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Other recommendations for national action include: formulate and implement integrated strategies for the conservation and sustainable use of terrestrial and marine biodiversity; ratify and implement the Convention on Biological Diversity; promote the designation of protected areas; generate and maintain gene banks of biogenetic resources; conduct detailed inventories of existing flora, fauna and ecosystems; and support the involvement of NGOs, women, indigenous people, and other major groups in the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and biotechnology.
Recommendations for regional and international action include: regional studies of the socio-economic and cultural value of biodiversity; establishment of regional gene-bank centers; coordinated information exchange, training and technical assistance; development of adequate and effective legal mechanisms for the protection of intellectual property rights; provision of improved access to financial and technical resources for the conservation of biodiversity; greater use of import restrictions under the CITES Convention; and protection of SIDS from the introduction of non-indigenous species. [Return to start of article]