Afghanistan’s National biodiversity strategy & action plan : framework for implementation 2013-2017 / UNEP.

Cover title.
“Building Environmental Resilience ; تقویت تاب آوری محیط زیستی”—back cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: Foreword—Executive summary—Introduction—1. Biodiversity of Afghanistan—2. Threats to Afghanistan’s biodiversity—3. National biodiversity strategy—4. National biodiversity implementation plan—Annexes.

Summary: “The goals of the Convention on Biological Diversity are to: promote the conservation of the biological diversity of ecosystems, habitats and biomes; promote the conservation of species diversity; promote the conservation of genetic diversity; promote sustainable use and consumption; reduce pressures from habitat loss, land use change and degradation, and unsustainable water use; control threats from invasive alien species; address changes to biodiversity from climate change and pollution; maintain capacity of ecosystems to deliver goods and services and to support livelihoods; maintain socio-cultural diversity of indigenous and local communities; ensure the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising out of the use of genetic resources…”—(page summary).

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