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The NBSAP Accelerator Partnership presented at Peru’s national congress for regional conservation areas, connecting with government and non-governmental actors working across 25 regions of the country.
Seventy participants from across Thailand’s government, research and private sectors gathered in Bangkok this week to turn shared biodiversity and climate commitments into coordinated, investable action on the ground.
The NBSAP Accelerator Partnership and the Indigenous Peoples and Biodiversity Coalition convened the 3rd National Roundtable on Indigenous Peoples and Biodiversity in the Philippines, bringing together Indigenous Peoples’ groups, civil society, international organizations, and government agencies to discuss the challenges, risks, and opportunities affecting Indigenous Peoples’ participation in biodiversity conservation.
While governments write NBSAPs, non-state actors, including Indigenous Peoples, local communities, women’s organizations, youth networks, and the private sector, are among the ones who can successfully deliver them. Side events at SBSTTA-28 & SBI-7 showed what sustained engagement and implementation can look like.
A youth fund in Ecuador is backing projects that link local action in Biosphere Reserves to national and global biodiversity commitments, with one grantee selected per reserve.
Sierra Leone’s Environment Protection Agency, in partnership with the NBSAP Accelerator Partnership, held four regional engagements bringing together 242 participants from across the country to build technical capacity, develop district implementation roadmaps, and sign commitment pledges to advance NBSAP 3.0 implementation.
A virtual knowledge exchange on tropical peatlands, requested by Peru through the NBSAP Accelerator Partnership’s MatchMaking Mechanism, connected national institutions with specialist partners to strengthen technical capacity for identifying, mapping, monitoring and managing tropical peatlands.
The Spotlight Series profiles NBSAP Accelerator Partnership members and suppliers who are actively accelerating the implementation of National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) under the Global Biodiversity Framework. Each feature examines the specific capabilities, experience, and implementation approaches that members and suppliers bring, and how these align with needs and implementation gaps identified by countries.
Colombia is demonstrating that countries implementing ambitious NBSAPs are valuable providers of technical expertise, sharing practical experience with peers facing similar implementation challenges.
The NBSAP Accelerator Partnership is exploring how carefully designed artificial intelligence tools can expand access to trusted knowledge, strengthen collaboration, and help countries accelerate implementation of their NBSAPs.