Localisation
SPREP LIBRARY
Éditeur
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Année de publication:
2011
Lieu de publication
Nairobi, Kenya
Description physique:
242 p
Pays concernés
Pacific Region
Type de contenu
Langue
English
Identifiant de dossier:
777
Notes générales
GEFPAS Invasive Project Document
Disponible en ligne
Rubrique(s) thématique(s)
Invasive species - Management - Oceania
Biological invasions - Control - Oceania
Résumé
Invasive Alien Species (IAS) are a major threat to marine, freshwater and terrestrial biodiversity of the Pacific islands and to the people there that depend on biodiversity for their livelihoods. Invasive species are implicated in the decline of hundreds of species in the region. Participating Pacific states and the executing agency SPREP (Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme) recognised the need to implement the regional IAS strategy, “Guidelines for Invasive Species Management in the Pacific. A Pacific strategy for managing pests, weeds and other invasive species” (hereafter, the Guidelines) and develop and implement national IAS plans and strategies. The Guidelines were originally identified as a product under this project, but were completed in 2009 prior to writing this proposal. As envisaged during the PIF process the proposed project contributes to the implementation of the Guidelines, each country’s National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan and helps each to meet its responsibilities under Article 8 (h) of the CBD and several other international agreements addressing IAS. The three main components (not including components related to project management) of the proposed project are designed to capture outcomes and outputs described in the Project Identification Form but they have been reorganized to follow the structure of the Guidelines.
Localisation
SPREP LIBRARY
Éditeur
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Année de publication:
2011
Lieu de publication
Nairobi, Kenya
Description physique:
242 p
Pays concernés
Pacific Region
Type de contenu
Langue
English
Identifiant de dossier:
777
Notes générales
GEFPAS Invasive Project Document
Dossier créé: 08-Mar-2021
Dossier modifié: 08-Dec-2021