𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐍𝐁𝐒𝐀𝐏 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬

Bhutan is currently in the process of developing a new National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plan(NBSAP) document in accordance with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and through an alignment with the national priorities. RSPN is representing as one of the Technical Working Group members collaborating with the National Biodiversity Centre and Department of Environment and Climate Change, and other organizations under the Royal Government of Bhutan in formulating this new NBSAP.

To build a holistic approach and set a shared understanding of new NBSAP Targets, RSPN organized consultation workshops with the relevant organizations today. The workshop is aimed for building the capacity of individual organizations towards national vision on biodiversity conservation and as well as to strengthen ownership over the NBSAP document. The workshop will also ease mainstreaming biodiversity into the organization’s plan.

The consultation workshop saw lengthy discussion among the stakeholders in taking the new NBSAP as an important national document to consider as a mechanism in balancing the conservation of biodiversity and the livelihood of communities. The discussion also observed the due importance in considering private partnership to implement some of the NBSAP targets, and respective organizations taking role to fulfill the targets.

Regarding Resource Mobilization, stakeholders present strongly feel the financing organization like Global Environmental Facility should give priority to fund the implementation of action plans of NBSAP.

With the hope to see this new NBSAP as transformative biodiversity governance, participants wish the formulation of new NBSAP a successful pathway.