COmmunities, Local OUtcomes, and Regional Science: Supporting the implementation of key CBD targets through capacity development for effective and equitable biodiversity conservation action

The EU Action Document “Capacity Development for the implementation of the KM-GBF sets clear directions for supporting the implementation of the GBF globally and in EU partner countries. The Framework contains a robust package on capacity development for science and knowledge, policy and resource mobilisation and support to civil society through gender-responsive and human rights-based approaches. The project components build on several of the main achievements of the BIOPAMA I and II programme that has been running since 2012 (phase I: 2011-2016, phase II: 2017-2025), and provides significant contributions towards Target 3 of the KM-GBF. The first component of this new action focuses on strengthening the positioning of the regional centres for biodiversity in the Caribbean and Pacific, initially set up through BIOPAMA, as Centres of Excellence to assist in the implementation of the KM-GBF and the work of the Convention. The project also introduces two new dimensions to biodiversity conservation by incorporating the measurement of Nature Positive outcomes and advancing the rights of IP and LCs. The second component focuses on promoting the role, rights, and inclusion of indigenous peoples and local communities in the long-term and effective conservation of biodiversity. The third component focuses on measuring Nature-Positive outcomes and will pilot methods and metrics to allow partner institutions in the Global South, including businesses and other non-state actors, to measure their progress towards delivering Nature-Positive at the site-level. This continuity ensures that the progress made under BIOPMAMA is sustained and amplified to meet T3 of the KM-GBF.