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MatchMaking Mechanism
At UNCCD COP17 in Ulaanbaatar, the NBSAP Accelerator Partnership brought its implementation tools to a new audience, using Kenya’s experience to show what biodiversity-climate-land synergies look like in practice.
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.
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 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.
The Philippines’ Department of Environment and Natural Resources–Biodiversity Management Bureau convened a validation workshop in Quezon City to strengthen the aquatic component of the National Action Plan for Ecosystem Restoration and Species Extinction Prevention, with support from the NBSAP Accelerator Partnership’s Facilitator Programme.
Pacific nations advance the 30×30 target: Regional workshop strengthens collaboration ahead of COP17
The NBSAP Accelerator Partnership participated in the Pacific Regional Workshop on KMGBF Target 3 in Nadi, Fiji, joining biodiversity focal points and protected area practitioners from across the region to strengthen cooperation and accelerate implementation of the 30×30 target.
Through the NBSAP Accelerator Partnership’s Matchmaking Mechanism, officials from Colombia and Armenia met in Yerevan for a peer-to-peer exchange on COP Presidency experiences, supporting Armenia’s preparations for COP17.