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Kenya has been a party of the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD) since 1994, has been a party of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety since 2003 and has been a party of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing since 2014.  

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Event
Woodtech & Hardware Africa Expo 2025

Ministry of Environment, Climate Change & Forestry , together with the Kenya Forest Service and the Kenya Forestry Research Institute , is proud to support the Woodtech & Hardware Africa Expo 2025 a p...

25 Nov 2025
Kenya912. Responsible Consumption and Production14. Life Below Water15. Life on Land
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KWS unites conservation partners; ; launches groundbreaking tsavo documentary

News 3, Apr 2025 Source KWS The iconic Ivory Burning Site in Nairobi National Park served as the perfect backdrop for a historic gathering as the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) hosted a high-level conse...

11 Nov 2025
Kenya512. Responsible Consumption and Production14. Life Below Water15. Life on Land
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Kenya Marks Inaugural Mount Elgon Day with Major Ecosystem Restoration Drive in Bungoma County

Kaboywo–Kongit Forest Block, Bungoma County — November 7, 2025 Kenya today marked a historic milestone in its environmental conservation journey with the celebration of the inaugural Mount Elgon Day 2...

11 Nov 2025
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Kenya Inaugurates the NBSAP Accelerator Partnership and National Biodiversity Coordination Mechanism Technical Committee

Date: Monday, 22 September 2025 Venue: Sarova PanAfric Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya Introduction Kenya successfully hosted the inaugural meeting of the NBSAP Accelerator Partnership and National Biodiversity...

25 Sep 2025
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Closing Event of the ABS Capacity Development Initiative – 17 September 2025, Johannesburg, South Africa

Highlights from the Opening Session The Closing Event of the ABS Capacity Development Initiative opened with warm words of welcome to participants, celebrating the Initiative’s two-decade journey of s...

25 Sep 2025
Kenya1315. Life on Land1. No Poverty8. Decent Work and Economic Growth
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Selected representatives of indigenous peoples and local communities to receive funding for their participation in the Sixth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI 6)

12 Dec 2025
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Advancing the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity to support the full enjoyment of all human rights, including the right to health and the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment

21 Jan 2026
Online 9:30 - 10:30 am Montreal time
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Workshop on the operationalization of the technical and scientific cooperation support centres

13 Jan 2026
Montreal
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Importance of cross-sectoral collaboration in addressing invasive alien species

27 Jan 2026
Online 9.00-10.00 am Montreal time
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Subregional capacity-building workshop on Target 3 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework for countries in the Middle East and North Africa

29 Mar 2026
Amman
 

National Targets

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Target 18: Identify and reduce harmful incentives, and promote positive incentives for biodiversity

Identify by 2025, and progressively eliminate, phase out or reform incentives, including harmful subsidies on biodiversity reducing them by at least 10% annually, starting with the most harmful incentives, and promote positive incentives for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.

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14. Life Below Water2. Zero Hunger8. Decent Work and Economic Growth6. Clean Water and Sanitation11. Sustainable Cities and Communities4. Quality Education15. Life on Land10. Reduced Inequality
Target 3: 30% of terrestrial and inland water areas, and marine and coastal areas are Effectively Conserved and managed.

Ensure and enable that by 2030 at least 30 percent of terrestrial and inland water areas, and of marine and coastal areas, especially areas of particular importance for biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services, are effectively conserved and managed through ecologically representative, well-connected and equitably governed systems of protected areas and other effective area-based conservat...

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12. Responsible Consumption and Production14. Life Below Water2. Zero Hunger9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure11. Sustainable Cities and Communities6. Clean Water and Sanitation13. Climate Action15. Life on Land
Target 9 :Management of Wild Species Is Sustainable and Benefits People

By 2030, put in place sustainable management practices and use of all wild species, including through sustainable biodiversity-based activities, products and services that enhance biodiversity, and protecting and encouraging customary sustainable use by Indigenous peoples and local communities.

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5. Gender Equality6. Clean Water and Sanitation14. Life Below Water11. Sustainable Cities and Communities12. Responsible Consumption and Production16. Peace and Justice Strong Institutions2. Zero Hunger15. Life on Land
Target 4.1:Halt Species Extinction, Protect Genetic Diversity

By 2030, ensure urgent management and policy actions to halt human induced species extinctions including recovery and conservation  for of all known  threatened species, while ensuring their population recovery through appropriate sustainable management practices and conservation strategies embracing in situ and ex situ approaches to significantly reduce extinction risk, as well as to maintain and...

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9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure13. Climate Action2. Zero Hunger11. Sustainable Cities and Communities3. Good Health and Well-being6. Clean Water and Sanitation8. Decent Work and Economic Growth15. Life on Land
Target 2: Ensure 27.3% of degraded areas are under effective restoration

Ensure that by 2030 at least 27.3% of degraded areas are under effective restoration, in order to enhance biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services, ecological integrity and connectivity 3.4% of areas of degraded forests 7.7% of areas of degraded Agro-ecosystems 13.4% of areas of degraded rangelands 1.3% of areas of degraded wetlands and water towers 0.03% of areas of degraded marine ecosy...

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17. Partnerships to achieve the Goal15. Life on Land1. No Poverty13. Climate Action12. Responsible Consumption and Production14. Life Below Water6. Clean Water and Sanitation2. Zero Hunger
Target 5 : By 2030 ensure Harvest, use and trade of wild species are legal, safe and sustainable

By 2030, ensure legal, safe and sustainable use, harvest and trade of wild flora and fauna species including fish and other aquatic species, preventing over-exploitation, minimizing impacts on non-target species and ecosystems, reducing the risk of pathogen spill over, applying ecosystem-based approaches while respecting and protecting customary use by indigenous peoples and local communities and ...

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2. Zero Hunger17. Partnerships to achieve the Goal1. No Poverty15. Life on Land14. Life Below Water12. Responsible Consumption and Production
Target 4.2:Manage Human- Wildlife Conflicts

By 2030, manage and reduce human wildlife negative interactions by at least 35%.

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12. Responsible Consumption and Production17. Partnerships to achieve the Goal2. Zero Hunger3. Good Health and Well-being6. Clean Water and Sanitation10. Reduced Inequality15. Life on Land14. Life Below Water
Target 12: Significantly increase the area, quality and connectivity of Urban Green and Blue Spaces

By 2027, review, update and implement policies to significantly increase the area and quality, and connectivity of, access to, and benefits from green and blue spaces in urban and densely populated areas including by: mainstreaming the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, and enhancing: native biodiversity, ecological connectivity and integrity, biodiversity-inclusive research and urb...

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15. Life on Land11. Sustainable Cities and Communities14. Life Below Water1. No Poverty6. Clean Water and Sanitation
Target 7.2: By 2030 Achieve responsible Plastic Use

By 2030, move towards a more responsible use of plastics, (through enforcing ban on single use plastic products and extended producer responsibility- EPR) ensuring that where possible products placed on the market are reusable and recyclable, while reducing plastic packaging products by 60%.

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2. Zero Hunger11. Sustainable Cities and Communities14. Life Below Water6. Clean Water and Sanitation15. Life on Land3. Good Health and Well-being12. Responsible Consumption and Production
Target 11: Nature’s contributions to people is maintained and enhanced

By 2030, restore, maintain and enhance nature’s contributions to people, including ecosystem functions and services, such as the regulation of air, water and climate, soil health, pollination and reduction of disease risk, as well as protection from natural hazards and disasters, through nature-based solutions and/or ecosystem-based approaches for the benefit of all people and nature.

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2. Zero Hunger1. No Poverty14. Life Below Water11. Sustainable Cities and Communities15. Life on Land12. Responsible Consumption and Production13. Climate Action
Target16: Promote sustainable production and consumption practices

Ensure that people are encouraged and enabled to make sustainable consumption choices, including by strengthening supportive policy, legislative or regulatory frameworks, improving education and access to relevant and accurate information and alternatives, and by 2030, equitably reduce the footprint of consumption, including through halving national food waste, significantly reducing overconsumpti...

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14. Life Below Water9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure3. Good Health and Well-being11. Sustainable Cities and Communities8. Decent Work and Economic Growth4. Quality Education6. Clean Water and Sanitation12. Responsible Consumption and Production
Target 13: Ensure fair and equitable sharing of Benefits from Genetic Resources, Digital Sequence Information and Associated Traditional Knowledge

By 2027, develop, review and harmonize laws and policies; establish and strengthen effective institutional and administrative frameworks and by 2030 enhance the fair and equitable sharing of benefits that arise from the utilization of genetic resources, digital sequence information on genetic resources, and associated traditional knowledge, by, capacity-building and technology transfer measures at...

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17. Partnerships to achieve the Goal15. Life on Land5. Gender Equality16. Peace and Justice Strong Institutions14. Life Below Water12. Responsible Consumption and Production10. Reduced Inequality1. No Poverty
Target 10: Achieve 20% Sustainable Management in Aquaculture, Fisheries, Forestry, and Agriculture by 2030

By 2030, ensure at least 20% (to be reviewed after the baseline assessment) of areas under aquaculture, fisheries, forestry, and agriculture are sustainably managed, including through sustainable use, certification mechanisms, the application of spatial planning, and other biodiversity-friendly and innovative approaches and agro-ecological practices; regenerative agriculture, precision farming, in...

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3. Good Health and Well-being15. Life on Land2. Zero Hunger1. No Poverty13. Climate Action14. Life Below Water6. Clean Water and Sanitation12. Responsible Consumption and Production
Target 21: Enhance availability and access to credible data and knowledge to inform biodiversity action.

By 2030, ensure that the best available data, information and knowledge are accessible to decision- makers, practitioners and the public to guide effective and equitable governance, integrated and participatory management of biodiversity, and to strengthen communication, awareness-raising, education, monitoring, research and knowledge management and, also in this context, traditional knowledge, in...

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10. Reduced Inequality2. Zero Hunger1. No Poverty11. Sustainable Cities and Communities9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure15. Life on Land5. Gender Equality16. Peace and Justice Strong Institutions
Target 17: Strengthen biosafety measures and enhance access to benefits of biotechnology.

By 2030 strengthen capacity for, and implement, biosafety measures as set out in Article 8(g) of the Convention on Biological Diversity and measures for the handling of biotechnology including emerging biotechnologies and distribution of its benefits as set out in Article 19 of the Convention

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14. Life Below Water15. Life on Land13. Climate Action17. Partnerships to achieve the Goal
Target 7.1: Pollution reduced, nutrient loss and pesticide risks halved by 2030

Target 7.1: By 2030, pollution from all sources, including from excess nutrients, pesticides and highly hazardous chemicals have been brought to levels that are not harmful to ecosystem functions and services and biodiversity, considering cumulative effects while taking into account food security and livelihoods.

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2. Zero Hunger11. Sustainable Cities and Communities14. Life Below Water6. Clean Water and Sanitation15. Life on Land3. Good Health and Well-being12. Responsible Consumption and Production
Target 15: Businesses Assess, Disclose and Reduce Biodiversity-Related Risks and Negative Impacts

By 2030, develop legal, administrative and policy measures including a review of Access and Benefit-Sharing (ABS) regulations and mechanisms, environmental, social and biodiversity safeguards, and others implemented to encourage and enable all businesses, and in particular to ensure that large and transnational companies and financial institutions: (a) Regularly monitor, assess, and transparently ...

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10. Reduced Inequality13. Climate Action17. Partnerships to achieve the Goal6. Clean Water and Sanitation14. Life Below Water3. Good Health and Well-being15. Life on Land12. Responsible Consumption and Production
Target 20: By 2030 Enhanced Capacity-Building, Technology Transfer, and Innovation through National and International Collaboration

By 2030, strengthen capacity-building and development, access to and transfer of technology, and promote innovation through enhanced technical and scientific cooperation at all levels, with emphasis on collaborative efforts both nationally and internationally.

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17. Partnerships to achieve the Goal14. Life Below Water
Target 8: Reduce emissions through NbS and EbA for community resilience

By 2030, minimize the impact of climate change and ocean acidification on biodiversity and increase its resilience through mitigation, adaptation, and disaster risk reduction actions, including through nature-based solutions and/or ecosystem-based approaches, by reducing Green House Gases Emissions (GHG) by 32% relative to Business as Usual (BAU) while minimizing negative and fostering positive im...

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13. Climate Action15. Life on Land2. Zero Hunger1. No Poverty14. Life Below Water6. Clean Water and Sanitation12. Responsible Consumption and Production11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
Target 22: Ensure inclusive participation in biodiversity related decision-making processes

By 2030, ensure the full, equitable, inclusive, effective and gender-responsive representation and participation in decision-making processes, and access to justice and information related to biodiversity of indigenous peoples and local communities, women and girls, children and youth, and persons with disabilities in conservation efforts while respecting their cultural rights and land ownership t...

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11. Sustainable Cities and Communities15. Life on Land16. Peace and Justice Strong Institutions10. Reduced Inequality1. No Poverty5. Gender Equality14. Life Below Water12. Responsible Consumption and Production
 

Panorama Solutions

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Strengthening Community Governance for Sustainable Mangrove Restoration in Kilifi, Kenya

In the south of Kilifi County, Kenya, deforestation pressures intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic led to extensive degradation of mangrove ecosystems. In response, WWF-Kenya, through the Bengo Projec...

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Biodiversity Learning Platform

The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was signed at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1992, and entered into force on 29 December 1993. It is the first global agreement to cover al...

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African Environmental Health and Pollution Management

The African Environmental Health and Pollution Management Project is a five years Global Environment Facility sixth framework-funded project in five African countries notably; Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia,...

Chemicals and pollution01 Aug 2020
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Regional collaboration on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Adaptation to Climate Change in Central and Eastern Europe

There is scientifically confirmed evidence that climate change affects biodiversity. According to the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, climate change is likely to become one of the biggest drivers of ...

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Global habitat availability for mammals from 2015-2055

Habitat availability for each mammal species (total 5090 species) in 0.25 degrees cells, from 2015 to 2055 in 5 year intervals, for the SSP/RCP scenarios. Developed for the BES-SIM project by the Univ...

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