Implementation of the NBSAP
Tajikistan’s National Strategy and Action Plan on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity was adopted by a Decree of the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan on 1 September 2003. The NBSAP focuses on five strategic goals: (1) economic and social evaluation of national biological resources (2) regeneration and conservation of the genetic pool of plants and animals (3) in situ and ex situ biodiversity conservation (4) provision of biological safety for the country (5) sustainable use of biological resources to reduce poverty and improve the quality of human life... More »
Actions taken to achieve the 2020 Aichi Biodiversity Targets
National Center for Biodiversity and Biosafety (NBBC)
The National Center for Biodiversity and Biosafety (NBBC) was created to coordinate activities aimed at fulfilling the obligations and requirements of the Republic of Tajikistan, in regard to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. The NBBC was approved by Government Decree No... More »
Support mechanisms for national implementation (legislation, funding, capacity-building, coordination, mainstreaming, etc.)
Mainstreaming has proven difficult, but progress has been achieved. Coordination among the different institutions is limited, and the development of sub-legislation and legal mechanisms for regulating implementation has been weak. The lack of a normative legal system for the use of genetic resources is an obstacle to collaboration and implementation of new technologies; its development remains one of the Tajikistan’s future work priorities in biodiversity... More »
Mechanisms for monitoring and reviewing implementation
At present, there is no single national biodiversity monitoring system. However, a database has been developed for the Specially Protected Natural Territories (SPNTs) to serve as a basis for monitoring and a model for database management. Other projects are implemented individually and are overseen by a special state agency for SPNT management established under the Environmental Commission in 2004... More »