Jamison Ervin, UNDP

Charting Pathways for National Biodiversity

Conservation and Sustainable Development

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1960s: The decade of environmental awareness

Hot Moments in History

1970s: The decade of environmental policy

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1980s -1990s: The decade of international treaties

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International Environmental Treaties

Hot Moments in Sustainable Development

• 1972: UN Conference on the Human Environment

• 1982: World Charter for Nature

• 1983: World Commission on Environment and Development

• 1992: Agenda 21

• 1993: Commission on Sustainable Development

• 2002: World Summit on Sustainable Development

• 2005: World Summit on Millennium Development Goals

• 2012: Rio+ 20

• 2015: Sustainable Development Goals

Defining the future we want

• Rio+ 20: Reaffirming 3 pillars: human rights, equality and sustainability

• “The Future We Want”: inclusive social and economic development, environmental sustainability, peace and security

• Post 2015 SDGs: national sustainable development goals

• Poverty eradication

• Equity and equality

• Peace and security

• Food security

• Sustainable natural resource use

• Empowerment of the poor, of civil society

• Economic transformation

Emerging Priorities for SDGs

• Inclusive and sustainable growth paths

• Management of key productive resources and services

• Voice, participation and accountability

• Justice and the rule of law

• Disaster risk reduction and disaster recovery

Emerging priorities for UNDP’s Strategic Plan: 2014 - 2017

The Future We Want: Stark Choices

Global wellbeing and justice

Abundance and security

Vital and resilient natural world

Global poverty and inequity

Scarcity and vulnerability

Natural world on brink of collapse

We can chart a pathway at the national level…

…by changing the national development trajectory

Awareness of value of nature

Policies Practices Outcomes

The development trajectory

1. Awareness – of the current trajectory

Fisheries collapse

Food insecurity and instability

Ecosystem services declines

Water shortages

Climate change impacts

Poverty and inequity

And awareness – of the value of nature

To productive fisheries

To food security and stability

To ecosystem services

To water supplies

To climate resilience

To local livelihoods and economies

2. Sustainable Policies

Natural boundaries and limits

National plans and budgets

Subsidies and incentives

Biological trophic systems

Ecological footprint

National accounting

3. Practices – Business as Usual

Tourism

Fisheries Energy

Forestry Agriculture

Water

Tourism

Fisheries Energy

Forestry Agriculture

Water

3. Practices – Sustainable Management

4. Outcomes and results

• Productive fisheries

• Productive agriculture

• Water security

• Food security

• Secure livelihoods and jobs

• Climate-resilient communities

• Sustainable economic growth

• Thriving ecosystems

Development Trajectory – Vicious Cycle Low awareness

of values

Poor policies

Unsustainable practices

Negative outcomes

Development Trajectory – Virtuous Cycle

High awareness of values

Effective policies

Sustainable practices

Positive outcomes

3 Signature Programs:

• Mainstreaming

• Protected areas

• Restoration

UNDP’s Ecosystems and Biodiversity Strategic Plan

UNDP’s Ecosystem and Biodiversity Strategic Plan

Capacity – Equator Initiative, BES-Net portal, resilience toolkit

Finance – finance gap assessments, policy environment, resource mobilization

Policy– NBSAP direct support, NBSAP Forum

• Address the underlying causes of biodiversity loss

• Reduce pressures on biodiversity and promote sustainable use

• Safeguard ecosystems, species and genetic diversity

• Enhance benefits to all

• Promote participatory planning, knowledge management and capacity building

Convention on Biological Diversity’s 2011- 2020 Strategic Plan

Aichi Targets Understand

values

Mainstream biodiversity

Address incentives

Sustainable production

Halve rate of loss

Sustainable fisheries

Manage within limits

Reduce pollution

Reduce invasive spp.

Minimize reef loss

Protected areas

Prevent extinctions

Conserve gene pool

Restore ecosystems

Enhance resilience

Implement Nagoya Prot.

Revise NBSAPs

Respect and conserve TK

Improve knowledge

Mobilize resources

Aichi Targets Understand

values

Mainstream biodiversity

Address incentives

Sustainable production

Halve rate of loss

Sustainable fisheries

Manage within limits

Reduce pollution

Reduce invasive spp.

Minimize reef loss

Protected areas

Prevent extinctions

Conserve gene pool

Restore ecosystems

Enhance resilience

Implement Nagoya Prot.

Revise NBSAPs

Respect and conserve TK

Improve knowledge

Mobilize resources

Aichi Targets – 3 cross-cutting strategies

PROTECTION RESTORATION MAINSTREAMING

National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans

CBD’s Strategic Plan: NBSAPs

UNDP’s portfolio of NBSAPs

The NBSAP Forum is

• A partnership between CBD, UNDP and UNEP

• A one-stop shop to find information

• A place to exchange best practices and learning

• A global community of practice

• A peer review center

• Connect with experts, members

• National and regional NBSAP pages

• Help desk

• Peer review center

• E-learning center

• Quick guides

NBSAPs: A tool to change the development trajectory

High awareness

Effective policies

Sustainable practices

Positive outcomes

Fosters linkages

Identifies key policies

Identifies key practices

Highlights benefits

• Ensure that NBSAPs inform SDGs

• Promote a virtuous cycle; transformative approach

• Promote awareness of values, effective policies, and sustainable practices

NBSAPs & SDGs – Making the Connection

2010-2020: The decade of trajectory change

Hot Moments in History

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

SDG consultation

NBSAPs developed NBSAPs implemented

SDGs implemented