Implementation of the Convention
Measures Taken to Achieve the 2010 Target
No specific targets have been set in the NBS, but some targets have been set in a number of cross-sectoral and sectoral strategies, policies and programmes. Nepal’s Tenth Plan also contains some goals and targets related to biodiversity. The percentage of protected areas (19.4%) designated by Nepal has exceeded the target of protected areas in the 2010 target...
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Initiatives in Protected Areas
Nepal has designated over 19 percent of its total land area as protected areas. The National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act (1973) and regulations, such as National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Regulation (1974), Royal Chitwan National Park Regulation (1974), Himali National Park Regulation (1980), Conservation Area Management Regulation (1996), and Buffer Zones Management Regulation (1996), provide ample opportunities to conserve biodiversity in the protected area systems...
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Initiatives in Access and Benefit Sharing
A Bill on Access to Genetic Resources and its regulation has been drafted and is awaiting for approval. The bill provides provisions for the conservation of genetic resources, biodiversity documentation including traditional knowledge, know-how, practices and innovations. It also provides provisions on access to genetic resources and benefit sharing with the local people...
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Initiatives for Article 8(j)
Activities are initiated to document traditional knowledge, skill, technique and practices in collaboration with international and national NGOs. A project was implemented in collaboration with IUCN Nepal to document biological resources and associated traditional knowledge. In order to institutionalise biodiversity documentation process at the local level, District Biodiversity Committees had been established in 10 districts in 2004 and early 2005 (more will be established in all 75 districts) to facilitate documentation of traditional knowledge, skill, technique and practices...
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