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.
Examples of progress made in implementing the National Strategy for Biodiversity (1998) include: the adoption of a request for environmental impact studies for development projects with a focus on different aspects of biodiversity and ways to maintain it; the establishment of nature reserves (e.g...
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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.
Large numbers of exotic plant species have been imported as a way of greening the country; however, this action is putting biodiversity at risk as these plants often carry with them insects, bacteria and viruses...
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.
Obstacles to implementation include: lack of coordination mechanisms between government agencies and NGOs responsible for environmental affairs; an acute shortage of specialists for the protection of indigenous plants and the lack of human and technical capacities to manage various aspects of biodiversity...
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.
The Environment Public Authority (EPA) regularly monitors water benthic meiofauna that comprise about 304 species, 45 of which exist on Kuwait’s shores...
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