Dominica Moves to Align National Biodiversity Plans with Global Framework

December 19, 2025

People in a conference room; a pink-shirted person speaks into a microphone while others listen. — A participant speaks at the Validation Workshop for Dominica's National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan under the Global Biodiversity Framework Early Action Support (GBF-EAS) project.

UNDP/Zaimis Olmos

Roseau, DOMINICA - Stakeholders from across Dominica’s government institutions, technical and educational bodies, civil society organizations, the private sector, youth groups, and community-based organizations convened on 10 - 11 December 2025 for a two‑day Validation Workshop on biodiversity policy and finance.

The activity took place under the Global Biodiversity Framework Early Action Support (GBF-EAS) project, which is designed to mobilise funding and support so that countries can meet the new global biodiversity targets. Funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the GBF-EAS project is working to fast-track readiness and early actions.

The project is jointly implemented by UNDP and UNEP, in partnership with the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Secretariat and the GEF, and provides financial and technical support package that focuses on four components: alignment with national biodiversity strategies and action plans; national monitoring systems; policy and institutional coherence; and biodiversity finance.

Photograph: group of people posing on a wooden deck under a yellow canopy at an outdoor event.

Conference room scene; foreground woman in teal jacket and man in blue shirt at table.

Photo: Woman with microphone speaks to a seated audience in a bright meeting room.

Man in blue blazer speaks at a conference, microphone in hand, with a banner about biodiversity finance behind.

The workshop provided a national platform to:

Review and validate proposed updates to the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan, ensuring alignment with the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
Examine biodiversity finance gaps, policies, and institutional arrangements using the Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) methodology.
Build capacity to convert research and data into actionable policy and financing measures.
Gather perspectives from all sectors to strengthen coordination and long‑term implementation.

By bringing diverse voices together, the workshop aimed to strengthen Dominica's evidence‑based decision making and enhanced national alignment on biodiversity protection and sustainable development.