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Zambia has been a party of the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD) since 1993, has been a party of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety since 2004 and has been a party of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing since 2016.  

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from the secretariat - Notification
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
from the secretariat - Meeting
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
from the secretariat - Meeting
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
from the secretariat - Meeting
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
Event
Upcoming Meetings

June 2022 6 - 13 June 2022 Online Confirmed Online discussion forum on conservation and sustainable use of marine and coastal biodiversity in preparation for the fifteenth meeting of the Conference ...

01 Jun 2022
Zambia
 

National Targets

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By 2030, at least 30 per cent of terrestrial ecosystem, 30 per cent of inland water ecosystems are protected, ecologically connected and representative, effectively managed and integrated within the broader landscape, recognizing, and respecting the ...

TARGET 3.doc

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10. Reduced Inequality13. Climate Action16. Peace and Justice Strong Institutions11. Sustainable Cities and Communities2. Zero Hunger6. Clean Water and Sanitation5. Gender Equality15. Life on Land
By 2030, at least 30 percent of areas of degraded terrestrial, and inland water ecosystems are under effective restoration, in order to enhance biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services, ecological integrity and connectivity. .

TARGET 2.doc

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10. Reduced Inequality2. Zero Hunger16. Peace and Justice Strong Institutions11. Sustainable Cities and Communities13. Climate Action6. Clean Water and Sanitation5. Gender Equality15. Life on Land
By 2030, strengthen national laws and regulations that govern the use, harvesting, and trade of wild species to prevent overexploitation, reduce the risk of pathogen spill over, protect the rights of local communities and ensure compliance, with inte...

TARGET 5.doc

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14. Life Below Water15. Life on Land12. Responsible Consumption and Production2. Zero Hunger
By 2030, improve and sustain the population of threatened and endemic species, maintain the genetic diversity of cultivated plants, domesticated animals, and their wild relatives, including through participatory in situ and ex situ conservation and s...

TARGET 4.doc

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2. Zero Hunger14. Life Below Water15. Life on Land13. Climate Action12. Responsible Consumption and Production
By 2030, ensure that 50% of the Protected Areas Network (PAN) and critical ecologically sensitive water source areas have up-to-date participatory, and integrated biodiversity management plans that are inclusively and effectively implemented, respect...

Target 1.doc

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13. Climate Action10. Reduced Inequality11. Sustainable Cities and Communities16. Peace and Justice Strong Institutions6. Clean Water and Sanitation5. Gender Equality15. Life on Land14. Life Below Water
 

Panorama Solutions

solution
Using IMET to identify Priority Actions for Improved Management Effectiveness of the Mafinga Hills Forest Reserve in Zambia

This solution is about the management effectiveness of protected forest areas. It identifies the Integrated Management Effectiveness Tool (IMET) as an appropriate tool for identifying priorities for a...

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GBIF

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e-Learning

Learning Resource
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...

212210. Reduced Inequality17. Partnerships to achieve the GoalClearing-House Mechanisms01 Feb 2025
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implementation

Project
Lake Tanganyika Intergrated Management Project

The aim of this project is to produce an effective and sustainable management system for managing and conserving the biodiversity of Lake Tanganyika and its basin. The Zambian component of the ADF/GE...

27 Apr 2022
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Technical & scientific cooperation

BBI Request
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 ...

Republic of Moldova27 Jan 2020
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Protected Areas
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GEO BON

EBV dataset

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German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv)

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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