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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.
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.
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.
Colombia is demonstrating that countries implementing ambitious NBSAPs are valuable providers of technical expertise, sharing practical experience with peers facing similar implementation challenges.
Peru’s Ministry of Environment convened a macroregional workshop in Chiclayo bringing together more than 60 representatives from 13 subnational governments to strengthen the alignment of Subnational Biodiversity Strategies with the national NBSAP and accelerate implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework at the territorial level.
Mozambique is advancing a national framework for Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs), with a Commitment Document signed by eight national and international conservation organizations at the 4th Marine Biodiversity Conference in June 2026, marking a significant milestone in the country’s efforts to implement KMGBF Target 3.
The Government of Colombia and the NBSAP Accelerator Partnership convened the second whole-of-government workshop to strengthen implementation of Colombia’s 2030 Biodiversity Action Plan, bringing together more than 30 representatives from key national institutions to develop project proposals aligned with Colombia’s six National Biodiversity Targets.