Side Event #COP30 🇧🇷 From Rio to Belém: Synergistic Action for Ecosystem Restoration & Climate Resilience 🗓️ 18 Nov 🕓 16:45–18:15 📍 Room 6, Blue Zone Brazil—birthplace of the #RioConventions—hosts a key dialogue to unite #ClimateAction, #LandRestoration & #Biodiversity goals. @unccd.bsky.social

At #SB8j_1, CBD Executive Secretary Astrid Schomaker emphasized that “this is the beginning of the journey,” leading to Yerevan, Armenia, for COP 17, noting that “we still have mountains to climb to make the full promise of SB8j a reality for our @unbiodiversity.bsky.social."

The #COP17Armenia side-event at #SB8J_1 highlighted the need to: -build on #COP16Colombia achievements. -accelerate the #KMGBF implementation. -foster synergies between the nature & climate agendas, and streamline national implementation. Thank you for your commitment, Armenia.

Dive into the world of biodiversity with our #WordOfTheDay series! Presenting today's word: "Customary sustainable use". Join in the conversation as the Panama @UNBiodiversity Meetings continue! #SB8J_1 #SB8J

Want to dig deeper into Wednesday's #biodiversity talks at #SB8j_1 in Panama? Read the full Earth Negotiations Bulletin daily report ➡️ enb.iisd.org/cbd-subsidia... #IndigenousPeoples #IPLC @unbiodiversity.bsky.social

🗒️ Check out what’s on today’s agenda at #SB8J_1 🔗Learn more: www.cbd.int/meetings/SB8...

Dive into the world of biodiversity with our #WordOfTheDay series! Presenting today's word: "Fair and equitable benefit sharing". Join in the conversation as the Panama @unbiodiversity.bsky.social Meetings continue! #SB8J_1 #SB8J

🗒️ Check out what’s on today’s agenda at #SB8J_1 🔗 Learn more: www.cbd.int/meetings/SB8...

#SB8J_1 opened yesterday in Panama City, marking an important step in advancing the recognition and inclusion of indigenous peoples and local communities in the work of the Convention. The opening featured the traditional Guna performance “Mugan Boe” by the USKALU.

Dive into the world of biodiversity with our #WordOfTheDay series! Presenting today's word: "Traditional Knowledge" Join in the conversation as the Panama @unbiodiversity.bsky.social Meetings continue! #SB8J_1 #SB8J

🗒️Check out what’s on today’s agenda at #SB8J_1 🔗Learn more: www.cbd.int/meetings/SB8...

#SB8J_1 meeting in Panama marks a historic step. The Liaison Group of Biodiversity-related Conventions welcomes this permanent space to recognize, protect, and use traditional knowledge, strengthening cooperation to advance the goals of the #KMGBF Full statement: www.cbd.int/doc/interven...

🌿 Discover how the new Programme of Work on Article 8(j), adopted at #COP16, supports the implementation of the #KMGBF, with indigenous peoples and local communities playing a central role. Learn more: www.cbd.int/traditional/... #SB8J_1 #SB8J

We have reached a watershed moment in the journey of the Convention,” said Astrid Schomaker, Executive Secretary of the @unbiodiversity.bsky.social, urging that Indigenous Peoples and local communities are partners on the pathway to living in harmony with nature. #SB8J_1

The 1st meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Article 8(j) of the CBD has officially started in Panama. Indigenous peoples and local communities around the world are leading efforts to respect, preserve, and apply traditional knowledge to advance the goals of #KMGBF. #SB8J #SB8J_1

🌿SB8J-1 | Panama, 27–30 Oct 2025 📱CBD Events App: In-session documents, calendar & updates 🍎App Store: apps.apple.com/ca/app/cbd-e... ▶️ Google Play: play.google.com/store/apps/d... 💻 Website: cbd.int/conferences/... 📺 Follow Live: cbd.int/live 📌 Official #: #SB8J_1 #SB8J

🎤 Tune in live to the opening press conference of #SB8J_1 The meeting opens today, Monday, 27 October, at 09:30AM (EST) in Panama City, Panama. 🔗 Watch the press conference here: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1p... 📱 Or scan the QR code. #UNBiodiversity

🗒️ Check out what’s on today’s agenda at #SB8J_1 🔗Learn more: www.cbd.int/meetings/SB8...

🌳 @fao.org’s new report reviews forest commitments in NBSAPs. Launched at #SBSTTA27, it’s now online for the Collaborative Partnership on Forests. 📘 Full report: www.fao.org/collaborativ... #UNBiodiversity #SBSTTA27

Forests cover about one-third of our planet’s land.🌲 But as pressures mount, how are they faring in 2025? Explore our interactive story and discover the facts shaping the future of our forests➡️ bit.ly/4n99Xsp #FRA2025

🌿Today's #WordOfTheDay is "Forest biodiversity" Join in the conversation as the Panama @unbiodiversity.bsky.social Meetings continue! #SBSTTA27 #UNBiodiversity

🌱 What is the link between biodiversity & agriculture? Why is soil biodiversity essential for sustainable food systems? @unbiodiversity.bsky.social Programme Management Officer Monica Kobayashi highlights how soil biodiversity is being addressed at #SBSTTA27 in Panama.

For @unbiodiversity.bsky.social, this #UNDay has special significance here in Panama on the final day of #SBSTTA27 negotiations. Today our hope is that Parties will come together in the spirit of United Nations multilateralism and bring the 🌍closer to bending the curve of global biodiversity loss.

📢 The Kunming Biodiversity Fund has endorsed its first 22 full-size projects, supporting 34 countries to accelerate implementation of the #KMGBF. A major step to turn commitments into action for nature. 🔗 Read the press release: unep.org/news-and-sto...

🗒️Check out what’s on today’s agenda at #SBSTTA27 🔗Learn more: www.cbd.int/meetings/SBS...

Explore how the Philippines is committing to Target 7 of the #KMGBF through its NBSAPs—National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans! 🌿 🔗 ort.cbd.int/national-tar... Join the conversation as the Panama @unbiodiversity.bsky.social Meetings continue! #SBSTTA27

Happy to see #SBSTTA27 delegates at the @fao.org - @unbiodiversity.bsky.social joint side-event, which highlighted the relevance of the Initiative for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Soil Biodiversity to the collective endeavour to halt and reverse biodiversity loss through the #KMGBF.

Today's #WordOfTheDay is "Soil biodiversity" Join in the conversation as the Panama @unbiodiversity.bsky.social Meetings continue! #SBSTTA27

What are Invasive Alien Species (#IAS) and how is this issue being addressed under the Convention on Biological Diversity? 🎥 In this interview, @unbiodiversity.bsky.social Programme Management Officer Marianela Araya explains what to expect from discussions at #SBSTTA27 in Panama.

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Martha Kandawa-Schulz (Namibia) and Werner Schenkel (Germany), Co-Chairs of the contact group on risk assessment and risk management of living modified organisms, guide delegates in their evening deliberations. #biodiversity @unbiodiversity.bsky.social

As we approach the global review of progress in the implementation of the #KMGBF, further strengthening of the science-policy interface is crucial. Thank you, Luthando Dziba, @ipbes.net Executive Secretary, and team for your engagement at #SBSTTA27. I look forward to the next assessments!

Today's #WordOfTheDay is "Invasive Alien Species" Join in the conversation as the Panama @unbiodiversity.bsky.social Meetings continue! #SBSTTA27

What are Living Modified Organisms (LMOs) and why is risk assessment so important? 🌱 At #SBSTTA27, Parties are discussing scientific approaches to assess and manage potential risks associated with LMOs 🎥 Hear more from Marja Ruohonen-Lehto, Global Expert on LMO Risk Assessment

📢 Media Briefing: 🗓️ 23 Oct ⏰ 9AM EST / 10AM EDT 📍#SBSTTA Press Room & Online Tristan Tyrrell, Programme Officer @unbiodiversity.bsky.social, will brief journalists on biodiversity-climate nexus, nature-based solutions for climate action & synergies. Interactive Zoom registration🔗 bit.ly/4hjE6UG

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Delegates at #SBSTTA27 pick up the pace in their deliberations, addressing risk assessment and risk management of living modified organisms as well as intersessional activities on invasive alien species. @unbiodiversity.bsky.social

📢 Save the date! This side event will highlight the crucial yet underrecognized role of soil biodiversity in sustaining ecosystems, human well-being, and the SDGs. 🗓️Wed 22 October 2025 ⏰ 18:15 EST 📍Asia and the Pacific at #SBSTTA27 🔗 cbd.int/side-events/...

Explore how Senegal is committing to Target 11 of the #KMGBF through its NBSAPs—National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans! 🌿 🔗 ort.cbd.int/national-tar... Join the conversation as the Panama @unbiodiversity.bsky.social Meetings continue! #SBSTTA27

Delegates at #SBSTTA27 focus @unbiodiversity.bsky.social on #biodiversity and climate change, with many stressing the need to strengthen policy coherence, emphasizing that biodiversity loss, climate change, desertification, and land and ocean degradation are interdependent and inseparable crises.

Today's #WordOfTheDay is "LMO: Living modified organism” Join in the conversation as the Panama @unbiodiversity.bsky.social Meetings continue! #SBSTTA27

What is #SBSTTA, what’s on the agenda at its 27th meeting, and how will the review of the #KMGBF be addressed? Hear from Sakhile Silitshena, SBSTTA Secretary, and Jean Bruno Mikissa, SBSTTA Chair. 🎥 Watch the video #SBSTTA27 #COP17

Explore how Peru is committing to Target 19 of the #KMGBF through its NBSAPs—National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans! 🌿 🔗 ort.cbd.int/national-tar... Join the conversation as the Panama @unbiodiversity.bsky.social diversity Meetings continue! #SBSTTA27

Welcoming delegates to Panama @unbiodiversity.bsky.social, Juan Carlos Navarro, Minister of Environment, Panama, called for scientific decisions that translate into real policies, coupled with accessible funding, to deliver concrete results for people and life on Earth.

Executive Secretary @astridschomaker.bsky.social highlights @unbiodiversity.bsky.social the need for rigorous and actionable scientific advice for successful and timely implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global #Biodiversity Framework.

The 27th meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (#SBSTTA 27) of the @unbiodiversity.bsky.social opens in Panama City, Panama, with SBSTTA Chair Jean Bruno Mikissa (Gabon) outlining the meeting's agenda.

“25 years ago, the International Initiative for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Pollinators (IPI) blossomed under the Convention on Biological Diversity” Watch Astrid Schomaker's message for the 25th anniversary of the IPI 🐝🌼 #IPI25

🌿 #WordOfTheDay: Ecosystem Services Join in the conversation as the Panama @unbiodiversity.bsky.social diversity Meetings continue! #SBSTTA27

Do you have questions about how to submit NBSAPs or national reports, or about the enabling support project under GEF-8 in your country? Join our side-events! 📅 20 and 21 October ⏰ 1:15pm EST 📍Contact Group 2 at #SBSTTA27 Find us at the NBSAP Help Desk! @unep.org @undp.org @thegef.bsky.social