Regional Workshop for North Africa and the Middle East on Updating NBSAPs

A regional workshop on the updating and revision of National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans for countries of North Africa and the Middle East was held in Beirut, Lebanon, from 2 to 7 May 2011.

Presentations of Participants

• SCBD - Overview of the Aichi-Nagoya outcomes
• SCBD - The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits arising from their Utilization
• SCBD - The Nagoya–Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
• SCBD - Workshop aims and objectives
• SCBD - Workshop programme
• SCBD - United Nations University Assessment of NBSAPs
• SCBD - Steps in the biodiversity planning process
• SCBD - Setting National Biodiversity Targets: General Principles and an Example
• SCBD - NBSAP Training Package: Support for National Biodiversity Planning
• SCBD - GEF Funding for Biodiversity Enabling Activities
• SCBD - Valuation of biodiversity and associated ecosystem services
• SCBD - Positive Incentives: global perspectives and regional experiences (Target 3)
• SCBD - Scientific and Technical Cooperation
• SCBD - Combating Invasive Alien Species

• Lebanese University - Resource Mobilization for NBSAP implementation (Assessment/Opportunities/Innovative Mechanisms)

• Council of Arab Ministers Responsible for the Environment (CAMRE) of the League of Arab States - Innovative Financial Mechanisms (Arabic/English)
  

• UNEP ROWA - Coherent Implementation of Biodiversity-related MEAs Using NBSAPs
• UNEP ROWA - Mainstreaming the Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (“TEEB”)
• UNEP ROWA - Introducing the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)