The primary objective of the Niue NCSA is to “identify and determine the nature of critical capacity constraints and priority capacity needs faced by Niue as they relate to the global environment”. The above objective will be achieved through a series of internal self-assessments to be carried out by various stakeholders to evaluate their capacity at systemic, institutional and individual levels to implement Niue’s obligations under the CBD, UNFCCC and UNCCD. The assessment will also pay close attention to crosscutting issues for the 3 Rio Conventions to promote synergy wherever possible.

The primary objective of this project is to carry out an assessment of Samoa’s capacity to address global and local environmental issues, and to develop a plan for implementation of key activities to achieve capacity building needs identified particularly those relating to the UNCBD, the UNFCCC and the UNCCD.

Within the overall objective of the Stockholm Convention, which is to protect human health and the environment from POPs, the project will: i) Prepare the ground for implementation of the Convention in Uruguay ii) Assist Uruguay in meeting its reporting and other obligations under the Convention; iii) Strengthen Uruguay’s national capacity to manage POPs and chemicals generally.

This proposed project is a targeted-research-project and will investigate techniques for conserving peatland areas to facilitate carbon accumulation while at the same time maintaining or enhancing their biodiversity. The objective of the project will be to address the capability of peatlands to act as significant carbon deposits, and provide recommendations on how these areas could be managed to ensure this attribute is maintained and even improved while protecting biodiversity.

The objective of the National Capacity Needs Self-Assessment (NCSA) is to identify country level priorities and needs for capacity building to address global environmental issues, in particular biological diversity, climate change, and land degradation, and the synergies between them, with the aim of catalysing domestic and/or externally assisted action to meet those needs in a coordinated and planned manner.

The objectives of the current proposal are: 1.To enable Kenya to assess its capacity building needs in priority areas for the conservation and sustainable utilization of her biodiversity. 2.To enhance Kenya’s participation in the Clearing House Mechanism. 3.To enable the National Focal Point to undertake the necessary consultations for preparation of the Second National Report.