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The NBSAP Accelerator Partnership Facilitator for Kazakhstan joined a Ministry-led mission to the Ile-Balkhash State Nature Reserve to observe long-term preparations for tiger reintroduction – one of the most complex biodiversity recovery efforts underway in Central Asia, embedded in Kazakhstan’s national biodiversity strategy and directly advancing several KMGBF targets.
Peru’s National Biodiversity Commission (CONADIB) convened its second meeting of the year to review implementation progress and strengthen coordination among government institutions, civil society, academia, and Indigenous Peoples’ organizations.
Kazakhstan’s first ecotourism field meeting in a national park shows how sustainable tourism can drive both conservation and community development — when grounded in a country’s NBSAP and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
The Member Spotlight Series profiles NBSAP Accelerator Partnership members 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 bring, and how these align with needs and implementation gaps identified by countries.
A feature story on how South–South cooperation is moving Vanuatu’s NBSAP from policy to action.
Mozambique’s southern provinces have begun shaping the revision of the national biodiversity strategy. A first regional consultation in Maputo set the priorities and activities that will feed into the country’s updated action plan.
The final days of the Vanuatu–Galápagos Knowledge Exchange brought the delegation from institutional sessions to community practice — visiting agro-tourism farms, a forest nursery, and local authorities to explore how the Galápagos conservation finance model reaches the people who depend on it.
During days 2 and 3 of the Vanuatu–Galápagos Knowledge Exchange Mission, the delegation engaged in technical sessions and field visits with key conservation authorities and scientific institutions in the Galápagos Islands. The exchange provided practical insights for Vanuatu’s work toward developing a national Green Levy under its NBSAP 2026–2030 framework.
A delegation from the Republic of Vanuatu is visiting Quito and the Galápagos Islands for a knowledge exchange on biodiversity conservation finance, facilitated by the NBSAP Accelerator Partnership. Over eight days, the delegation is exploring Ecuador’s flagship financing mechanisms as it looks to advance its own biodiversity financing roadmap.
The NBSAP Accelerator Partnership met with Mozambique’s Ministry of Economy to explore how tourism can advance national biodiversity targets under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, with discussions covering community-based tourism, hunting tourism, and the development of bankable project proposals.