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Contents below:
· International organizations
· International initiatives, networks & social movements
Also see:
· Continental geography & transboundary regions hub for regional international institutions and initiatives
· International negotiating blocks & coalitons, where biodiversity-focused blocks are highlighted
International organizations
· Biodiversity-related UN agencies and programs are highlighted at the United Nations system page.
· Key biodiversity-related international institutions, including the IUCN, are listed at the
Hybrid government-nongovernment organizations, networks, etc. page.
· Institutions related to the Convention on Biological Diversity are on the Biodiplomacy page.
Alliance on Nature Positive Economies
· "In the G7 2030 Nature Compact, an annex to the communiqué at the G7 Summit in 2021, a
commitment was made to a global mission to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030 and
to become “Nature Positive”. Promoting investments in nature and nature-positive economies
was manifested as one of its pillars. Realizing Nature Positive Economies requires a transition
to an economy and society where nature is mainstreamed and its diverse values are incorporated
and enhanced. To this end, “the G7 Alliance on Nature Positive Economies (G7ANPE)” was
established at G7 Sapporo, as a forum to share knowledge and create information networks on
the nature positive economy."
Global Environment Facility (GEF)
GEO Biodiversity Observation Network (BON)
Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
· Established 2012
International Council on Monuments & Sites (ICOMOS)
US National Committee for ICOMOS (US/ICOMOS)
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
· Defunct 2015; unuptated website accessible.
International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN)
· See extensive listing of IUCN components at Hybrid governmental-nongovernmental IOs
Panorama: Inspiring Protected Area Solutions
World Organization for Animal Health (OIC)
International initiatives, networks & social movements
· “BIODEV2030 is an experimental approach implemented in 16 pilot countries with multiple
socioeconomic, environmental and geographic contexts. It aims to provide the governments
of each country with the means to identify and lead, along with the private sector and civil
society, profound changes in those sectors of the economy with a strategic impact on
development and on the biodiversity of the country.”
Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN)
· A project of GEF, UNEP, UNEP-WCMC, and the governments of Ghana, Mozambique, and Uganda.
· GEF project page
Data Reporting Tool for MEAs (DaRT)
· “...provides private and secure national working spaces for Parties to effectively use synergies in the
field of knowledge and information management for national reporting to biodiversity-related
conventions.
Global Earth Observation: Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON)
Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN)
Global Biodiversity Forum
· Defunct; no website
International Conservation Caucus Foundation
International Conservation Corp
International Biodiversity Observation Year (2001-2)
International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI)
· “...a partnership made up of hundreds of member organisations dedicated to working together to realize
societies in harmony with nature. In many parts of the world, people have developed ways to utilize and
manage their surrounding natural environment to sustain and improve their daily lives and production
activities such as agriculture, forestry and fisheries. Based on knowledge and practices locally accumulated
in such human-nature interactions over a long time, production activities and their management mechanisms
have created elaborate systems that have continued to support local communities by providing foods, fuels,
and other materials, nurturing traditions and culture, and maintaining ecosystems and biodiversity. However,
they have been increasingly threatened by rapid socio-economic changes in recent years. Many have been
converted into more uniform, efficient and large-scale production systems that often cause environmental
degradation and loss of cultures and traditions. Therefore, it is important to explore ways and means for
using and managing natural resources sustainably that benefit current and future generations. To tackle this
critical issue, the Ministry of the Environment of Japan (MOEJ) and the United Nations University Institute for
the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS: formerly the United Nations University Institute of Advanced
Studies) jointly initiated the Satoyama Initiative. This international effort promotes activities consistent with
existing fundamental principles including the Ecosystem Approach. IPSI was established in 2010 in order to
undertake and facilitate a broad range of activities to implement the concepts of the Satoyama Initiative by
diverse stakeholders.”
· “The Nature Positive Initiative gathers some of the world’s largest sustainable business and finance
coalitions; standards, disclosure and targets frameworks; global conservation organizations; and
science, subnational governance and Indigenous knowledge networks, to drive alignment around use of
the term ‘nature positive’ and support broader, longer-term efforts to deliver nature-positive outcomes.
Poverty and Conservation Learning Group
Science for Nature and People Partnership (SNAPP)
Sustainable Wildlife Management (SWM) Programme
· Supported by AFD, CIFOR, CIRAD, EU, FAO, FFEM, OACPS, WCS, World Agroforestry
Union of Nature Foundation (UON)
International biodiversity institutions
Important note:
The major multilateral biodiversity conventions are listed on the Key international biodiversity conventions & associated entities page.