Action Plan for Implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity's Programme of Work on Protected Areas - KIRIBATI

Abstract

The current national target for protected areas (which is inclusive of both marine and terrestrial) is 10% for each of the 3 island groups that make up Kiribati – ie 10% Gilbert Group, 10% Line Group, and 10% the Phoenix group. Site based conservation is one of the most important and successful tactics for reducing global biodiversity loss. Governmental commitments to site conservation include Kiribati’s Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (K-NBSAP), which commits Kiribati to meeting the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) Achi goals of 10% land and marine conservation by 2020. Government of Kiribati is a CBD signatory which enjoins Parties to establish “a system of protected areas or areas where special measures need to be taken to conserve biological diversity”.