Projects Database / 2010 Biodiversity Targets National Assessments
Project ID
00057358
Background
Lebanon signed the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in 1992 and ratified it in 1994 (Law No. 360/94). Under Article six of this convention, Lebanon was required to develop and implement a national strategy and an action plan for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity. It should also “integrate, as far as possible and as appropriate, the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity into relevant sectoral or cross-sectoral plans, programs and policies.” Furthermore, under Article 26, Lebanon should present to the Conference of Parties regular reports on measures taken to implement the provisions of the convention.
In collaboration of UNDP/GEF, the Ministry of Environment (MoE) developed in November 1998 a National Strategy and Action Plan for Biodiversity Conservation (NBSAP). The Action Plan then included specific recommendations to achieve these goals on the short, medium and long term. Within this context, the MoE prepared the First National Report on biodiversity and submitted it to the Conference of Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity in November 1998.
From 2002 till 2005, MoE/UNDP/GEF implemented the Top-up Biodiversity Enabling Activity Project, which has the following main objectives:
1. Assist the Ministry of Environment to further assess national capacity building needs and priorities;
2. Analyse institutional and functional capabilities and determine the necessary mechanisms to protect national biodiversity;
3. Undertake the preparation of the Second & Third National Report to be submitted to the COP/CBD.
Accordingly, within the above mentioned project the Second National Report on Biodiversity was prepared and submitted to the Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity in 2002 and the Third National Report in 2005.
Achievements & Expected Results
- Finalizing the Fourth National Assessment Report on Biodiversity.
- Submitting the report to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Secretariat.
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