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On International Women’s Day 2026, seven countries are demonstrating how embedding gender equality into national biodiversity planning can drive the systemic change needed to implement the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework effectively and equitably.
The project “Accelerating Systemic Change for Gender Equality and Biodiversity Conservation through NBSAPs” is strengthening gender equality across biodiversity policy and practice.
The fourth World Biodiversity Forum in Davos will bring together participants across sectors and generations to co-develop biodiversity-positive futures and address the social and cultural drivers of environmental degradation.
The regional and sub-regional dialogues of 2025 told a consistent story: Countries are delivering on the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and can accelerate action with the right systems, finance, and partnership support in place.
The CBD Subregional Dialogue in Bahrain highlighted both the urgency and the opportunity for Western Asian countries to strengthen biodiversity monitoring, reporting, and collaboration under the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
Indigenous Peoples’ organizations in the Philippines gathered in Quezon City for a costing and capacity-building workshop to advance implementation of the Indigenous Peoples’ Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan, identifying funding gaps within their ancestral domains.
The Caribbean CBD Subregional dialogue demonstrated how peer learning, regional coordination, and targeted support can strengthen biodiversity monitoring and reporting systems while laying the groundwork for effective NBSAP implementation ahead of the seventh national report.
Fifteen students from Ecuador’s Technical University of Manabí have joined the Nature Positive Student Ambassador Programme, becoming part of a global network of youth taking action for biodiversity across more than 100 countries.
Parliamentarians in Sierra Leone engaged in a briefing on the update of the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (2026–2035), highlighting the role of legislation, coordination and financing in accelerating implementation.
Sierra Leone has completed a series of regional validation and stakeholder consultation workshops to support the review and update of its National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (2026–2035). The process was led by the Environment Protection Agency (EPA-SL), with support from UNEP, the NBSAP Accelerator Partnership, and technical inputs from the consulting firm Kanko Limited.