Implementation of the NBSAP
Serbia’s Biodiversity Strategy (2011-2018) was adopted in 2011 in relation to the Law on the Verification of the Convention on Biological Diversity. The Biodiversity Strategy has been harmonized with the National Strategy for Sustainable Development, and with the principles of European Union (within the context of aligning Serbian legislation with EU legislation)... More »
Actions taken to achieve the 2020 Aichi Biodiversity Targets
Serbia has determined that greater emphasis should be placed on objectives related to halting biodiversity loss through the integration of biodiversity in activities of Government and society (re Strategic Goal A of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020), and on factors which can lead to biodiversity threats (re Aichi Biodiversity Targets 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10)... More »
Support mechanisms for national implementation (legislation, funding, capacity-building, coordination, mainstreaming, etc.)
Examples of supporting legislation include:
Law on the Verification of International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
Law on Incitements in Agriculture and Rural Development
Law on Agriculture and Rural Development
Law on Energy
Law on Mining and Geological Researches
Law on Nature Conservation (which is the framework law)
Law on Organic Agriculture
Law on Game and Hunting
Law on Waters
Law on Environmental Protection
Law on the Means for the Protection of Plants
Law on the Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of the Fish Stock
Law on Tourism
Law on Planning and Construction
Law on Forests
Law on the Evaluation of the Influence on the Environment
Decree on the allocation of incentives in agriculture and rural development
Decree on the Ecological Network
The Law on National Parks is being drafted...
More » Mechanisms for monitoring and reviewing implementation
Strategic area 6 of the current NBSAP on the “Knowledge Database” aims to implement actions towards the creation of a national information system for biodiversity (NISB), biodiversity monitoring and biodiversity research. Work in this strategic area has just begun (however a work programme for the Biodiversity Information Centre, located in the Faculty of Biology of the University of Belgrade, has been defined)... More »