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Identification of components of biodiversity and threatening processes

Government will take a systematic approach, addressing gaps in existing knowledge whilst supporting activities relevant to achieve the objective.

In particular, Government, in collaboration with relevant interested and affected parties, undertakes to:

    Identify, using biological, social and economic criteria, components of biodiversity important for its conservation and sustainable use. These components will include:

    Ecosystems and habitats that contain high diversity; that contain large numbers of endemic or threatened species; that are relatively "pristine"; that are important nursery or spawning areas; that are under particular threat; that are important for endangered or migratory species; that adjoin conserved ecosystems and habitats; that are of social, economic, cultural or scientific importance; or that are unique, representative of or associated with key evolutionary, biological or other life-supporting processes;
    Species and communities that are rare or threatened; that are of medicinal, agricultural, or other economic value, that are wild relatives of domesticated or cultivated species; that are directly used for subsistence purposes (e.g. fuelwood, building materials); that have social, scientific or cultural importance; or that are important for research into the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, such as indicator species; and

    Described genomes and genes of social, scientific or economic importance

    Identify processes or activities that have or are likely to have significant adverse impacts on terrestrial, aquatic, and marine and coastal biodiversity

    Monitor the effects of these processes and activities, in conjunction with the approaches described in Objective 4.2 (Section 4.2.3

    Undertake the research necessary to improve understanding of the consequences of threatening processes or activities on ecological functions and processes, and other components of terrestrial, aquatic, and marine and coastal biodiversity

    Develop a mechanism to manage and collate this information, to place it in the public domain, and to ensure that decisions taken upon the best applicable knowledge available (See Objective 4.2, Section 4.2.4)