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All Obligations

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Assessment
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• Activity 1: Demonstrate the benefits of biological diversity
• Activity 2: Identify the effects on biodiversity
• Activity 3: Assess vulnerability and adaptability
• Activity 4: Conduct technology needs assessment
• Activity 5: Monitor the effects on biological diversity
• Activity 6: Assess the impacts of UNFCCC and KP-related activities on biodiversity

Legislative measures and national policies
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• Activity 1: Make information available to policymakers
• Activity 2: Use relevant information in policy-making
• Activity 3: Formalise impact assessment procedures
• Activity 4: Incorporate biodiversity and climatic interactions in programmes and policies
• Activity 5: Integrate conservation and wise use policies into responses to climate change
• Activity 6: Put proper institutional mechanisms in place

Management - adaptation
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• Activity 1: Promote biological diversity in adaptation measures
• Activity 2: Recognize the role of ecosystems in adaptation
• Activity 3: Incorporate recognized values into policies and planning decisions
• Activity 4: Develop adaptation options
• Activity 5: Assess adaptation options
• Activity 6: Maintain or enhance resilience of natural systems
• Activity 7: Enhance resilience of society
• Activity 8: Restore degraded ecosystems
• Activity 9: Minimize adverse effects of adaptation actions on the environment
• Activity 10: Integrate adaptation measures into other policies and strategies

Management - mitigation
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• Activity 1: Consider biological diversity in climate change mitigation measures
• Activity 2: Research on carbon dioxide sequestration technologies
• Activity 3: Reduce greenhouse gas emissions through sinks or carbon stores
• Activity 4: Minimize effects of climate change mitigation activities

Economic instruments
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• Activity 1: Provide positive incentives for technology transfer
• Activity 2: Create an enabling environment for technology transfer

Provision of resources
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• Activity 1: Support vulnerable countries
• Activity 2: Support projects and activities that take climate change into account
• Activity 3: Identify capacity-building needs
• Activity 4: Build capacity
• Activity 5: Ensure sustainability of capacity-building actions
• Activity 6: Promote technology transfer

Communication, education and public awareness
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• Activity 1: Raise awareness
• Activity 2: Develop and implement educational and public awareness programmes
• Activity 3: Develop educational and training materials
• Activity 4: Strengthen national institutions through training programmes
• Activity 5: Make information more readily available
• Activity 6: Share lessons learned

Cooperation
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• Activity 1: Form partnerships
• Activity 2: Cooperate in research and systematic observation
• Activity 3: Facilitate information exchange
• Activity 4: Cooperate in communication, education and public awareness
• Activity 5: Coordinate activities
• Activity 6: Provide examples of cooperation