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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