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National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP)


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The Vanuatu government recognized the importance of conserving its biological resources by signing the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in 1992.

It ratified the CBD the following year where it fully acceded to it. As a member to the CBD countries it is obliged to prepare a national biodiversity report as well as to develop a National Biodiversity Conservation Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP).

The NBSAP project in consultation with relevant government and non-government organisations, provincial governments, local communities and other interested individuals developed the Vanuatu NBSAP.

The strategy has six major objectives including:

  • The protection and sustainable exploitation of biodiversity.
  • Application of policy, planning and legal mechanisms to enable sustainable management of biodiversity.
  • Research, assessment and monitoring of biodiversity.
  • Capacity building for environmental management.
  • Environmental education, awareness and information sharing.
  • Participation of local communities in the management of biodiversity.

The mission of the NBSAP is to:

  • Manage and safeguard biological resources through government, provinces and local communities so as to maintain fully our natural and cultural heritage for all Ni-Vanuatu.
  • Guide government, provinces, local communities and landholders to sustainable management of Vanuatu's natural resources.
  • Ensure that all Ni-Vanuatu, including future generations, are able to benefit from biodiversity and enjoy its use.
  • Protect the custom, intellectual and legal rights of Ni-Vanuatu as resource custodians and users.