As a lead implementing partner of BIODEV2030, IUCN works with governments, communities, civil society organisations, researchers and businesses to ensure that biodiversity is considered in decisions affecting land, water and natural resources. The project focuses on economic sectors that have a significant impact on nature while also relying on healthy ecosystems for their long-term viability.
Implemented by IUCN and WWF France, coordinated by Expertise France and financed by the French Development Agency (AFD), BIODEV2030 is an innovative approach to biodiversity mainstreaming in 15 pilot countries across diverse socio-economic, environmental and geographical contexts. Through a science-based, multi-stakeholder process, the project contributes to the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework by supporting production models that better balance conservation and development.
In each country, IUCN helps partners identify key pressures on biodiversity, build a shared understanding of challenges and opportunities, and develop practical actions that support both nature and people. Priorities in each country include:
• Benin: Strengthening biodiversity integration in priority productive sectors and fostering engagement between public and private actors.
• Ethiopia: Supporting biodiversity assessments, policy reviews and landscape-level planning in agricultural and forest ecosystems.
• Fiji: Promoting the integration of biodiversity into economic planning and sectoral decision-making.
• Guinea: Identifying opportunities to reduce pressures on biodiversity while supporting sustainable livelihoods.
• Kenya: Developing policy recommendations for the agriculture, forestry and livestock sectors to better reflect biodiversity priorities.
• Mozambique: Advancing biodiversity-friendly practices and policy reforms across agricultural and coastal value chains.
• Senegal: Supporting measures to improve the sustainability of priority sectors that depend on healthy ecosystems.
• Uganda: Integrating biodiversity considerations into national and sectoral development planning through stakeholder engagement and dialogue.
Across all eight countries, BIODEV2030 supports locally led solutions that conserve biodiversity, strengthen resilience and contribute to sustainable development.
This video outlines the project’s science-based approach and the multi-stakeholder dialogue used to advance biodiversity mainstreaming. It also features beneficiaries sharing their experiences and highlighting the project’s impact in their countries, while presenting key achievements at both national and regional levels.
