UNDP, United Nations Development Programme and CBD, Convention on Biological Diversity (2003) National biodiversity strategy of the Republic of Chile. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
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The present National Biodiversity Strategy aims to address these existing gaps with a national plan that includes a guiding framework and specific actions to be carried out for the benefit of country’s natural heritage. The Strategy is based on the International Convention on Biological Diversity, which mentions that the trend of degradation of the natural environment may be reversed when both society in general and local communities in particular obtain benefits from the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity. The Convention’s objectives include conservation of biological diversity, sustainable use of its components, and the fair and equitable distribution of the benefits derived from the use of genetic resources. Chile’s biological diversity is important because of its special features, namely: the existence of unique species, ecosystems and territories with a high global ecological value (endemism); the presence of global biodiversity hotspots; available environmental services; high biological productivity; and the important economic value of its natural resources as the basis of the country’s development. The National Environmental Agenda addresses the vulnerability of this natural heritage in the face of pressure from anthropogenic activity and from potential catastrophic natural phenomena such as earthquakes, climate change, ozone layer depletion, the effects of the el Nino current and others. The Agenda establishes the effective protection of the principal components of the natural heritage as one of Chile’s fundamental environmental goals.
| Item Type: | Documents |
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| Keywords: | Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Conservation, Chile, Sustainable Use, NBSAP, Local Communities, Legislation, Sustainable Management, Stakeholders |
| Subjects: | Biodiversity |
| Depositing User: | Kokila ICSF Krish |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Jun 2025 10:46 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Jun 2025 10:46 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/21639 |
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