| Overview : With the dismantling of the Netherlands Antilles on October 10, 2010, Sint Maarten emerged as a new self-governing country within the Dutch Kingdom. In that regard, the Government of Sint Maarten has embarked on building and national development in cooperation with UNDP under a program to produce a National Development Plan and build capacity to manage and measure the country’s socio-economic development. A pillar to guide the medium to long term development of Sint Maarten is the country’s MDG report produced in January 2011. The report identifies challenges for Sint Maarten, notably in dealing with issues relating to poverty and the environment. In order to address those challenges and accelerate achievement of MDG Goal 1 (eradicating extreme poverty and hunger) and Goal 7 (ensuring environmental sustainability) Sint Maarten applied the MDG Acceleration Framework (MAF). As a result of the MAF exercise, a country action plan was produced identifying four interventions and prioritized solutions to rapidly tackle the most pressing issues relating to poverty and the environment on Sint Maarten. In regard to the interventions relating to the environment, the country action plan identifies and gives priority to the need to undertake a terrestrial biological inventory of the flora and fauna of Sint Maarten. |
