| Challenges |
Programme of Work |
| Agricultural |
Forest |
Marine and coastal |
Inland water ecosystem |
Dry and subhumid lands |
Mountain |
| Lack of political will and support |
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
NA |
| Limited public participation and stakeholder involvement |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
NA |
| Lack of main-streaming and integration of biodiversity issues into
other sectors |
3 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
NA |
| Lack of precautionary and proactive measures |
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
NA |
| Inadequate capacity to act, caused by institutional weakness |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
NA |
| Lack of transfer of technology and expertise |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
NA |
| Loss of traditional knowledge |
2 |
NA |
1 |
NA |
1 |
NA |
| Lack of adequate scientific research capacities to support all the
objectives |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
NA |
| Lack of accessible knowledge and information |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
NA |
| Lack of public education and awareness at all levels |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
NA |
| Existing scientific and traditional knowledge not fully utilised |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
NA |
| Loss of biodiversity and the corresponding goods and services it
provides not properly understood and documented |
2 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
NA |
| Lack of financial, human, technical resources |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
NA |
| Lack of economic incentive measures |
3 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
NA |
| Lack of benefit-sharing |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
NA |
| Lack of synergies at national and international levels |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
NA |
| Lack of horizontal cooperation among stakeholders |
2 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
NA |
| Lack of effective partnerships |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
NA |
| Lack of engagement of scientific community |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
NA |
| Lack of appropriate policies and laws |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
NA |
| Poverty |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
| Population pressure |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
NA |
| Unsustainable consumption and production patterns |
3 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
NA |
| Lack of capacities for local communities |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
NA |
| Lack of knowledge and practice of ecosystem-based approaches to
management |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
NA |
| Weak law enforcement capacity |
3 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
NA |
| Natural disasters and environmental change |
0 |
2 |
1 |
NA |
2 |
NA |
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