2026-06-27http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/267360Northern Areas Strategy for Sustainable Development (NASSD) is being developed by the Planning and Development Department, NAas a strategic policy framework for sustainable development of the Northern Areas with technical assistance of IUCN-The World Conservation Union. This document is one of the series of NASSD background papers. Its main objective is to develop a background paper for the report ‘State of the Environment and Development in Northern Areas’ and the ‘Northern Areas Strategy for S ustainable Development’. Other objective of this paper is to identify gaps in knowledge on biological diversity (BD) in NAthat could lead to developing a biodiversity sub-strategy under the NASSD. The papers will also form a "stand alone" set of reference documents for the use of NASSD stakeholders.52application/pdftext/htmlNon-FAOBook (stand-alone)