ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB)
Website
www.aseanbiodiversity.org
The ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) has undertaken several initiatives over the years to provide technical assistance and avenues for dialogues that enable ASEAN Member States (AMS) and stakeholders from both government and private sectors to address challenges and seize opportunities related to biodiversity and business actions. In September 2023, the ACB and the ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN-BAC) established a strategic partnership to integrate biodiversity considerations into the plans and processes of the business sector in Southeast Asia through a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The MOU set up the ASEAN Business and Biodiversity Initiative (ABBI) as a dynamic platform emphasising the critical role of biodiversity in sustaining key industries and mitigating climate change impacts. ABBI seeks to enhance private sector contributions toward ASEAN’s green and sustainability goals through cooperation, investment, and support for biodiversity mainstreaming, nature-based solutions, and capacity-building efforts for micro-, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) to work towards biodiversity-friendly and climate-smart operations.
Vision
Biodiversity in the ASEAN region is valued, conserved, sustainably managed, and the benefits derived from the use of thereof are equitably shared.
Mission
To catalyse and scale up efforts on biodiversity valuation, conservation, sustainable management, and equitable sharing of benefits derived from the use thereof in the ASEAN Region.
Objectives
- Facilitate cooperation to enhance the role of the business sector in advancing ASEAN’s climate goals and green and blue economy;
- Contribute towards building sustainable supply and value chains by supporting capacity development programmes for micro-, small-, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the region to encourage the adoption of biodiversity-friendly and climate-smart practices and operations;
- Encourage more investments for biodiversity mainstreaming and nature-based solutions through targeted communication, education, and public awareness campaigns; sharing best practices to demonstrate the many benefits of incorporating biodiversity in business plans and processes, using natural capital accounting, risk analysis, impact assessment, ecosystem valuation, and other science-based methodologies, through collaboration and partnerships.
Contact Information 3/F ERDB Building, Forestry Campus, UPLB
Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines, 4031
Contact Persons Dr. Jerome L. Montemayor, Executive Director, ACB
acb.oed@aseanbiodiversity.org
Mr. Oliver Agoncillo, Director, Mainstreaming Biodiversity Division, Programmes Department, ACB
acb.mbd@aseanbiodiversity.org
Annual Reports
Please see the link below for progress reports on this initiative
2025
