This Global Programme supports countries in revising and updating their National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) to align with the recently agreed Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and enables effective implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework at the national level. In addition, this grant supports countries in preparing and submitting their 7th National Report on the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
This Global Programme is responsive to CBD guidance on developing NBSAPs and completing the 7th National Report, including recent COP15 outcomes and decisions. It also builds upon existing work through the Global Biodiversity Framework Early Action Support (GBF-EAS) that is ongoing, as well as support to countries to develop biodiversity finance plans through the recently approved “Umbrella Programme to Support Development of Biodiversity Finance Plans.” The project implementation units of all three initiatives coordinate to ensure that resources from both projects are used effectively and efficiently toward the update or revision of the National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans and the preparation of the 7th National Reports in the targeted countries.