Implementation of the NBSAP
The content of this biodiversity profile is still draft. The text below has been prepared by SCBD and remains subject to final approval by the Party concerned.
To help implement the NBSAP (2003), 37 projects were identified designed to address 7 major goals: 1) to conserve biodiversity; 2) the sustainable use of biological resources; 3) to facilitate access to biological resources to promote developments in biotechnology and benefit-sharing; 4) the safe transfer, handling and use of the living modified organisms; 5) to enhance resource management capacity; 6) raising public awareness, education and community empowerment; and 7) promote local and regional cooperation and collaboration in implementing the CBD and the NBSAP...
More » Actions taken to achieve the 2020 Aichi Biodiversity Targets
The content of this biodiversity profile is still draft. The text below has been prepared by SCBD and remains subject to final approval by the Party concerned.
Of the 37 projects established in the NBSAP, many of them will help to achieve key Aichi Biodiversity Targets. Increasing awareness of biodiversity (Aichi Biodiversity Target 1) is addressed through initiatives such as the Protected Areas Public Education/Information Programme, the Sensitisation of the Judiciary and Training for Customs and Immigration Officers and the Constabulary and the Develop and Expand Existing Environment Education Programmes and Exhibits in the Royal Botanical Gardens, including the Hope Zoo...
More » Support mechanisms for national implementation (legislation, funding, capacity-building, coordination, mainstreaming, etc.)
The content of this biodiversity profile is still draft. The text below has been prepared by SCBD and remains subject to final approval by the Party concerned.
To support the implementation of the NBSAP, there are 52 pieces of legislation with aspects that directly relate to environmental issues, but very few of these statutes deal comprehensively with the protection, conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, as they are primarily sectoral in nature...
More » Mechanisms for monitoring and reviewing implementation
The content of this biodiversity profile is still draft. The text below has been prepared by SCBD and remains subject to final approval by the Party concerned.
Jamaica’s National Ecological Gap Assessment Report was drafted in 2009 in order to “Identify where the existing protected areas fall short in adequately protecting a representative sample of all marine, terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity in the country”...
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