Status: Active 

Duration: 42 months (3.5 years) — May 2024 to November 2027.

Terminal evaluation due: 15 May 2028

Budget: USD 35,600,000

Donor: Global Environment Facility (GEF)

Geographic Coverage:

The programme covers 69 countries across all UN regions:

• Africa
• Asia-Pacific
• Arab States
• Europe 

• Latin America & the Caribbean

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 Beneficiaries:

Minimum 5,000 beneficiaries per country

At least 2,500 women

 At least 2,500 men

Total beneficiaries: ≥ 345,000 across 69 countries.

Includes: Government institutions, Indigenous & Tribal Peoples (ITP 's), Civil society, Academia, Women & youth groups

  Focus Area:

The project focuses on:

•  Revising & updating National Biodiversity Strategies & Action Plans (NBSAPs)
•  Preparing and submitting 7th National Reports to CBD
• Aligning national policies with the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF)
• Biodiversity mainstreaming across sectors
• Policy coherence & spatial planning
• Gender equality and social inclusion
• Capacity building and knowledge-sharing

• Biodiversity finance and harmful subsidy reform

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Partners:

Global Level: UNDP (Implementing Partner, Project Management Unit), GEF (donor), UNOPS (Responsible Party — global technical delivery), UNEP (collaborating agency; joint evaluation), Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD)

National Level: Environment ministries, Finance, agriculture, forestry, fisheries, mining, infrastructure agencies

Academia, NGOs & civil society, National steering committees in each participating country, Gender & youth organizations.

Project Document 

Project Summary:

This Global Umbrella Programme provides 69 countries with the financial and technical support needed to:

1.  Revise/update their NBSAPs to align with the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), including all 23 global targets.

2.  Prepare and submit their 7th National Reports to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

3.  Strengthen national capacity for policy alignment, biodiversity mainstreaming, gender responsiveness, and spatial planning.

4.  Build global and regional knowledge platforms offering e-learning, webinars, best-practice catalogues and technical advisory.

5.  Support inclusive governance — whole-of-government and whole-of-society participation.

Objectives:

Primary Objectives:

1.  Align national biodiversity policies and targets with the Kunming–Montreal GBF.

2.  Produce and submit the 7th National Report to the CBD.

3.  Build national capacity for monitoring, reporting, planning, and implementation.

4.  Ensure inclusive, gender-responsive biodiversity planning.

5.  Establish global knowledge and technical assistance platforms. [

Expected Results:

National Level Results:

• 69 countries complete GBF‑aligned NBSAPs.
• 69 countries submit their 7th National Reports.
• Stakeholder engagement plans developed in every country.
• Gender analysis & gender action plans for all participating countries.
• Spatialized action plans for GBF area-based targets in at least 30 countries.
• Policy coherence assessments prepared.
• Capacity needs assessments + biodiversity finance integration.   

 Global Knowledge Results:

• 12 new e-learning courses
• 24 webinars
• 100 case studies / best practices
• 3 flagship global reports: Global NBSAP Gender Report, Global NBSAP Ambition Report, Global Spatial Planning Report
• Peer-to-peer exchanges across regions
• 1,000,000 people reached via global outreach