Achieving the ambitions of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) requires translating biodiversity commitments into concrete sectoral policies and on-the-ground action. This side event will showcase the results of BIODEV2030, a science-based, multi-stakeholder initiative implemented in 15 countries across Africa, Asia-Pacific and South America to support biodiversity mainstreaming in key economic sectors.
The event will present 45 sectoral public policy instruments identified and prioritised through an evidence-based, participatory process involving governments, private sector actors, civil society and local stakeholders. Covering agriculture, fisheries, forestry, mining, energy/biomass and livestock, these policy recommendations demonstrate practical pathways for implementing KMGBF Targets 14, 15, 18 and 19 by integrating biodiversity into sectoral decision-making, engaging businesses, reforming harmful incentives, and mobilising financial resources for nature.
The session will also highlight 18 landscape-level pilot projects developed through BIODEV2030's participatory approach. These projects demonstrate how biodiversity conservation and sustainable economic development can be jointly advanced through locally adapted solutions across six productive sectors: agriculture, fisheries, mining, forestry, energy/biomass and livestock. The pilots illustrate innovative practices ranging from agroecological production and sustainable fisheries to biodiversity-friendly mining, forest restoration, clean energy alternatives and sustainable pastoralism.
Beyond presenting concrete results, the side event will explore how BIODEV2030's eight-step methodology can support countries in implementing and revising their National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs), strengthening policy coherence, engaging the private sector, and developing bankable biodiversity initiatives. Participants will gain access to a unique collection of practical policy instruments, case studies and lessons learned from implementation across 15 countries, providing replicable approaches that can be adapted to diverse national contexts.
The event will bring together representatives from participating governments, development partners, conservation organisations and practitioners to discuss how these experiences can accelerate biodiversity mainstreaming and support implementation of the KMGBF during the decade to 2030. It will also demonstrate how the BIODEV2030 methodology can be replicated and adapted to additional economic sectors and scaled up in other countries seeking to strengthen biodiversity mainstreaming. By sharing practical tools, lessons learned and implementation experiences, the session will provide participants with a transferable, science-based framework that can support the design of sectoral reforms, multi-stakeholder dialogue and biodiversity-positive investments tailored to diverse national contexts.
Objectives of the Side Event
The side event aims to demonstrate how BIODEV2030 supports the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF), with a particular focus on Target 18 (reforming harmful incentives) and Target 19 (mobilising financial resources for biodiversity), while contributing to Targets 14 and 15 through biodiversity mainstreaming across key economic sectors.
The specific objectives are to:
Present the 45 sectoral public policy instruments identified and prioritised across 15 countries, highlighting recommendations to reform or redirect biodiversity-harmful incentives and strengthen biodiversity integration into sectoral policies in the agriculture, fisheries, forestry, mining, energy/biomass and livestock sectors.
Showcase 18 landscape-level pilot projects that demonstrate nature-positive production systems and have been designed as investment-ready initiatives capable of attracting public and private financing for biodiversity.
Share lessons learned on combining science-based analysis, multi-stakeholder dialogue and policy reform to improve policy coherence, engage businesses, and create enabling conditions for biodiversity-positive investments.
Highlight ongoing efforts to mobilise financial resources for biodiversity by connecting governments, development finance institutions, international donors and the private sector to support the implementation and scaling up of the pilot projects and associated policy reforms.
Illustrate synergies between BIODEV2030 and the UNEP-led NBSAP Accelerator Partnership, including how its Matchmaking Programme can help countries transform BIODEV2030 policy recommendations and landscape-level projects into bankable investment opportunities by facilitating technical assistance, partner engagement and access to finance.
Promote the BIODEV2030 methodology as a practical and replicable approach that can be adapted to other countries and economic sectors, enabling Parties to strengthen biodiversity mainstreaming, identify policy reforms, develop investable biodiversity projects and accelerate implementation of the KMGBF, particularly Targets 18 and 19.
Speakers :
Expertise France (coordination of the BIODEV2030 project) – Introduction and presentation of the BIODEV2030 methodology, the main results and its potential for replication in other countries.
IUCN and/or WWF France – Technical lessons from implementation, support for sectoral reforms, and development of pilot projects.
Representative of a partner country (Ministry of the Environment or CBD focal point) – Feedback on the integration of the BIODEV2030 recommendations into public policies and NBSAPs/NBSAPs.
Representative of a sectoral ministry (agriculture, forestry, fisheries, mining or energy) – Testimony on the reforms undertaken and intersectoral cooperation.
French Development Agency (AFD) – Lessons learned from the financing of BIODEV2030, prospects for scaling up and articulation with biodiversity funding priorities.
Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI) – Perspectives on financing pilot projects and scaling up opportunities in Central African forested countries.
Delegation of the European Union – Synergies with the Team Europe initiatives and possibilities for supporting the implementation of reforms and demonstrator projects.
World Bank – Integration of biodiversity approaches into development programs and prospects for financing pilot projects as part of ongoing exchanges.
Private sector or financial institution representative (if available) – Feedback on voluntary commitments, biodiversity-friendly investments and public-private partnerships.
UNEP – NBSAP Accelerator Partnership, Senior Technical Advisor for Francophone Countries: "From NBSAPs to Investment: Leveraging the Matchmaking Programme to Scale Up BIODEV2030 Pilot Projects and Resource Mobilization.”
The final roundtable will discuss the conditions for replicating the BIODEV2030 methodology in other sectors and countries, as well as mechanisms to transform the pilot projects developed under the project into investments financed on a larger scale.
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BIODEV2030's methodology and contribution to KMGBF targets 14, 15, 18 and 19
BIODEV2030 is a science-based, multi-stakeholder initiative funded by the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), coordinated by Expertise France, and implemented by IUCN and WWF-France in partnership with governments across 15 countries in Africa, Asia-Pacific, and South America. Since 2020, the project has supported biodiversity mainstreaming by integrating biodiversity considerations into sectoral policies, decision-making processes, and investment strategies across key economic sectors, including agriculture, fisheries, forestry, mining, energy, livestock, and spatial planning.
The project offers a practical and replicable methodology that directly supports the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF), particularly Goal D and Targets 14, 15, 18, and 19. Through an eight-step, evidence-based approach combining scientific analysis with structured multi-stakeholder dialogue, BIODEV2030 helps governments identify biodiversity pressures, assess policy drivers, design sectoral reforms, and develop finance-ready conservation initiatives aligned with National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs).
A defining feature of BIODEV2030 is its "whole-of-society" approach, bringing together ministries of environment, finance and sectoral agencies alongside civil society, Indigenous Peoples and local communities, private sector actors, academia, and development partners. This collaborative process has strengthened policy coherence, fostered consensus on biodiversity-friendly reforms, and established durable institutional platforms for continued dialogue beyond the project's lifetime.
BIODEV2030 has generated significant and lasting outcomes, including 45 policy briefs recommending biodiversity mainstreaming reforms, 15 landscape-level project concepts designed to mobilise future investment, and permanent multi-stakeholder platforms established in several participating countries. Project outputs have informed NBSAP revisions in 12 countries and supported the integration of biodiversity into national planning, environmental assessment systems, natural capital accounting, and financial sector policies.
The initiative also demonstrates practical approaches to engaging the private sector through voluntary commitments, biodiversity risk assessments, improved environmental and social impact assessment frameworks, certification schemes, Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES), biodiversity finance instruments, and sustainable value-chain initiatives. At the same time, it has supported countries in identifying and reforming harmful incentives, promoting biodiversity-positive fiscal policies, and strengthening biodiversity finance through public budgets, blended finance, donor engagement, private investment, and innovative financing mechanisms.
By combining scientific evidence, inclusive governance, policy reform, and resource mobilisation, BIODEV2030 provides a proven model that is adaptable across diverse governance systems and ecological contexts. Its documented methodology and practical tools make it a valuable contribution to the CBD Clearing-House Mechanism and a scalable good practice for Parties seeking to implement the KMGBF and strengthen biodiversity mainstreaming across sectors.
Practical Guide #2 phase II: Co-building a territory pilot project integrating biodiversity into development
By adopting the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (CMBKM) in 2022, the parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) committed themselves in particular to ensure sustainable management of natural resources (target 10), and to assess and reduce impacts on biodiversity resulting from private sector activities (target 15).
By promoting an inclusive approach based on dialogue and science, BIODEV2030 has been deployed in several so-called "pilot" territories identified during consultation workshops. Stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, indigenous communities, local governments) highlighted harmful productive practices in prioritized economic sectors at the national level, as well as major pressures on biodiversity, in order to propose solutions for changing these practices.
By drawing lessons from the implementation of the project, this guide presents three main success criteria for achieving this objective: 1. Identify a strategic pilot territory 2. CoBuild a pilot project for the evolution of productive practices 3. Link the project with national biodiversity and sectoral action plans
Phase II supports the 15 countries in identifying and mobilizing financing tools and mechanisms to support the implementation of:
• Prioritized sectoral public policy reforms • Activities of pilot projects developed at the territorial level
These activities reflect a direct contribution to targets 18 and 19 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, by giving Parties to the Convention adequate means of implementation, including funding and capacity building. Working to strengthen positive incentives and increase financial resources for National Biodiversity Strategies, the project aims to mobilize financial means to close the biodiversity financing gap in these 15 countries.
The two main success criteria identified in this guide are:
1. Finance the implementation of sectoral policy instruments prioritized during multi-stakeholder dialogue workshops, by integrating them into the national budget, or by targeting donors and policy support mechanisms, such as public policy loans, grants, redirected financial flows, or conservation trust funds (CTFs).
2. Finance pilot projects to improve productive practices at the territorial level, by participating in the identification of mixed funding, from grants and direct contributions from the private sector (Corporate Social Responsibility and investments), and promoting innovative systems such as payments for ecosystem services, biodiversity certificates, and benefit-sharing mechanisms.
Mainstreaming, biodiversity, finance, national dialog platform, KMGBF,
Practical Guide #1 phase II: Identify and reform sectoral public policy instruments to encourage more productive practices that are favorable to biodiversity
With the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (CMBKM), adopted in 2022 by the parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), sectoral integration of biodiversity at all levels of government and across all sectors is enshrined for the first time (target 14). By targeting sectoral public policy instruments (SPPI) that have a negative impact on biodiversity and by proposing reform options, The BIODEV2030 project aims to support governments in revising and implementing their national biodiversity strategies and plans (NBSAPs).
This guide presents three main success criteria for achieving this goal:
1. Rely on solid and consensual scientific diagnoses and sectoral analyses in order to prioritize and then promote the public policy instruments to be reformed;
2. Allow for a formalized multi-stakeholder, intersectoral dialogue that integrates strategic stakeholders;
3. Align the identified reforms with national economic development plans and National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans.
Mainstreaming, biodiversity, Public policy, national dialog platform, KMGBF,
Mainstreaming biodiversity into priority economic sectors
In this publication, we take stock of the knowledge and know-how induced by the BIODEV2030 project’s first step, which is to assess the main threats to biodiversity and provide elements to address the following specific questions: how were main threats to biodiversity identified and ranked and associated sectors selected in each country? Were the different methods converging in identifying top threats. What are their respective strengths, limitations and complementarities? What recommendations can we make to other actors (governments, NGOs, donors such as multilateral or bilateral development banks) wanting to follow similar approaches with the private sectors at national level? In each BIODEV2030 country, three main methods were typically combined to identify and rank main threats to biodiversity and then select (sub-)sectors: literature and data sources review, Species Threat Abatement and Restoration (STAR) metric and national experts’ elicitation. The results of the assessment and its processes led to a list of 12 key recommendations.
Mainstreaming, biodiversity, Public policy, national dialog platform, KMGBF, business, private sector engagement
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BIODEV2030 website
The BIODEV2030 website is the project's central knowledge and communication platform. It provides access to the project's methodology, country experiences, policy briefs, technical guidance, publications, news, and practical tools supporting biodiversity mainstreaming across economic sectors. The website serves as a resource for governments, practitioners, development partners, and stakeholders seeking to implement science-based, multi-stakeholder approaches to biodiversity conservation and sustainable development in line with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
Agricultre Sector factsheet
In phase II, sectoral capitalization sheets were produced for each sector targeted in BIODEV2030: agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture, forestry, energy, mining, livestock.
These sheets summarize the main trends observed in countries that have targeted this sector: productive practices and threats, instruments of public policy to reform, types of activities developed for pilot projects.
In phase II, sectoral capitalization sheets were produced for each sector targeted in BIODEV2030: agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture, forestry, energy, mining, livestock.
These sheets summarize the main trends observed in countries that have targeted this sector: productive practices and threats, instruments of public policy to reform, types of activities developed for pilot projects.
Mainstreaming, biodiversity, Public policy, national dialog platform, KMGBF,
Energy Biomass sector sheet
In phase II, sectoral capitalization sheets were produced for each sector targeted in BIODEV2030: agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture, forestry, energy, mining, livestock.
These sheets summarize the main trends observed in countries that have targeted this sector: productive practices and threats, instruments of public policy to reform, types of activities developed for pilot projects.
In phase II, sectoral capitalization sheets were produced for each sector targeted in BIODEV2030: agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture, forestry, energy, mining, livestock.
These sheets summarize the main trends observed in countries that have targeted this sector: productive practices and threats, instruments of public policy to reform, types of activities developed for pilot projects.
In phase II, sectoral capitalization sheets were produced for each sector targeted in BIODEV2030: agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture, forestry, energy, mining, livestock. These sheets summarize the main trends observed in countries that have targeted this sector: productive practices and threats, instruments of public policy to reform, types of activities developed for pilot projects.
In phase II, sectoral capitalization sheets were produced for each sector targeted in BIODEV2030: agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture, forestry, energy, mining, livestock. These sheets summarize the main trends observed in countries that have targeted this sector: productive practices and threats, instruments of public policy to reform, types of activities developed for pilot projects.
Integrating biodiversity into development through sectoral public policy reforms and territory pilot projects, resulting from a multi-stakeholder dialogue in 15 countries
As BIODEV2030 Phase II concludes, this video explains the science-based methodology and multi-stakeholder dialogue adopted by the project to promote biodiversity sectoral integration.
In this video, the beneficiaries are given the floor so that they can testify on the contributions of the project in their countries. Key results at the national and territorial levels are also presented.
