J. Conservation of biodiversity

Tourism and biodiversity conservation

Conservation and management of marine biodiversity

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(a) Biodiversity conservation in the South Pacific

(i) Assist in the conservation and management of biodiversity resources.

VI. GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY SOUTH PACIFIC BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION PROGRAMME

Similar types of markets could be envisaged to stimulate biodiversity conservation.

102. Conservation of biodiversity ranks high on the international agenda for sustainable development.

Biodiversity country studies in support of the sustainable use and conservation of biological diversity.

Legal framework for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction

IUCN was committed to making biodiversity conservation work more effectively for the poor, including through its Conservation for Poverty Reduction Initiative.

The aim was to complement the capacity of Governments to launch and sustain biodiversity conservation initiatives.

Some of the options for internalizing externalities are based on market approaches for the conservation of biodiversity.

(b) Instruments relevant to the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction

Developing countries, which are often endowed with rich biodiversity, face the great challenge of combining poverty alleviation and economic growth with sustainable use and conservation of biodiversity.

Biodiversity concerns should therefore be taken into account in developing measures for the conservation and management of fish stocks and fishing should be considered as one of the activities to be addressed in the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity.

UNEP, through its biodiversity arm at the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC), has produced a number of assessments focusing on species and ecosystems biodiversity including

The State Institute for Nature Protection was developing a national list of biodiversity indicators and setting up a national biodiversity monitoring programme to improve nature conservation.

The promotion and revitalization of indigenous traditional knowledge of natural resources are necessary for the conservation of biodiversity.

The reports agree that the preservation and conservation of biodiversity have a real impact on desertification control.

This would enable the preparation of a cost benefit analysis for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.

(j) Conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in accordance with the provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity

(j) conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in accordance with the provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity

The issue of conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, including marine biodiversity, has been attracting increasing attention recently as part of the growing concern about the future of our planet.

In Bhutan, the programme contributed to major achievements in biodiversity conservation, supporting the biodiversity action plan and making operational the first protected area in Bhutan.

Fragility and endemicity are the two major characteristics of small islands apos biodiversity that warrant urgent conservation measures.

18. Major areas of focus within the EAP are population, forestry, climate change, biodiversity, environment and conservation management.

Biodiversity conservation The Forum endorsed the establishment of conservation areas under the South Pacific Biodiversity Conservation Programme encouraged Forum members that had not yet done so to ratify the Convention on Biological Diversity as soon as possible and urged participation to the fullest extent practicable in the first meeting of the contracting parties.

The IUCN also organized, at the margins of COP 6, the Global Biodiversity Forum to address the issue of Ecosystem Approach to Drylands Management Integrating Biodiversity Conservation and Livelihood Security .

An important area in which international support for NEPAD will be required is that of environment and biodiversity conservation.

Furthermore, socio economic assessments should be included in cost benefit analysis for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.

Research should be carried out on new sources of funds at the international level, especially for the conservation of biodiversity.

Activities in support of community efforts in the management and conservation of biodiversity resources as well as the transfer of indigenous knowledge, while reinforcing the contribution of indigenous peoples to the conservation of biodiversity (inter generational transfer of knowledge, enrichment of school curricula and non formal education programmes).

73. UNICEF will support community efforts in the management and conservation of biodiversity resources as well as the transfer of indigenous knowledge, while reinforcing the valuable contribution of indigenous peoples to the conservation of biodiversity (inter generational transfer of knowledge, enrichment of school curricula and non formal education programmes).

As biodiversity is increasingly acquiring importance from the perspective of economic development, there is an urgent need to balance economic benefits of such development with long term conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.

In the Lao People's Democratic Republic the Rice Biodiversity Project was approved for on farm conservation of rice germ plasm.

They need to find ways for the long term financing of biodiversity conservation, which is currently financed mostly through external funding.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) supported a women's microcredit scheme on biodiversity conservation in upland ecosystems in China.

Lack of conservation measures for biological resources and ecosystems in general is also a result of gross undervaluation of biodiversity, especially of ecosystem services.

These initiatives will provide experiences and learning on the role of forest landscape restoration in poverty reduction, quality of life and biodiversity conservation.

Country studies on costs and benefits of environmental management and conservation of biodiversity were carried out in six countries with different biological profiles.

Three treaties emerged in 1992 out of the so called Rio Conference on the Environment on climate change, biodiversity conservation, and desertification.

Lastly, public awareness about the benefits derived from the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction should be promoted.

Recent developments in close to nature forest management provide a model for a decentralized system that can yield good biodiversity conservation, consistent with the ecosystem approach adopted by the Convention on Biodiversity.