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A newly established youth biodiversity network in Kazakhstan is bringing young volunteers from across the country into the national biodiversity agenda ahead of CBD COP17.
At the 11th Pacific Islands Conference for Nature Conservation and Protected Areas, Pacific youth set out four asks for leaders. Their asks cover decision-making, finance, Indigenous knowledge and integrated action on biodiversity, climate and ocean. The NBSAP Accelerator Partnership provided further assistance for youth participation in the conference.
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.
The Kunming Dialogue brings parties, Indigenous Peoples and local communities, women and youth representatives, academia, the private and financial sectors, and other stakeholders together in Kunming for an informal technical dialogue on collective progress in implementing the Global Biodiversity Framework, ahead of COP17.
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.
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.
Around 30 young representatives gathered in Quito to contribute perspectives and recommendations toward the development of Ecuador’s Youth Action Plan for Biodiversity.
Youth leadership took centre stage at the Pacific Innovation Forum on Climate and the Environment (PIFCE), where the NBSAP Accelerator Partnership supported Vanuatu in engaging the next generation of biodiversity leaders.