Cbd third National Report Armenia (English version)

Article 6 - General measures for conservation and sustainable use

Has your country put in place effective national strategies, plans and programmes to provide a national framework for implementing the three objectives of the Convention? (Goal 3.1 of the Strategic Plan)
No
No, but relevant strategies, plans and programmes are under development
Yes, some strategies, plans and programmes are in place (please provide details below)	X
Yes, comprehensive strategies, plans and programmes are in place (please provide details below)
Further comments on the strategies, plans and programmes for implementing the three objectives of the Convention.
Still in 1999 in Armenia they developed the biodiversity strategy and national action plan (NBSAP), which within “Self-assessment of the national capacities for the global environmental management” (2002-2004) project has been subjected to multilateral analysis; analysis of implementation actions and measures envisaged by NBSAP; key constraints and shortcomings have been identified. Within UNDP/GEF “Needs assessment of the establishment of primary capacities for biodiversity” (2002) project they have developed “Availability of genetic resources, strategy of fair distribution of proceeds received from their use”, as well as “State strategy and national action plan for the development of specially protected area of Armenian nature”.

◊ Has your country set measurable targets within its national strategies and action plans? (decisions II/7 and III/9)
No
No, measurable targets are still in early stages of development
No, but measurable targets are in advanced stages of development	X
Yes, relevant targets are in place (please provide details below)
Yes, reports on implementation of relevant targets available (please provide details below)
Further comments on targets set within national biodiversity strategies and action plans.
13 targets have been identified in NBSAP, which are expressions detailing the overall goal of biodiversity strategy and quantity assessments of the implementation results. However, given the large period of time passed after the development of NBSAP (around 7), the measuring units of the aforementioned targets are to be revised.

Has your country identified priority actions in its national biodiversity strategy and action plan? (decision VI/27 A)
No
No, but priority actions are being identified
Yes, priority actions identified (please provide details below)	X
Further comments on priority actions identified in the national biodiversity strategy and action plan.
All the agreed actions in NBSAP are distributed as by three degrees of priorities; however, the priority degree does not mean the relevant degree of importance, it emphasizes the priority of the measures, after which only one can start the implementation of the others.

Has your country integrated the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity as well as benefit sharing into relevant sectoral or cross-sectoral plans, programmes and policies? (decision VI/27 A)
No
Yes, in some sectors (please provide details below)
Yes, in major sectors (please provide details below)	X
Yes, in all sectors (please provide details below)
Further information on integration of the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and benefit-sharing into relevant sectoral or cross-sectoral plans, programmes and policies.
In the biodiversity conservation and sustainable use topic is included in: - complex and annual programs of the Lake Sevan ecosystem rehabilitation, conservation, reproduction and use measures, 2001 -2006; - state strategy and national action plan for the Armenian nature’s specially protected area, 2002Ã., - National forest policy and strategy, 2005; - Action plan for mitigating actions to help address the problems associated with illegal logging, 2005; - national forest program of the Republic of Armenia, 2005; - sustainable development strategy of mountainous and highly mountainous regions (draft); - “Millennium Development Goals” program document; - “Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper”; - socio-economic development plans of all the marzes.

Are migratory species and their habitats addressed by your country’s national biodiversity strategy or action plan (NBSAP)? (decision VI/20)
Yes
No		X
If Yes, please briefly describe the extent to which it addresses
Conservation, sustainable use and/or restoration of migratory species
Conservation, sustainable use and/or restoration of migratory species’ habitats, including protected areas
Minimizing or eliminating barriers or obstacles to migration
Research and monitoring for migratory species
Transboundary movement
If NO, please briefly indicate below
The extent to which your country addresses migratory species at national level	There is one activity in NBSAP about migrating species: create corridors between the protected area to contribute to the migration of the animals, which is about the same in “State strategy and national action plan for the Armenian nature’s specially protected area”. At present they finish the process of Armenia’s membership to “Convention on conservation of migrating wild species”, after which the country will have to form and implement the relevant activities.
Cooperation with other Range States since 2000	With the support of WWF and BirdLife International with the purpose to ensure the conservation of birds, including migrating birds, they have identified junction areas, including in Armenia – 5 in the lakes Sevan, Arpi, Armash, Pambak mountain chain and Khosrov reserve. They have developed and submitted to the approval additional 13 territories’ lists, where they envisage to take under conservation all the endangered species of the country’s birds.