Key Results:

• An analysis was conducted to assess the alignment between the current National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (2019–2028) and the new Global Biodiversity Framework.
• An analysis of the existing legislation related to the implementation of the current National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan, as well as the provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity, was prepared.
• New national biodiversity targets were developed and submitted to the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
• Uzbekistan’s new national biodiversity targets were presented by the Advisor to the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Environmental Issues – Chairman of the National Committee on Ecology and Climate Change, Mr. Aziz Abdukhakimov  at the 16th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP-16) held in Cali, Colombia, in October 2024.