Report on the Assessment of the Status of Ratification, Domestication and Implementation of key Continental and Global Instruments related to aquatic biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation and adaptation and environmental management in the East and Southern African Union Member States

Abstract

The study assessed the identified Regional and Global Instruments as to their status of ratification;, Domestication and Implementation by AU-MSs, and proposes solutions to the challenges faced by AU-MSs adopting and deploying these Instruments. The study identified 55 Instruments as being relevant to conservation of aquatic biodiversity in Africa, 37 are Global while 18 are Regional Instruments