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The Philippines launches updated NBSAP
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The Philippines launches updated NBSAP
NBSAP Accelerator Partnership | Updates
August 28, 2025
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources Biodiversity Management Bureau (DENR-BMB) launched the country’s updated National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (PBSAP 2024-2040) which includes five priorities strategies for its implementation, as highlighted by the bureau’s Assistant Director Mariglo Rosaida I. Laririt at the 32nd Philippine Biodiversity Symposium in Iloilo City.
Ms Laririt presented an outline of the updated PBSAP, and its priorities: effective protected area management, species extinction prevention and recovery, biodiversity mainstreaming, pollution and Invasive and Alien Species (IAS) reduction, and ecosystem restoration for climate resilience. Developed through a multistakeholder process, the NPBSAP delivers on the Philippines’ commitment to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
The launch of the updated Philippine Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan is a milestone in advancing the country’s biodiversity agenda and its commitments under the Convention on Biological Diversity.
Learn more about the Philippines and the progress of other country members on our Recent News page. Curious about the Facilitator Programme? Learn more about its critical role in accelerating NBSAPs here.
NBSAP Accelerator Partnership | Updates
August 28, 2025
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources Biodiversity Management Bureau (DENR-BMB) launched the country’s updated National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (PBSAP 2024-2040) which includes five priorities strategies for its implementation, as highlighted by the bureau’s Assistant Director Mariglo Rosaida I. Laririt at the 32nd Philippine Biodiversity Symposium in Iloilo City.
Ms Laririt presented an outline of the updated PBSAP, and its priorities: effective protected area management, species extinction prevention and recovery, biodiversity mainstreaming, pollution and Invasive and Alien Species (IAS) reduction, and ecosystem restoration for climate resilience. Developed through a multistakeholder process, the NPBSAP delivers on the Philippines’ commitment to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
The launch of the updated Philippine Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan is a milestone in advancing the country’s biodiversity agenda and its commitments under the Convention on Biological Diversity.
Learn more about the Philippines and the progress of other country members on our Recent News page. Curious about the Facilitator Programme? Learn more about its critical role in accelerating NBSAPs here.
The NBSAP Accelerator Partnership is a country-led initiative that supports the implementation of NBSAPs to collectively achieve the goals and targets of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. It is co-chaired by Colombia and Germany, supported by the governments of Germany, Norway, Canada and France, and coordinated by a Global Coordination Unit hosted by the Secretariat of the CBD, UNDP and UNEP.
The NBSAP Accelerator Partnership is a country-led initiative that supports the implementation of NBSAPs to collectively achieve the goals and targets of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. It is co-chaired by Colombia and Germany, supported by the governments of Germany, Norway, Canada and France, and coordinated by a Global Coordination Unit hosted by the Secretariat of the CBD, UNDP and UNEP.
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