CBD Fourth National Report Namibia (English version)

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1、Namibia’sDraftFourthNationalReporttotheUnitedNationsConventiononBiologicalDiversity(UNCBD)August2010CompiledbytheNamibianMinistryofEnvironmentandTourismExecutiveSummaryReferencestosourcesusedarenotquotedintheexecutivesummarybutarequotedaccordinglyinthemaintext.Namibiacontinuestoinvestinbiodivers

2、ityconservationandmajoraccomplishmentshavebeenmadeinthereportingperiodsincethesubmissionofthe3rdNationalReporttotheConventiononBiologicalDiversity(CBD)in2005.Government,internationalpartnerorganizations,theprivatesectorandcivilsocietyengagementandcommitmenthavedriventheaccomplishmentofmajoroutpu

3、tssetoutinNamibia’sNationalBiodiversityStrategyandActionPlan(NBSAP),whichwaspublishedin2002andwhichlaidoutacomprehensiverangeofbiodiversityconservationandmanagementactionsforthetimeperiod2001-2010.AkeyinstrumentforfacilitatingtheimplementationoftheCBDinNamibia,theNBSAPhasguidedinvestmentsandprio

4、rityactionsonbiodiversitymatters,andismakingsignificantcontributionstoglobalenvironmentalmanagement.NamibiaenjoyssignificantsupportfromtheGlobalEnvironmentFacility(GEF),andwell-designedprojectsaddressingkeyareasoftheNBSAP,havemademajorcontributionstoitssuccessfulimplementationandtheapplicationof

5、CBDguidanceatthenationalandlocallevel.TherearesomekeychallengestothesuccessfulconservationandmanagementofbiodiversityinNamibia,whichrequiretargetedandcontinuousinterventionandsupport.Theseincludetheimpactsofcontinuedpopulationgrowth,consumptionandproductionpatterns,aswellasenvironmentalthreatssu

6、chasalieninvasivespeciesandclimatechange.Inaddition,Namibiaisconfrontedbypressingdevelopmentissuessuchasthedebilitatingeffectsofpoverty,unemployment,andtheHIV/AIDSpandemic.HighpriorityisgiventoaddressingtheseissuesinNamibia,andnoteworthyeffortsarebeingmadetolinkbiodiversityconservationandmanagem

7、enttosuchissues.ThemajoreffortsandresourcesthathaveandcontinuetogointoCommunity-basedNaturalResourceManagement(CBNRM)approachesthroughoutthecountryareaninspiringexampleofhowtoaddresspovertyreduction,developmentandconservatio