Eritrea's Coastal Marine and Island Biodiversity Conservation Project

Management Plan (concerning the construction and operation phase and including regular monitoring procedures) are prepared by the project
responsible stakeholder, public or private.
3.12. Biodiversity
As part of the biodiversity conservation ongoing effort the Department of Environment has prepared the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action
Plan (NBSAP) to promote a coordinated management of the Eritrean biodiversity resources.
Following the ratification of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in 1996, Eritrea undertook the necessary measures to formulate NBSAP,
which was adopted in July 2000. As part of this endeavor, Eritrea worked on preparing the inventory of biodiversity resources as categorized into three
core areas that are also recognized by the NBSAP; terrestrial, marine, and agricultural biodiversity.
The strategy and action plan for biodiversity conservation and sustainable use is featured from the perspectives of; integrated management, sustainable
use of natural resources, alien invasive species, pollution management, in-situ conservation (protected areas), ex-situ conservation, - taxonomic
knowledge, - information acquisition and storage, - public awareness and education, - legal and institutional structure (capacity building).
3.13. International Conventions, Treaties and Agreements
To facilitate the protection of local and regional biodiversity resources Eritrea has been committed to carry out all possible roles and responsibilities,
and as concrete measures has ratified numerous International Conventions, Treaties, Agreements and Frameworks;
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION, PROTOCOL OR TREATY TO RATIFICATION
WHICH ERITREA IS PARTY
ACCESSION DATE
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) May 21, 1996
Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) February 01, 2005
The Basal Convention on the Control of Trans-boundary Movements of
Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
March 1, 2005
The Rotterdam Convention on Prior Informed Consent (PIC) for Certain
Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International trade
March 1, 2005
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) March 1, 2005
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer March 2, 2005
Cartagena Protocol on Bio-safety to the Convention on Biological Diversity March 1, 2005
Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) April, 24,1995
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