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Today, we join the global celebration of the unique contributions and traditional knowledge of Indigenous Peoples, who have safeguarded the world’s biodiversity for millennia.

The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, hosting the interim Secretariat of the Cali Fund, joined forces with the United Nations Environment Programme and the United Nations Development Programme to produce the first guide aimed at potential contributors and the public at large.

“Harmony with nature and sustainable development” is the theme of the 2025 edition of the International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB). At its crux lies a seminal idea: a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach is crucial for the implementation of the 23 targets of...

On 22 May 2025 the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) announced a new regional capacity development support programme aimed at accelerating ecosystem restoration efforts in Africa, Asia, and Latin...

Ahead of the G7 Leaders' Summit to take place on 15-17 June 2025 in Kananaskis (Alberta, Canada), Astrid Schomaker, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, contributed an article to the publication dedicated to the Summit by The Global Governance Project and the G7 Research...

Today is International Mother Earth Day: an opportunity to reflect on nature and the many ways in which it is perceived and celebrated by people around the world. 

The UNECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters – widely known as the Aarhus Convention — is a crucial treaty.

Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) reached agreements on biodiversity finance, the Planning, Monitoring, Reporting and Review (PMRR) mechanism, and the full set of indicators that will be used to measure global and national progress towards the implementation of the...