CBD Strategy and Action Plan - Samoa (English version

These concerns include, inter alia, the conclusions of the fourth edition of the Global Biodiversity Outlook stressing on; slow progress of works so far in relations to the achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, biodiversity loss continues with increasing adverse impacts on the well-being of humans and the importance for parties to link the implementation of the post 2015 development agend. [...] The 2001 NBSAP provided the overall framework of vision, mission, goals, priorities and key actions that has since guided Samoa’s pursuit of the three objectives of the Convention, namely: (i) the conservation of biological diversity, (ii) the sustainable use of resources and (iii) the fair and equitable access to and distribution of benefits arising from the use of genetic resources and tradition. [...] The substance of Samoa’s NBSAP - the issues, the analysis of drivers and pressures on Samoa’s biodiversity, as well as the priorities and actionable measures, are derived from and based on recent studies and assessments of Samoa’s environment including the 2013 State of Environment Report, the 2013-2016 National Environment Sector Plan, plans of related sectors such as agriculture and consultation. [...] Its regulatory services provides for the pollination of our flowers and crops, the dispersal of our forest and plants seeds, the regulation of our microclimates, and the removal of carbon from the atmosphere that is so important to mitigating the impacts of climate change. [...] It encompasses the policies, strategies and priorities, and the allocation of public funds and human resources, as defined by the Government and its agencies, the self-serving activities of profit-motivated organizations and companies in the private sector, as well as actions of civil society and economically rational individuals.