National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan III

National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP III) addresses critical issues in biodiversity conservation and management, including protected areas, access to genetic resources and benefit sharing, digital sequence information on genetic resources, invasive species, pollution, restoration, climate change, sustainable use, mainstreaming, biotechnology, gender, youth, indigenous peoples and local communities, spatial planning and resource mobilization. NBSAP II also addresses habitat loss - particularly in wetlands and forests - driven by the conversion of natural spaces for commercial developments and habitat degradation. Other vital concerns covered by NBSAP III include human-wildlife conflicts and gender. The vision of Uganda’s NBSAP III is “Rich biodiversity benefiting the present and future generations.”

Its goal is to “To enhance biodiversity conservation, reduce biodiversity loss and ensure equitable sharing of benefits arising from utilization of genetic resources” This will be achieved through seven strategic objectives, namely:

• To increase the connectivity, integrity and resilience of ecosystems
• To harness biotechnology for socio-economic transformation with adequate safety measures for human health and environment
• To promote inclusive, fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from utilization of genetic resources, including digital sequence information on genetic resources, and of traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources
• To strengthen stakeholder co-ordination, inclusive participation, partnerships and frameworks for biodiversity conservation
• To facilitate and build capacity for research, technology development, innovation, monitoring and knowledge management
• To enhance stakeholder awareness, education and stewardship of biodiversity conservation
• To promote innovative and sustainable funding solutions for implementing NBSAP III

The minimum cost for implementing NBSAP III over the 5-year period (2025-2030) is estimated at USD 306.7 million annually. Resource mobilization will be central to implementation of NBSAP III and in this regard the National Biodiversity Finance Plan (NBFP) was revised and aligned to NBSAP III. The development of NBFP was informed by the Policy Institutional Review (PIR), the Biodiversity Expenditure Review (BER) and Financial Needs and Gap Analysis.

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