The objective of this Enabling Activities proposal is to strengthen national capacity and to enhance knowledge and understanding amongst decision makers, managers, the industry, NGOs, and the public at large on POPs to develop and formulate a National Implementation Plan (NIP). By achieving this objective Nepal will progress towards meeting the obligations of the Stockholm Convention and will be enabled to manage the elimination of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs).

The principal objective of this proposed Tunisia NCSA project is to identify and determine the nature of these critical capacity constraints. The proposed project will also prepare a national strategy and action plan for addressing those constraints. The project will be the first step in a cyclical national process, whereby capacity will be regularly assessed and measures to improve capacity identified. The proposed project will focus on issues cutting across the three conventions, will build on existing institutional mechanisms, and will be fully participative

The primary objective of the Solomon Islands NCSA is to carry out an assessment of local capacity to address global and national environmental issues and concerns, and to develop a plan for implementation of key activities to achieve capacity building needs as identified through the assessment, particularly those relating to the CBD, UNFCCC and UNCCD.

The overall objective of the proposed project is the protection and maintenance of globally significant biodiversity in Protected Landscape Areas located in the Carpathian Mountain region. Project Rationale and Objective The objective of this project is to strengthen the conservation management of globally significant biodiversity in species-rich mountain grassland habitats (grasslands and pastures) in two Protected Landscape Areas (PLA) in the Carpathian Mountains of the Czech Republic.

The primary goal of this project is to identify, through a country-driven consultative process, the priorities and needs for capacity building to protect the global environment which can work effectively within the existing political, administrative and cultural systems of the country.

The project will contribute to the management of cedar forests and their protection from serious insect pests. The primary focus of this project will be on determining the causes of appearance of Cephalcia tannourinensis in the Tannourine-Hadath el-Jebbeh Cedars Forst and determining means to prevent its spread to other countries in the region.

This project will result in the reduction of threats to the Island’s marine and terrestrial biodiversity through strengthening protected areas management and regulating local economic activities in a sustainable manner. As other islands, Cocos Island has evolved quite isolated from the mainland leading to a high degree of marine and terrestrial biodiversity and high endemism. These biodiversity is under threat due to among other things: extensive fishing, visitation and tourism, and the introduction of alien, invasive species.

The overall goal is to improve the condition of the Juniper forest ecosystem, in order to conserve biodiversity and increase the ecosystem’s contribution to sustainable development. This will include: •Improving the health of the ecosystem’s components, notably: othe hydrological cycle; othe quality of soil; othe diversity of plants. •Sustaining the extent and improving the health of the Juniper trees; •Increasing the population of globally important plant, animal and bird species.