Lack of synergy between biodiversity and other development strategies

Development projects often focus solely on economic aspects and as a consequence often undermine strategies aimed at improving or protecting biodiversity. Projects that develop infrastructure and trade policies, for instance, Intellectual Property Rights and the use of genetically engineered crops are a threat to biodiversity and undermine the Convention on Biological Diversity.

1. Lack of integrated management of biodiversity

1. Lack of policy coherence in biodiversity conservation
2. Exclusivity in biodiversity sciences

1. Lack of national action on biodiversity conservation

1. Lack of biodiversity conservation
2. Exclusion of biodiversity factors in development planning

1. Promoting cross-sectoral co-operation on biodiversity conservation
2. Integrating biodiversity conservation strategies
3. Integrating biodiversity conservation and landscape management
4. Integrating biodiversity concerns into marine resource policies
5. Integrating biodiversity concerns into economic development planning
6. Creating synergies between biodiversity and other development strategies
7. Building capacity for conserving biological diversity
8. Assessing likely impact on biological diversity of proposed policies