Ireland's National Biodiversity Plan 
[3.4MB] was launched in April 2002. The plan sets out the framework through which Ireland will provide for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity over a five-year period. Under fifteen themes and sectors, it details actions that will be pursued to achieve this objective.
An Interim Review of the National Biodiversity Plan [1.78MB] was launched in November 2005. This review outlines the level of progress we have made in implementing the 91 actions of the National Biodiversity Plan and identifies the areas where further efforts are required.
Much of Ireland's National Biodiversity plan is legislated for by the Wildlife Act 1976, as amended by the Wildlife (Amendment) Act, 2000 .
Irelands Fourth National Report to the CBD [888KB], which was submitted in 2010, outlines the measures which it has taken for the implementation of the
provisions of the Convention. National reports provide an important source of information for review and decision-making processes for parties under the Convention on Biological Diversity. National reports for all signatory states are available from http://www.cbd.int/countries/.
A National Strategy for Plant Conservation in Ireland has been developed as a response to the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC), adopted by the Convention on Biological Diversity in 2002. The 16 targets that had been developed from the GSPC were adopted following stakeholder meetings on records, important areas of plant diversity, invasive alien species, and public awareness.
Action 28 of The National Biodiversity Plan requires Ireland to prepare strategies, in consultation with Northern Ireland, to control introduced species and to prevent, or minimise, future (accidental or deliberate) introduction of alien species, which might threaten biodiversity. A report identifying key actions advised is available the Invasive Species In Ireland [708KB].
Under the CBD, each contracting party is required to present a national report on the implementation of the Convention in line with Decision II/17 of the second meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention. This first national report, which was published in April 1998, focuses on information available on biological diversity in Ireland and measures for its conservation and sustainable use, as well as steps taken for the implementation of Article 6 of the convention.