THE NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY STRATEGY AND ACTION

PLAN REVIEW PROCESS

FRANCIS OGWAL

NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST

(BIODIVERSITY & RANGELANDS)

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY

PRESENTED DURING THE DARWIN PROJECT INCEPTION WORKSHOP

12 JULY 2012, SCHOOL OF FORESTRY, ENVIRONMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC

SCIENCES, MAKERERE UNIVERSITY

OUTLINE OF THE PRESENTATION

What is National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan

(NBSAP) ?

The guiding principles for the review of NBSAPs

The steps for developing and updating NBSAPs

Progress to date on the revision and updating of Uganda’s

NBSAP and next steps

What is NBSAP?

The legal basis for NBSAP is Article 6 of CBD which requires Parties to the

Convention to

Develop national strategies, plans or programmes for the conservation

and sustainable use of biological diversity or adapt for this purpose existing

strategies, plans or programmes which shall reflect, inter alia, the measures set

out in CBD relevant to the Party concerned

Integrate, as far as possible and appropriate, the conservation and

sustainable use of biological diversity into relevant sectoral or cross-sectoral

plans, programmes and policies

NBSAP is process by which countries plan how to address the threats to

their biodiversity. Hence it is a principal instrument for implementing CBD and

the national and global level.

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• The Guiding principles for review of NBSAP

These are drawn from guidance provided COP Decision IX/8 on NBSAPs and include:

a) NBSAPs are key implementation tools of CBD and hence must address all

its three objectives

b) The NBSAP is a strategic instrument for achieving concrete outcomes and

not a scientific study, review or publications that sits on the shelves. Its role is to

identify and prioritize action required in order to meet the objectives of CBD at

the national level and to devise a plan on how to implant that action

c) The NBSAP should highlight, and seek to maintain the contribution of

biodiversity and ecosystem services to human wellbeing (including having

the basics for good life, health, good social relations, security and freedom of

choice)

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The Guiding principles for review of NBSAP

NBSAP should be jointly developed and owned by stakeholders. A

high level Government support should also be secured.

NBSAP must include measures for mainstreaming biodiversity into

sectoral and cross-sectoral policies and programmes

Biodiversity planning is a long-term cyclical and adaptive process – it

involves continuous monitoring, evaluation and revision as conditions

evolve

The NBSAP review and updating – It involves the following steps:

1. Identifying and engaging stakeholders – identifying the main stakeholders to

be involved in the review and updating of NBSAP

2. Biodiversity assessment – stock taking from available information known for

example – status and trends of biodiversity, drivers of biodiversity loss,

biodiversity and human wellbeing, relevant policies, laws, programmes and

expenditures

3. Developing a Strategy – where does the country want to go? Guiding

principles must be agreed upon, agree on a set of priorities (the most pressing

issues) and the national targets to correspond to the goals of the Strategic Plan

for Biodiversity (2011-2020) and its Aichi Targets

4. Developing Action Plan – identifying the action required to meet the

goals/objectives and targets established

The NBSAP review and updating process

5. Implementing NBSAP – carrying the agreed plan of action and coordination

6. Monitoring and Evaluation – measuring the effectiveness of activities carried

out –

7. Reporting - through preparation of National Reports and using the format as

guided by COP- So far 4 national reports have been prepared since CBD

entered into force. The reports are prepared within interval of 4 years

Uganda has fulfilled this requirement – First National Report – January 1998,

second in May 2001, Third in January 2006 and the Fourth in May 2009.

Fifth National Reports due by 31 March 2014 ( will be done concurrently with

the review and updating of NBSAP)

8. Revising or updating the NBSAP – basing on the information obtained from

the monitoring and evaluation and the National Reports

3. Developing a

Strategy

2. Biodiversity

Assessment

4. Developing a

Plan of Action

5.

Implementation

1. Identify

Stakeholders

6. Monitoring

& Evaluation

7. Reporting

8. Updating

or Revising

Steps in the NBSAP review and updating process

Develop

National

Targets

National

Targets

Review of

targets &

support

COP – 11 Oct 2012

Sixth

National

Report

GBO – 5 Review of

achievement

COP

2020

COP – 12 2014

National

circumstances

CBD

Strategic

Plan

GBO – 4

Mid-term

review Monitor

Impleme

ntation

Fifth

National

Report

COP-9

NBSAP

guidance

Update

NBSAP

NBSAP as policy

instrument

Key milestones in the review and updating of NBSAP

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The Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011 – 2020 and the Aichi Targets

Is a 10-year framework for action by all countries and stakeholders to save

biodiversity and enhance its benefits for people

The Strategic Plan was adopted by Parties to CBD during COP10 in October

2010 in Nagoya, Japan

The Strategic plan serves a flexible framework for establishment of national

biodiversity targets.

The Strategic Plan has a vision, mission, five strategic goals and 20 targets

(also known as the Aichi targets)

Parties to CBD are to develop or review and update their NBSAP using the

Strategic Plan and its Aichi Targets, as a flexible framework, in accordance

with national priorities and capacities and taking into account both the

global targets and the status and trends of biological diversity in the

country,

The Vision, Mission, Goals and Targets of the Strategic Plan

Vision - By 2050, biodiversity is valued, conserved, restored and

wisely used, maintaining ecosystem services, sustaining a healthy planet and delivering benefits essential for all people.”

Mission - “take effective and urgent action to halt the loss of biodiversity

in order to ensure that by 2020:

ecosystems are resilient and continue to provide essential services, thereby

securing the planet’s variety of life, and contributing to human well-being, and

poverty eradication.

pressures on biodiversity are reduced, ecosystems are restored, biological

resources are sustainably used and benefits arising out of utilization of

genetic resources are shared in a fair and equitable manner; adequate

financial resources are provided, capacities are enhanced, biodiversity

issues and values mainstreamed, appropriate policies are effectively

implemented, and decision-making is based on sound science and the

precautionary approach.”

• Strategic goal A. Address the underlying causes of biodiversity loss by

mainstreaming biodiversity across government and society

• Target 1: By 2020, at the latest, people are aware of the values of biodiversity and

the steps they can take to conserve and use it sustainably.

• Target 2: By 2020, at the latest, biodiversity values have been integrated into

national and local development and poverty reduction strategies and

planning processes and are being incorporated into national accounting, as

appropriate

• Target 3: By 2020, at the latest, incentives, including subsidies, harmful to

biodiversity are eliminated, phased out or reformed in order to minimize or

avoid negative impacts, and positive incentives are developed and applied

• Target 4: By 2020, at the latest, Governments, business and stakeholders at all

levels have taken steps to achieve or have implemented plans for sustainable

production and consumption

• Strategic goal B. Reduce the direct pressures on biodiversity and

promote sustainable use

• Target 5: By 2020, the rate of loss of all natural habitats, including

forests, is at least halved and where feasible brought close to zero, and

degradation and fragmentation is significantly reduced.

• Target 6: By 2020 all fish and invertebrate stocks and aquatic plants are

managed and harvested sustainably, legally and applying ecosystem

based approaches, so that overfishing is avoided, recovery plans and

measures are in place for all depleted species,

• Target 7: By 2020 areas under agriculture, aquaculture and forestry are

managed sustainably, ensuring conservation of biodiversity.

• Strategic goal B. Reduce the direct pressures on biodiversity and promote

sustainable use

• Target 8: By 2020, pollution, including from excess nutrients, has been brought to

levels that are not detrimental to ecosystem function and biodiversity.

• Target 9: By 2020, invasive alien species and pathways are identified and

prioritized, priority species are controlled or eradicated, and measures are in place

to manage pathways to prevent their introduction and establishment.

• Target 10: By 2015, the multiple anthropogenic pressures on coral reefs, and

other vulnerable ecosystems impacted by climate change or ocean acidification are

minimized, so as to maintain their integrity and functioning

• Strategic goal C: Improve the status of biodiversity by safeguarding

ecosystems, species and genetic diversity

• Target 11: By 2020, at least 17% of terrestrial and inland water areas, important

for biodiversity and ecosystem services, are conserved through effectively

managed, ecologically representative and well connected systems of protected

areas

• Target 12: By 2020 the extinction of known threatened species has been

prevented and their conservation status, particularly of those most in decline, has

been improved and sustained.

• Target 13: By 2020, the genetic diversity of cultivated plants and farmed and

domesticated animals and of wild relatives, including other socio-economically as

well as culturally valuable species, is maintained, and strategies have been

developed and implemented for minimizing genetic erosion and safeguarding

their genetic diversity.

• Strategic goal D: Enhance the benefits to all from biodiversity and ecosystem

services

• Target 14: By 2020, ecosystems that provide essential services, including services

related to water, and contribute to health, livelihoods and well-being, are restored

and safeguarded, taking into account the needs of women, indigenous and local

communities, and the poor and vulnerable.

• Target 15: By 2020, ecosystem resilience and the contribution of biodiversity to

carbon stocks has been enhanced, through conservation and restoration, including

restoration of at least 15 per cent of degraded ecosystems, thereby contributing to

climate change mitigation and adaptation and to combating desertification.

• Target 16: By 2015, the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the

Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization is in force and

operational, consistent with national legislation.

• Strategic goal E. Enhance implementation through participatory planning,

knowledge management and capacity building

• Target 17: By 2015 each Party has developed, adopted as a policy instrument, and

has commenced implementing an effective, participatory and updated NBSAP

• Target 18: By 2020, the traditional knowledge, innovations and practices of

relevant for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity are respected,,

and fully integrated and reflected in the implementation of the Convention

• Target 19: By 2020, knowledge, the science base and technologies relating to

biodiversity, its values, functioning, status and trends, and the consequences of its

loss, are improved, widely shared and transferred, and applied.

• Target 20: By 2020, at the latest, the mobilization of financial resources for

effectively implementing the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 from all

sources, should increase substantially from the current levels.

BRIEF ABOUT UGANDA’S CURRENT NBSAP

Was developed in 2002 and is under implementation. The NBSAP has a

vision, goal and 5 strategic objectives.

Each objective has strategies. It also has sectoral strategies and the

institutional arrangement for implementation

The vision of Uganda’s NBSAP is to maintain a rich biodiversity

benefiting the present and future generations for national

development

The goal is to enhance biodiversity conservation, management and

sustainable utilization and fair sharing of the benefits arising from

such utilizations at all levels

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The 5 strategic objectives of the current NBSAP

Strategic objective 1: To develop and strengthen co-ordination, measures and

frameworks for biodiversity management.

Strategic Objective 2: To facilitate research, information management and information

exchange on biodiversity

Strategic Objective 3: To reduce and manage negative impacts on biodiversity

Strategic Objective 4: To promote the sustainable use and fair sharing of costs and

benefits of biodiversity

Strategic Objective 5: To enhance awareness on biodiversity

The sectoral strategies in the NBSAP covers the following:

Wetlands and Open Water Resources , Forests Resources, Wildlife Resources, Domestic

Animal Diversity, Soil/below ground biodiversity, Plant Genetic Resources and

Biotechnology and Biosafety

PROGRESS NBSAP REVIEW IN UGANDA

Uganda participated in the regional workshops for the review and updating of

NBSAP (for Eastern Africa – June 2011 in Kigali Rwanda) and for Africa region

in March 2012 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

GEF is to provide support to eligible Parties (including Uganda) to for the review

and updating of NBSAP

Capacity building workshop to kick start the review process in Uganda was

carried out from 25-29 June 2012 in Jinja

Initial alignment of the strategic objectives of the current NBSAP to the strategic

goals of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 done. This will be refined

during the review process.

PROGRESS NBSAP REVIEW IN UGANDA

Preliminary work done on setting national biodiversity targets within the

framework of the Aichi targets. Hence a working document is in place

which will further refined during the review process.

Provisional outline/structure of NBSAP developed

Road map to guide the review process ( expected to last 2 years and 6

months beginning June 2012 was adopted

During the review process Uganda is to develop guidelines for

mainstreaming biodiversity in the Agricultural sector. Support for this

activity is expected from the under UNEP-WCMC Darwin initiative

entitled NBSAP’s 2.0: Mainstreaming Biodiversity and Development

A section of the participants at the capacity building workshop June 2012

Group work during the capacity building workshop June 2012

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