In the context of implementing the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) and advancing a just transition towards nature-positive development, mobilizing social capital and societal resources is widely acknowledged as a core enabling mechanism for achieving the 30×30 target and improving the effectiveness of ecosystem governance. The KMGBF highlights the need for a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach, and calls for a substantial increase by 2030 in biodiversity finance, capacity, and implementation support from all sources.

Within this context, national parks and national botanical garden systems can serve as important platforms for integrating in situ and ex situ conservation, scientific research and monitoring, public education, and community benefits. They also provide opportunities to strengthen engagement from philanthropic actors, the private sector, research institutions, and the public in support of biodiversity targets. As central components of China’s biodiversity conservation system, these two frameworks are yielding practical experiences in multi-stakeholder cooperation and in exploring approaches to sustainable financing that can support both conservation outcomes and local development.

This side event will focus on the mobilization of social capital and diverse societal resources for biodiversity action, and will present recent progress and expertise from China’s national parks and national botanical garden system. Discussions will examine how policy, finance, science and technology, and community participation can be better aligned through partnerships, scientific support, and innovative biodiversity finance mechanisms. The event will also consider how such efforts may contribute to biodiversity conservation, the preservation, multiplication, and application of germplasm, as well as the materialization of values derived from ecological assets and sustainable local development.

By convening representatives from government, international organizations, NGOs, research institutions, philanthropic organizations, and the private sector, the event aims to facilitate exchange on field experience and to identify actionable pathways to advance delivery of the KMGBF and broader global biodiversity governance processes.