Interim Assessment of Biodiversity Enabling Activities; National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans

Abstract

This report describes the findings of an assessment of GEF-financcd enabling activity (EA) projects for biodiversity conservation. These projects are mainly assisting recipient countries to develop national biodiversity strategies and action plans (NBSAPs) as required of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and to complete their first national reports to the Conference of the Parties (COP) of the CBD. The biodiversity EAs were among the very first GEF-supported activities carried out under the guidance of the COP in GEF's role as the CBD's interim financial mechanism. As such, the GEF acts under the guidance of and is accountable to the COP on policies, program priorities, and eligibility criteria for the purposes of the convention.