National Biodiversity Action Plan (NBAP).

The National Biodiversity Action Plan (NBAP) is a national action plan of the Republic of Suriname for the period 2012-2016. The main objective of the action plan is conservation of biodiversity.
To this end, the NBAP provides for the following objectives: biodiversity will be conserved through protection and enhancement of habitats and species at local, regional and national scales; the sustainable uses for biological resources will be enacted in local and national economies; research and education will be applied to create access to environmentally sound and safe development, transfer, handling and use of biotechnology and modified organisms, and increased benefit sharing among all citizens for these resources; access to genetic resources and the associated traditional knowledge and fair and equitable benefit sharing; institutional capacity will be enhanced to sustainably manage and monitor biodiversity; education and communication opportunities will be strengthened to improve the awareness of biodiversity conservation planning, management and monitoring at local and national levels; and local participation by communities, scientific community and business in biodiversity planning, management and monitoring will be enhanced as well as the participation with other countries, by strategic alliance with members of, among others - the Amazon Cooperation Treaty, Small Island Developing States and Caribbean Community and Common Market.
According to the document, the speed of implementation of the proposed actions will be determined by the capacity available for these purposes in Suriname. With many of the actions formulated in the action plan, it is assumed that consultants will be hired to assist with the implementation. According to the document, a series of objective, measurable indicators will have to be developed, in principle per objective or even sub-objective or action. Then a minimum standard will have to be agreed on and the effects measured will have to minimally meet the standard.