Kazakhstan

There have been 7 meetings of the legal task force group, which has updated the content of the Law on Conservation of Plant Societies and the Environmental Code (Annex 1 Kazakhstan). The Law is pending approval from the Parliament.

Capacity Development

Increase by X% in the capacities of national and state competent authorities and related agencies to develop, implement, and enforce national ABS domestic legislation, administrative or policy measures for ABS – including a CHM, as measured by the UNDP ABS Capacity Development Scorecard:

• 60.86% (level at 31 December 2020, end of the project in Kazakhstan) (Annex 2 Kazakhstan).

National Policy Measures

Number of national policy measures adopted for protecting TK, innovations and practices, and customary uses of biological and genetic resources:

• TK, innovations and practices, and customary uses of biological and genetic resources have been mainstreamed into the new draft of the ecological code, a draft plant’s conservation society. Relevant TK-related articles of the proposed draft amendments to the Law on Conservation of Plant’s Societies. A concept document to support the development of TK-related protection measures within the draft law was prepared. (Annex 3 Kazakhstan).

CHM Development

Number of countries with a national ABS CHM, an improved web page with relevant ABS information, or a national biodiversity CHM with ABS-related information:

• New structure and the platform of the CHM has been cleared by the chairman of the Committee of Forestry and Wildlife.