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40 CP2002-SRI LANKA PAGE 40 Of 106 Cooperation: The national research and development institutes cooperate with the international agencies under the CGIAR system through the participation in regional and international Programmes and, also on a direct one-to-one basis. However, international cooperation -programmes in crop research, particularly in food crops have faced serious scaling back in the last 5-10 years and as a result, there is very little participation in such programmes at present. As sustainable agriculture practices in general limits resource use, the interest and scope for private sector participation in their development and dissemination is not there. Thus, the burden of research and development falls on the public sector organizations. Even the international organizations funded by private sector grants and endowments have limited interest in engaging in such research. The international and regional programmes available currently on implementing issues covered by this sector are confined to only a few areas and generally affected by funds limitations thus preventing wider participation. Therefore, Sri Lanka has not benefited even from the programmes operated in the international and regional basis. Serious attention must be focused on making adequate funds available for broader international and bilateral cooperation in the area with adequate funds provided. * * *
CHAPTER 15: CONSERVATION OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY 41 CP2002-SRI LANKA PAGE 41 Of 106 Decision-Making: Since the subject of “Biodiversity” has a very broad scope with a cross sectoral context and different levels of implementation, many stakeholders are involved in decision making. The Minister in-charge of the subject of Environment makes decisions on national policy on biodiversity with the concurrence of the Cabinet of Ministers. In general the Secretary of the Ministry of Environment is the key decision-maker at the national level under the national policy framework on biological diversity. With the concurrence of the Secretary, the Director of Biodiversity makes decisions especially for short term measures on biodiversity conservation and sustainable use. The Biodiversity Secretariat in the Ministry of Environment has responsibility to coordinate national-level activities on conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and facilitates the formulation and implementation of project and programmes. In respect to other sectoral aspects on biodiversity (agricultural biodiversity, wildlife and forest based biodiversity, coastal and marine biodiversity etc.), respective Secretaries to the concerned Ministry and Head of the Department of the concerned agency make decisions for their sectors. In the provincial set-up, the Chief Minister, and the Provincial Minister of Environment make decisions on the subject areas of biodiversity listed in the concurrence list under the national biodiversity policy framework. The Committee on Environment Policy Management for Biodiversity (CEPOM-Biodiversity) has been established for the purpose of coordinating biodiversity related policy matters. Many other decisions are being made with the advice given by the various advisory groups. The Committees on Environment Policy Coordination facilitates maintenance of transparency and agreements among various stake holders (NGOs, CBOs and Private sector) in the decision making process. The new law on Access to Genetic Resources and the Code of Ethics on Biodiversity Research was drafted and the Material Transfer Agreement has been finalized by the Biodiversity Secretariat. The Fourth draft of National Biosafety Guideline is under preparation Programmes and Projects: Most of the projects and programmes on natural resources management have addressed different the aspects on biodiversity. The following list shows the information of some projects and Programmes on biodiversity conservation and sustainable use undertaken during the last ten years. Table 1- Names of biodiversity related Projects/Programmes Name of the Project/Programme Funding agency Total cost/ value (Rs.) % of covering BD aspects Protected area management GEF 100 Biodiversity action plan preparation GEF 100 Natural Resources Policy project USAID 40 Conservation of Small citecians Netherlands govt. 100 Wetland conservation Netherlands Govt. 75 Regional Biodiversity Programme IUCN/GEF 100 Small Grant Scheme - pilot phase UNDP/GEF 75 Small Grant Scheme -Operational phase 1 UNDP/GEF 90 Small Grant Scheme -Operational phase 2 UNDP/GEF 80 Environmental action 1 Project WB 10 Community Environment Initiative Facility WB 70 Biodiversity Skill Enhancement WB 100 Conservation of Medicinal Plants GEF/WB 100 Conservation of Threaten spp. in rainforests GEF/UNDP 100 Coastal zone management GEF/UNDP 100 Coastal zone management ADB 40 Forestry Sector Development WB/FINNIDA/ UNDP/ ODA 30 Community Forestry ADB 40 Participatory Forestry ADB 40
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