Lead country
Algeria
Participating countries
Algeria
Project status
Under implementation
Implementing period
From December 20, 2015 to June 20, 2021
Project ID: 5311
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Technical team
- Ecosystems and Biodiversity Programme
Technical area(s)
- Ecosystem management and restoration
Sub-area(s)
- Access and benefit sharing
Landscape(s)
- Conserved areas
Sub-landscape(s)
- Productive landscapes/Seascapes
- Key biodiversity areas (KBAs)
- Terrestrial protected areas
Transformed sector(s)
- Agriculture
- Aquaculture
- Tourism
UNDP role(s)
- Capacity development / Technical assistance
- Institutional mechanism and system building
- Normative support
Strategy
- Law regulation
- Governance
- Management operation
Sub-strategy
- Laws/ Policy/ Plan formulation
- Laws enforcement/ Regulation
- Institutional framework
- Awareness raising
- Research
- Conserved areas/ protected areas management
Social inclusion
- Private sector
- Local community/CSOs
Gender equality
N/A
Gender result effectiveness scale
- Gender targeted
Pathway(s)
- Systems pathway
Risk reduction target(s)
- Improve resilience
SDG target(s)
- 15.6 Promote fair, equitable benefits sharing
Conventions and protocols
- Nagoya protocol (ABS)
- Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
- National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs)
Private sector(s)
N/A
Hot topic
- Public-private partnership
About this project
Description
Algeria's size and geographical location make it an important country in terms of ecosystem and species diversity. There is a general trend towards ecosystem degradation across vulnerable regions in Algeria and biodiversity loss. This erosion of biological and genetic diversity and ecosystem services implies fewer livelihood options for local populations and possibilities of resilience to continuous environmental pressures, for present and future generations. Algeria has addressed and made good progress on a number of fronts relating to the first and second objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) – the conservation of biodiversity and its sustainable use, especially– through building and managing a protected areas network, sustainable natural resource management practices and similar activities, but major challenges remain. Working towards the third objective of CBD – fair and equitable access and sharing of benefits derived from the use of genetic resources (ABS) – remains one of it, although it could offer important tracks to address a range of issues. Creation, development and implementation of a comprehensive national legal, regulatory and institutional framework for ABS is the long term solution. This will activate the potential that Algeria's genetic resources and traditional knowledge represent for generating economic benefits to the nation and key stakeholders, including local populations where appropriate, in the form of business, employment, technology transfer and capacity development.
Objectives
To consolidate actions to conserve and sustainably use genetic resources and related traditional knowledge in Algeria through the development and implementation of a national strategy and legal and institutional framework on access and benefit sharing (ABS) in line with the CBD and the Nagoya Protocol.
USD $2,000,000
Grant amount
USD $5,284,320
Leveraged amount (co-financing)
1
Source(s) of fund
Sources of fund
- Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($2,000,000)
Implementing partner(s)
- Government of Algeria
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