The Global Island Partnership (GLISPA) assists islands in addressing one of the world’s greatest challenges: to conserve and sustainably utilize the invaluable island natural resources that support people, cultures, and livelihoods in their island homes around the world.
It brings together islands — small and large, developing and developed — to mobilize leadership, increase resources and share skills, knowledge, and innovations to catalyze action for conservation and sustainable livelihoods It is recognized by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) as a partnership to advance the implementation of the CBD 2010 biodiversity target, to reduce the rate of biodiversity loss, and the programs of work on island biodiversity and protected areas.
Called for in Mauritius (January 2005) and launched at the 8th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the CBD in Brazil (March 2006), GLISPA has seven major strategies: