National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan of Georgia

The National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) is a national cross-sectoral strategic document of Georgia. Its main objective is the following: in ten years’ time, it is envisaged that Georgia will be a country where biological diversity is sustained and rehabilitated within a political, social and economic context that favours the wise use of natural recourses and adequate benefit sharing.
The NBSAP aims to make agriculture, forestry and fisheries more productive and sustainable. To this end, it is planning to develop a protected areas system to ensure conservation and sustainable use of biological resources; to maintain and restore Georgia’s habitats, species and genetic diversity through in situ, ex-situ and inter-situ conservation measures, and through sustainable use of biological resources; to conserve Georgian agrobiodiversity through ensuring its sustainable use and by promoting of ex-situ and in-situ conservation measures; to promote sustainable hunting and fishing through adequate planning, restoration and protection of key biological resources; to develop a biodiversity monitoring system and an active and integrated biodiversity database to ensure sustainable use and conservation of biological resources; to protect both the human population and biodiversity from potential threats from genetically modified organisms (biotechnology), through the strengthening the law and through increasing public involvement in decision making; to raise public awareness of biodiversity issues and to encourage public participation in the decision making process; to ensure appropriate financial and economic programmes are in place in order to support effective conservation of biodiversity, and to ensure the delivery of the BSAP; to further improve national legislation (and associated institutions) relating to biodiversity conservation, through the creation of new, and elaboration of existing laws and regulations, and through ensuring harmonisation to international legal responsibilities; and to conserve forest biodiversity through sustainable forest management.
The implementation of the NBSAP will require the mobilisation of existing scientific potential and the close co-operation between governmental and non-governmental institutions, and the general public. Co-operation of other sectors such as agriculture, tourism, and energy will also be essential. The support of the international community and donor organisations will play a crucial role in implementation of the present document. For the implementation purposes, the Action Plan is also adopted which is organised into a series of sections, which relate directly to the strategic components and associated strategic goals. The actions (or activity) to be completed have been tabulated, along with other information relating to their implementation. The action plan tables include the following details: activity number; activity name; problem number; year of implementation; budget code; article of the Convention on Biological Diversity; related activity; and indicator.