SAINT LUCIA Third National Report
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SAINT LUCIA Third national report CONTENTS A. REPORTING PARTY ........................................................................................................................ 2 Information on the preparation of the report............................................................................. 2 B. PRIORITY SETTING, TARGETS AND OBSTACLES............................................................................ 6 Priority Setting......................................................................................................................... 8 Challenges and Obstacles to Implementation............................................................................ 9 2010 Target........................................................................................................................... 12 Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC)........................................................................ 56 Ecosystem Approach .............................................................................................................. 79 C. ARTICLES OF THE CONVENTION.................................................................................................. 81 Article 5 – Cooperation........................................................................................................... 81 Article 6 - General measures for conservation and sustainable use.......................................... 83 Biodiversity and Climate Change....................................................................................... 87 Article 7 - Identification and monitoring.................................................................................. 89 Decisions on Taxonomy .................................................................................................... 92 Article 8 - In-situ conservation [Excluding paragraphs (a) to (e), (h) and (j)].......................... 95 Programme of Work on Protected Areas (Article 8 (a) to (e)) ............................................ 98 Article 8(h) - Alien species.................................................................................................... 102 Article 8(j) - Traditional knowledge and related provisions .................................................... 107 GURTS ........................................................................................................................... 107 Status and Trends .......................................................................................................... 107 Akwé:Kon Guidelines...................................................................................................... 108 Capacity Building and Participation of Indigenous and Local Communities ....................... 109 Support to implementation............................................................................................. 110 Article 9 - Ex-situ conservation............................................................................................. 112 Article 10 - Sustainable use of components of biological diversity.......................................... 114 Biodiversity and Tourism................................................................................................ 118 Article 11 - Incentive measures ............................................................................................ 120 Article 12 - Research and training......................................................................................... 124 Article 13 - Public education and awareness.......................................................................... 126 Article 14 - Impact assessment and minimizing adverse impacts........................................... 131 Article 15 - Access to genetic resources ................................................................................ 136 Article 16 - Access to and transfer of technology................................................................... 139 Programme of Work on transfer of technology and technology cooperation ..................... 140 Article 17 - Exchange of information..................................................................................... 144 Article 18 - Technical and scientific cooperation .................................................................... 145 Article 19 - Handling of biotechnology and distribution of its benefits .................................... 149 Article 20 – Financial resources ............................................................................................ 150 D. THEMATIC AREAS ..................................................................................................................... 162 Inland water ecosystems...................................................................................................... 164 Marine and coastal biological diversity .................................................................................. 166 General............................................................................................................................. 166 Implementation of Integrated Marine and Coastal Area Management ................................. 168 Marine and Coastal Living Resources ................................................................................. 169 Mariculture ........................................................................................................................ 172 Alien Species and Genotypes ............................................................................................. 173 Agricultural biological diversity ............................................................................................. 174 Annex to decision V/5 - Programme of work on agricultural biodiversity............................. 174 Forest Biological Diversity..................................................................................................... 180 General............................................................................................................................. 180 Expanded programme of work on forest biological diversity ............................................... 182 Biological diversity of dry and sub-humid lands..................................................................... 190 Mountain Biodiversity........................................................................................................... 192 E. OPERATIONS OF THE CONVENTION........................................................................................... 196 F. COMMENTS ON THE FORMAT..................................................................................................... 198 1 A. REPORTING PARTY Contracting Party Saint Lucia 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 Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Name and title of contact Mr. Martin Satney, Permanent Secretary officer 5th Floor, Sir Stanislas James Building, The Waterfront, Mailing address Castries Telephone 758-4684103 Fax 758-4536314 E-mail [email protected] CONTACT OFFICER FOR NATIONAL REPORT (IF DIFFERENT FROM ABOVE) Full name of the institution Same as above Name and title of contact Anita James, Biodiversity Coordinator officer 4th Floor, Sir Stanislas James Building, The Waterfront, Mailing address Castries Telephone 758-4684122/27 Fax 758-4532035 E-mail [email protected] S U B M I S S I O N Signature of officer responsible for submitting national report Date of submission Informatiion on the preparatiion of the report Box I. Please provide information on the pre paration of this report, including information on stakeholders involved and material used as a basis for the report. The preparation of this report involved the following:- Ø Identification of relevant supporting documents Ø Review of the selected documents Ø Discussions with selected members of the National Biodiversity Committee Ø Supplying responses to questions as provided by the documents Ø Consulting with persons, private and public sector, with intimate knowledge of the work programs of the various components of biodiversity, to obtain further information for the report 2 Ø Consulting with leaders of the technical committees on completeness of responses Ø Consulting with stakeholders at three locations (North, South and West) of the island to gain their perspective on matters included in the report and to share with them work done to date re: the N.B.S.A.P, Survey conducted etc. Ø Document (Report) review by Coordinator of the project. Persons involved in the preparation of this report and who were consulted on a one-one basis are - Mrs. Joan Norville, Director of Agricultural Services Ms. Anita James, Coordinator , National Biosafety Project/Biodiversity Coordinator Mr Michael Andrew, Deputy Chief Forestry Officer (former) Mr. Michael Bobb, Assistant Chief Forest Officer for Conservation Mr. Donald Anthony, Wildlife officer Mr. Donatien Gustave, Forestry officer Mrs. Alicia George, Head, Propagation Station Mr. Rufus Leandre, Chief Agricultural Extension Officer Mrs. Susanna Debeauville-Scott, Fisheries Biologist Mr. Ross Garner, Fisheries Officer Mr. Crispin d’Auvergne, Chief Sustainable and Environment Officer Ms. Shirlene Simmons, Project Coordinator, Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants Ms. Maria Mombelli, Secretary, National Emergency Management Organization(NEMO) Ms. Laverne Walker, Sustainable Development and Environment Officer, Coastal Zone Management Mr. Kai Wulf, Manager,