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Biodiversity Action

Global Biodiversity Framework Early Action Support and NBSAP Updates

National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) 

Through this initiative, UNDP is working with countries to conduct a rapid review of the alignment of existing NBSAPs with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) to identify key areas that will need to be updated and refined in light of the new global framework and targets. 

The NBSAP Forum is a global partnership aiming to support countries in implementing the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and its strategic plans, including global biodiversity targets. To achieve this, CBD Parties are required to develop and implement NBSAPs, including national targets, and integrate them into relevant sectoral and cross-sectoral plans, programmes and policies, and submit national reports on the effectiveness of measures taken to implement the NBSAP.

Global Biodiversity Framework Early Action Support Project

The Global Biodiversity Framework Early Action Support (GBF-EAS) project is designed to mobilise funding and support so that countries can meet the new 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 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.

Download the GBF-EAS Project brochure

Umbrella Programme to Support NBSAP Update and the 7th National Reports

Building on the GBF-EAS Project, this programme is a Party-led effort funded by the GEF to continue the process of updating NBSAPs and undertake reporting on implementation of the GBF. This programme provides financial and technical support to 139 developing countries, small island developing states, and economies in transition in their work to update NBSAPs in alignment with the GBF and prepare and submit Seventh National Reports to the CBD. Joint implementation support is provided by the UNDP and the UNEP, in partnership with the CBD Secretariat and the GEF Secretariat. 

Download the Umbrella Programme brochure.

Participating Countries:

Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.