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CROATIA Third National Report CONTENTS Information on the preparation of the report ..........................................................................3 B. PRIORITY SETTING, TARGETS AND OBSTACLES...........................................................5 Priority Setting........................................................................................................................6 Challenges and Obstacles to Implementation.........................................................................7 2010 Target...........................................................................................................................10 Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC)..................................................................64 Ecosystem Approach............................................................................................................88 C. ARTICLES OF THE CONVENTION.....................................................................................90 Article 5 – Cooperation...........................................................................................................90 Article 6 - General measures for conservation and sustainable use ........................................92 Biodiversity and Climate Change.........................................................................................96 Article 7 - Identification and monitoring.................................................................................98 Decisions on Taxonomy.....................................................................................................101 Article 8 - In-situ conservation [excluding paragraphs (a) to (e), (h) and (j)].......................105 Programme of Work on Protected Areas (Article 8 (a) to (e))...........................................107 Article 8(h) - Alien species....................................................................................................111 Article 8(j) - Traditional knowledge and related provisions .................................................116 GURTS ...............................................................................................................................116 Status and Trends ...............................................................................................................117 Akwé:Kon Guidelines........................................................................................................117 Capacity Building and Participation of Indigenous and Local Communities ....................118 Support to implementation.................................................................................................119 Article 9 - Ex-situ conservation.............................................................................................120 Article 10 - Sustainable use of components of biological diversity......................................121 Biodiversity and Tourism...................................................................................................126 Article 11 - Incentive measures.............................................................................................128 Article 12 - Research and training.........................................................................................130 Article 13 - Public education and awareness.........................................................................131 Article 14 - Impact assessment and minimizing adverse impacts.........................................136 Article 15 - Access to genetic resources................................................................................140 Article 16 - Access to and transfer of technology.................................................................143 Programme of Work on transfer of technology and technology cooperation....................144 Article 17 - Exchange of information....................................................................................147 Article 18 - Technical and scientific cooperation..................................................................148 Article 19 - Handling of biotechnology and distribution of its benefits................................151 Article 20 – Financial resources ............................................................................................152 D. THEMATIC AREAS .............................................................................................................160 Inland water ecosystems .....................................................................................................162 Marine and coastal biological diversity..............................................................................165 General ...............................................................................................................................165 Implementation of Integrated Marine and Coastal Area Management ..............................165 1 Marine and Coastal Living Resources................................................................................167 Mariculture.........................................................................................................................170 Alien Species and Genotypes .............................................................................................171 Agricultural biological diversity.........................................................................................172 Annex to decision V/5 - Programme of work on agricultural biodiversity........................172 Forest Biological Diversity.................................................................................................177 General ...............................................................................................................................177 Expanded programme of work on forest biological diversity............................................180 Biological diversity of dry and sub-humid lands ...............................................................187 Mountain Biodiversity........................................................................................................189 E. OPERATIONS OF THE CONVENTION..............................................................................193 F. COMMENTS ON THE FORMAT.........................................................................................195 2 A. REPORTING PARTY Contracting Party CROATIA N A T I O N A L F O C A L P O I N T Full name of the institution Ministry of Culture, Nature Protection Directorate Andrea Štefan, B.Sc. (Biol.) Name and title of contact Head of Department for Strategic Planning in Nature officer Protection and EU Integration Mailing address Runjaninova 2, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia Telephone +385 (0) 1 48 66 124 Fax +385 (0) 1 48 66 100 E-mail [email protected] CONTACT OFFICER FOR NATIONAL REPORT (IF DIFFERENT FROM ABOVE) Full name of the institution State Institute for Nature Protection Name and title of contact Irina Zupan, M.Sc. (Biol.) officer Head of the Nature Impact Assessment Department Mailing address Savska 41/23, 10144 Zagreb, Croatia Telephone +385 (0) 1 4866 195 Fax +385 (0) 1 4866 171 E-mail [email protected] S U B M I S S I O N Signature of officer responsible Zoran Šikic, B.Sc.(Forest), for submitting national report Assistant Minister for Nature Protection Date of submission 07 February 2007 Informatiion on the preparatiion of the report Box I. Please provide information on the preparation of this report, including information on stakeholders involved and material used as a basis for the report. The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has granted funding for the project: Preparation of the Third National Report on Biodiversity for Croatia. The project started on 15th of September and lasted for six months. The project was implemented by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) on behalf of the UN and executed by the State Institute for Nature Protection (SINP). The final draft of the Third National Report to CBD was completed and delivered to the Ministry of Culture, the government body responsible for the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity in Croatia. Cooperation was achieved with all relevant government authorities (Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, Ministry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, Ministry of 3 Science, Education and Sports and Ministry of the Sea, Tourism, Transport and Development), county authorities (Varaždin County, Sisacko-Moslavacka County, Primorsko-Goranska County), other state institutions (Croatian Environment Agency), public institutions (National and Nature Parks Public Institutions, Croatian Waters, Croatian Forests…) academic and scientific institutions (Croatian Academy of Science and Art, Faculties and Universities in Zagreb and Osijek, Natural History Museum in Zagreb, Institute for Seed and Seedlings, Croatian Agricultural Extension Institute (CAEI), etc.), related associations and societies (Croatian Biological Society, Croatian Geological Society, Croatian Forestry Society, Croatian Mycological Society) and NGOs (Zelena akcija). 4 B. PRIORITY SETTING, TARGETS AND OBSTACLES Box II. Please provide an overview of the status and trends of various components of biological diversity in your country based on the information and data available. 5 Priioriity Settiing 1.. Please indicate, by marking an "X" in the appropriate