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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
Kenya123206. Clean Water and Sanitation11. Sustainable Cities and Communities14. Life Below Water15. Life on Land17. Partnerships to achieve the Goal
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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
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𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐲𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝟑𝟎-𝐊𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐮

As the world marks the International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) under the 2025 theme “Harmony with Nature and Sustainable Development”, Kenya has taken a bold step to protect one of its most c...

27 Jun 2025
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Kenya's black rhino population makes remarkable recovery,

Kenya's black rhino population has made a remarkable recovery, growing from just 384 individuals in the late 1980s to the current population of 1,059 black rhinos. This resurgence is largely attribute...

27 May 2025
Kenya4515. Life on Land
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Multi-Stakeholder Workshop on Developing a Concept for Monitoring and Reporting on the GBF & NBSAP ABS Indicators, held on 15–16 May 2025, in Machakos, Kenya

KENYA HOLDS MULTI-STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOP TO STRENGTHEN MONITORING AND REPORTING OF ABS INDICATORS UNDER THE GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY FRAMEWORK Date: 17 May 2025 Location: Machakos, Kenya Source: National Env...

22 May 2025
Kenya132. Zero Hunger
from the secretariat - Notification
Expert workshop on scientific and technical work conducted under the Convention on Biological Diversity relevant to marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction, 2 to 5 December 2025 - Bergen, Norway

25 Sep 2025
from the secretariat - Meeting
Fifth meeting of the Compliance Committee under the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

27 May 2026
Montreal
from the secretariat - Meeting
First meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Article 8(j) and Other Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity Related to Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

27 Oct 2025
Panama City
from the secretariat - Meeting
Subregional dialogue on biodiversity monitoring and reporting for selected countries in the Caribbean

01 Dec 2025
Paramaribo
from the secretariat - Notification
Pilot modalities for the early submission of statements for SBSTTA 27

23 Sep 2025
 

National Targets

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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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14. Life Below Water15. Life on Land3. Good Health and Well-being12. Responsible Consumption and Production6. Clean Water and Sanitation11. Sustainable Cities and Communities2. Zero Hunger
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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6. Clean Water and Sanitation2. Zero Hunger11. Sustainable Cities and Communities12. Responsible Consumption and Production15. Life on Land1. No Poverty13. Climate Action14. Life Below Water
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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13. Climate Action14. Life Below Water15. Life on Land4. Quality Education3. Good Health and Well-being8. Decent Work and Economic Growth11. Sustainable Cities and Communities12. Responsible Consumption and Production
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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12. Responsible Consumption and Production15. Life on Land14. Life Below Water1. No Poverty17. Partnerships to achieve the Goal2. Zero Hunger
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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14. Life Below Water15. Life on Land12. Responsible Consumption and Production13. Climate Action11. Sustainable Cities and Communities1. No Poverty2. Zero Hunger
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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12. Responsible Consumption and Production5. Gender Equality1. No Poverty10. Reduced Inequality15. Life on Land16. Peace and Justice Strong Institutions17. Partnerships to achieve the Goal14. Life Below Water
Target 19 :Increase amount of resources mobilized for biodiversity in Kenya

byBy 2025, develop a resource mobilization strategy for sustainable finance mechanisms for the conservation of biodiversity, and by 2030, increase resources mobilized by at least 35% per year from all sources, including domestic, international, public, and private resources, in an effective, timely, and easily accessible manner, in accordance with Article 20 of the CBD. Additionally, by 2030, reco...

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15. Life on Land1. No Poverty10. Reduced Inequality17. Partnerships to achieve the Goal12. Responsible Consumption and Production14. Life Below Water6. Clean Water and Sanitation11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
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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13. Climate Action9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure12. Responsible Consumption and Production1. No Poverty14. Life Below Water15. Life on Land6. Clean Water and Sanitation11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
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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4. Quality Education3. Good Health and Well-being12. Responsible Consumption and Production6. Clean Water and Sanitation9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure11. Sustainable Cities and Communities14. Life Below Water8. Decent Work and Economic Growth
Target 23: Ensure Gender integration in biodiversity approaches and actions.

By 2030, ensure gender equality in the implementation of the Framework through a gender-responsive approach, where all women and girls have equal opportunity and capacity to contribute to the three objectives of the Convention including by recognizing their equal rights and access to land and natural resources and their full, equitable, meaningful and informed participation and leadership at all l...

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5. Gender Equality10. Reduced Inequality1. No Poverty16. Peace and Justice Strong Institutions14. Life Below Water12. Responsible Consumption and Production2. Zero Hunger15. 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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15. Life on Land14. Life Below Water11. Sustainable Cities and Communities10. Reduced Inequality5. Gender Equality16. Peace and Justice Strong Institutions1. No Poverty6. Clean Water and Sanitation
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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14. Life Below Water15. Life on Land3. Good Health and Well-being12. Responsible Consumption and Production6. Clean Water and Sanitation11. Sustainable Cities and Communities2. Zero Hunger
Target 6: By 2030, reduce the establishment of invasive species by 50%

By 2030, reduce the establishment of invasive species by 50% by identifying and managing pathways of the introduction and eradication and/or control, especially in priority areas such as urban spaces, farmlands, forests, protected and conserved areas, rangelands, inland waters, coastal and marine ecosystems

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15. Life on Land11. Sustainable Cities and Communities14. Life Below Water2. Zero Hunger6. Clean Water and Sanitation12. Responsible Consumption and Production13. Climate Action1. No Poverty
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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9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure15. Life on Land6. Clean Water and Sanitation10. Reduced Inequality17. Partnerships to achieve the Goal3. Good Health and Well-being14. Life Below Water1. No Poverty
Target14: Mainstreaming biodiversity across all sectors

By 2030, biodiversity values have been fully integrated into policies, regulations, planning processes, business strategies, poverty eradication interventions, fiscal and financial flows, strategic environmental assessments, environmental impact assessments, and all sectors with significant impacts on biodiversity, both at national and county levels, across public and private sectors.

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1. No Poverty6. Clean Water and Sanitation11. Sustainable Cities and Communities10. Reduced Inequality13. Climate Action17. Partnerships to achieve the Goal15. Life on Land2. Zero Hunger
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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17. Partnerships to achieve the Goal13. Climate Action14. Life Below Water15. Life on Land
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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6. Clean Water and Sanitation2. Zero Hunger15. Life on Land13. Climate Action14. Life Below Water9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure12. Responsible Consumption and Production11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
Target 4.2:Manage Human- Wildlife Conflicts

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

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14. Life Below Water2. Zero Hunger3. Good Health and Well-being1. No Poverty12. Responsible Consumption and Production10. Reduced Inequality11. Sustainable Cities and Communities17. Partnerships to achieve the Goal
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 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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14. Life Below Water11. Sustainable Cities and Communities12. Responsible Consumption and Production1. No Poverty15. Life on Land6. Clean Water and Sanitation10. Reduced Inequality16. Peace and Justice Strong Institutions
 

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Promoting Community Coexistence with African Wild Dog

African wild dogs living in community conservation areas in northern Kenya face challenges due to predation on livestock, which results in a negative perception and, at times may culminate in retaliat...

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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,...

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Establishment of the CEE Regional Network of Laboratories for Detection of LMOs and the Centers of Excellence

Sampling, detection and identification of living modified organisms (LMOs) is a cross-cutting and broad reaching activity that supports the implementation of Article 18 of the Cartagena Protocol on B...

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