Policy Brief: Key emerging issues, lessons learnt and best practices for mainstreaming Global Instruments relating to aquatic biodiversity conservation, climate change adaptation and mitigation and environmental management into National Policies and Regulatory frameworks in Africa

Abstract

The report recommends establishing or strengthening intersectoral coordinating mechanisms for adopting, ratifying, domesticating, and implementing Global Instruments related to aquatic biodiversity, climate change, and environment management at the national level. It also reviews and strengthens national strategies for coordination and implementation of Multilateral Environment Agreements. The report emphasizes stakeholder mobilization, mainstreaming of aquatic biodiversity conservation into local community management structures, domesticating all relevant Global Instruments, strengthening human resource, policy, institutional, financial, and technological capacity, increasing resource mobilization, creating sensitization mechanisms, and establishing a mechanism for periodic monitoring of Instruments' status.