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Atmosphere |
Biodiversity |
Chemicals and Wastes |
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Development of a Frame Harmonized Legislation to Implement Biodiversity-Related MEAs
UNEP has been working with the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) on a project which aims to draft a legislation implementing a cluster of MEAs in the field of biodiversity. The concept of clustering or grouping MEAs is being considered as a strategy for improving implementation of these international commitments by reducing institutional fragmentation, promoting synergies among related MEAs, and in reducing overlaps. Clustering of MEAs is therefore proposed and promoted by UNEP as a relevant mechanism to improve compliance with international law in a manner that ensures coordination, consistency in the application of policy, principles, rules and practice, comprehensiveness and efficiency in the use of resources. Based on this concept, the overall objective of this project is to develop a holistic and integrated model law that implements five global and one regional MEAs related to the management and protection of biodiversity in OECS Member States and other Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
Draft elements have been prepared with input from UNEP, OECS, and the Caribbean Law Clinic. Then, OESC developed a Frame Harmonized Biodiversity Legislation in cooperation with UNEP at the sub-regional level that implements the cluster of biodiversity-related MEAs. This cluster includes namely: the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES), the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), the Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (WHC), the Protocol to the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean, and the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. The final text is envisaged to be endorsed and adopted by the OECS Council of Ministers. It is, however, already being used by some Member States to develop their national legislation for implementation of biodiversity-related MEAs.
List of activities
- Development of a draft frame harmonized legislation with comments and input from the relevant MEAs Secretariats
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