Globale Taxonomie-Initiative – Nationale Kontaktstelle Deutschland

GTI stands for Globale Taxonomie Initiative, which was established in 1998 as part of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in order to strengthen taxonomic knowldege and resources. The GTI is a cross-cutting issue of the CBD. This indicates the relevance of GTI for other thematic programme contents and is also conveyed by the content of its work programme. The GTI generally consists of National Focal Points (NFP), which either already exist or still needs to be nominated. In terms of contents the GTI consits of a set of activities and objectives agreed on by the CBD member states.

National focal points

National focal points have been nominated by Governments of 96 member states including Germany on encouragement of the COP (as of October 2011). Their role is to draw connections and increase information exchange in order to enhance the implementation of the GTI on national level. The NFPs are also responsible for communication and collaboration with NFPs of other countries and thereby enable the GTI implementation on regional and global level. Furthermore the NFPs have to answer requests by the COP and the CBD-secreteriat regarding the GTI process. For countries which have not yet nominated a GTI focal point, the national CBD focal point is being used as official GTI contact.

You will find a list of all national focal points on the CBD-website

Some national focal points have created websites: Argentina, Belgium, Japan