Adrian Forde

Statement by Hon. Adrian Forde, Minister of Environment and National Beautification, Barbados| 16th Meeting of the Conference of Parties of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity| Cali, Colombia, 29 October 2024

“Barbados therefore wishes to reaffirm its commitment to the implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) as well as to the monitoring and reporting on its implementation, and, in this regard, it is aligning its National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) to the Global Biodiversity Framework. Importantly, recognising the importance of Biodiversity Conservation, the Barbados NBSAP was laid in…