand Marine and Terrestrial Ecosystem
Representation:• Expand Threatened Species
Representation: • Improve Management Effectiveness of
Existing Protected
2) mainstream biodiversity conservation and sustainable use into production landscapes/ seascapes and sectors • Strengthen Policy and Regulatory
Frameworks:• Implement Invasive Alien Species
Management Frameworks:• Produce Biodiversity-friendly Goods and
Services:
Biodiversity Strategy Objectives
Campaign to Save the Hotspots Campaign to Save the Hotspots 19981998
3) Build capacity to implement the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety• Single-country projects:• Regional or sub-regional
projects:• Thematic projects:
Biodiversity Strategy Objectives
4) Build capacity on access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing
• capacity building of governments for meeting their obligations under Article 15 of the CBD
• building capacity within key stakeholder groups
Biodiversity Strategy Objectives
5) Integrate CBD obligations into national planning processes through enabling activities• Enabling activity support
could be provided for revising NBSAPs in line with the CBD’s new strategic plan
• implementation of guidance related to the Clearing House
Biodiversity Strategy Objectives
Responds to Key Drivers of Biodiversity Loss GEF-5 Strategy Objectives Drivers of Biodiversity Loss
Habitat
Change Over- exploitation
Invasive species
Underlying/indirect driver: Policy and legal framework, institutions and governance
1) Sustainable protected area systems
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2) Mainstreaming biodiversity
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3) Biosafety √ √ 4) Access and Benefit sharing √ 5) Enabling activities √ √