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Zimbabwe has been a party of the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD) since 1995, has been a party of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety since 2005 and has been a party of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing since 2017.  

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from the secretariat - Statement
Statement by Astrid Schomaker, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity on World Environment Day, 5 June 2025

05 Jun 2025
from the secretariat - Notification
Invitation to participate in the peer review of a draft report on the strategic review and analysis of the programmes of work of the Convention in the context of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

05 Jun 2025
from the secretariat - Notification
Extension of deadline: Submission of information related to possible additional indicators, on methodologies for component indicators for headline indicators 18.1 and 18.2 and on methodologies for headline indicator 22.1

04 Jun 2025
from the secretariat - Meeting
Fifteenth meeting of the Liaison Group on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

16 Jun 2026
Montreal
from the secretariat - Meeting
Twenty-first meeting of the Compliance Committee under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

09 Jun 2026
Montreal
Event
Wildlife Policy Review Consultations

Introduction The Government of Zimbabwe, through the Ministry of Environment, Climate, Tourism and Hospitality Industry (MECTHI), with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is ...

20 Oct 2021
Zimbabwe
Event
Third Meeting of the Open Ended Working Group on the Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

The Third meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group on the Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework is ongoing virtually, from 23 August to 3 September 2021. This process is expected to lead to the adopt...

23 Aug 2021
Event
Call for a Consultant to Review and draft the National Policy for Wildlife: Zimbabwe

The Government of Zimbabwe, through the Ministry of Environment, Climate, Tourism and Hospitality Industry (MECTHI), in partnership with the UNDP, is implementing a 6-year GEF funded project entitled ...

30 Apr 2021
Zimbabwe
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Launch of the ACP MEAs-3 Project

The project intends to develop and implement integrated and coordinated approaches to address national biodiversity-related priorities and commitments in agriculture. It will strengthen the implementa...

28 Apr 2021
Zimbabwe
Event
Call for a Consultant

The Government of Zimbabwe, through the Ministry of Environment, Climate, Tourism and Hospitality Industry (MECTHI), in partnership with UNDP is implementing a 6-year GEF funded project entitled “Stre...

20 Apr 2021
Zimbabwe
 

National Targets

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Conserve 30% of Land and Waters

Ensure and enable that at least 30% of terrestrial and inland water areas, especially areas of particular importance for biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services, are effectively protected, conserved, managed and financed through ecologically representative, integrated, well-connected and equitably governed systems of protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures, r...

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11. Sustainable Cities and Communities6. Clean Water and Sanitation14. Life Below Water15. Life on Land
Reduce Pollution to Levels That Are Not Harmful to Biodiversity

Reduce pollution risks and the negative impact of pollution from all sources to levels that are not harmful to humans, biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services, taking into account food security and livelihoods.

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12. Responsible Consumption and Production6. Clean Water and Sanitation3. Good Health and Well-being11. Sustainable Cities and Communities14. Life Below Water
Strengthen Capacity-Building, Technology Transfer, and Scientific and Technical Cooperation for Biodiversity

Strengthen capacity-building and development, access to and transfer of appropriate and affordable technology, and promote development of and access to innovation and technical and scientific cooperation, fostering collaborative technology development and collaborative scientific research programmes for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and strengthening scientific research and ...

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17. Partnerships to achieve the Goal
Reduce the Introduction of Invasive Alien Species by 50% and Minimize Their Impact

Assess, eliminate, minimize, reduce and mitigate the impacts of invasive alien species on biodiversity and ecosystem services by identifying and managing pathways of introduction of alien species, preventing the introduction and establishment of priority invasive alien species, reducing the rates of introduction and establishment of other known or potential invasive alien species by at least 50 pe...

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15. Life on Land
Mobilize at Least 40 Million United States Dollars per Year for Biodiversity from all Sources

Substantially and progressively increase the level of financial resources from all sources, in an effective, timely and easily accessible manner, including domestic, international, public and private resources, in accordance with Article 20 of the Convention, to implement national biodiversity strategies and action plans, by 2030 mobilizing at least 40 million United States dollars per year, inclu...

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10. Reduced Inequality1. No Poverty15. Life on Land17. Partnerships to achieve the Goal
Ensure Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice and Information Related to Biodiversity for All

Ensure the full, equitable, inclusive, effective, and gender-responsive representation and participation in decision-making, and access to justice and information related to biodiversity by indigenous peoples and local communities, respecting their cultures and their rights over lands, resources, and traditional knowledge, as well as by women and girls, children and youth, persons with disabilitie...

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5. Gender Equality1. No Poverty10. Reduced Inequality16. Peace and Justice Strong Institutions
Restore, Maintain and Enhance Nature’s Contributions to People

Restore, maintain, and enhance nature’s contributions to people, including ecosystem functions and services, as well as protection from natural hazards and disasters, including through ecosystem-based approaches, for the benefit of all people and nature.

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1. No Poverty15. Life on Land
Ensure That Knowledge Is Available and Accessible to Guide Biodiversity Action

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, innovations...

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14. Life Below Water
Scale Up Positive Incentives for Biodiversity

Identify and quantify by 2025, and scale up positive incentives by 2030 for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.

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12. Responsible Consumption and Production14. Life Below Water
Enhance Green Spaces and Urban Planning for Human Well-Being and Biodiversity

Restore, manage and significantly increase the area, quality, and connectivity of, access to, and benefits from green and blue spaces to enhance human wellbeing in urban and densely populated areas sustainably, by mainstreaming the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, and promotion of biodiversity-inclusive urban planning.

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11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
Ensure Sustainable, Safe and Legal Harvesting and Trade of Wild Species

Ensure that the use, harvesting and trade of wild species is sustainable, legal and safe, preventing overexploitation, minimizing risks to non-target species and ecosystems, and reducing the risk of pathogen spill-over, applying the ecosystem approach, while respecting and protecting customary sustainable use by indigenous peoples and local communities.

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12. Responsible Consumption and Production14. Life Below Water15. Life on Land
Increase the Sharing of Benefits from Genetic Resources, Digital Sequence Information and Traditional Knowledge

Take effective legal, policy, administrative, and capacity-building measures at all levels, as appropriate, to ensure the fair and equitable sharing of benefits that arise from the utilization of genetic resources and from digital sequence information on genetic resources, as well as traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources, and facilitating appropriate access to genetic resources, ...

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15. Life on Land
Manage Wild Species Sustainably To Benefit People

Ensure that the management and use of wild species are sustainable, thereby providing socio-cultural, economic and environmental benefits for people, especially those in vulnerable situations and those most dependent on biodiversity, including through ecosystem-based approaches and sustainable biodiversity-based activities, products and services that enhance biodiversity, and protecting and encour...

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12. Responsible Consumption and Production14. Life Below Water15. Life on Land
Enhance Biodiversity and Sustainability in Agriculture, Aquaculture, Fisheries, and Forestry

Ensure that areas under agriculture, aquaculture, fisheries and forestry are managed sustainably , including through ecosystem-based approaches, conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and a substantial increase of application of biodiversity friendly and innovative approaches, enhancing nature’s contribution to people’s livelihoods, wellbeing and food security.

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12. Responsible Consumption and Production2. Zero Hunger14. Life Below Water15. Life on Land
Minimize the Impacts of Climate Change on Biodiversity and Build Resilience

Minimize the negative impact of climate change on biodiversity and build resilience while minimizing negative and fostering positive climate actions through; adaptation, restoration, mitigation and disaster risk reduction actions, including ecosystem-based approaches.

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13. Climate Action14. Life Below Water
Ensure Gender Equality and a Gender-Responsive Approach for Biodiversity Action

Ensure gender equality in the implementation of the strategy through a gender-responsive approach where all girls and boys, women and men, 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 ...

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5. Gender Equality
Businesses Assess, Disclose and Reduce Biodiversity-Related Risks and Negative Impacts

Take legal, administrative or policy measures to regulate, encourage and enable all business, including large and transnational companies and financial institutions to: Regularly monitor, assess, and transparently disclose their risks, dependencies and impacts on biodiversity, along their operations, supply and value chains, and portfolios; Provide information needed to consumers to promote sustai...

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9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure12. Responsible Consumption and Production
Strengthen Biosafety and Distribute the Benefits of Biotechnology

Strengthen capacity for, and implement biosafety measures as set out in Article 8(g) [1] of the Convention on Biological Diversity and measures for the handling of biotechnology and distribution of its benefits as set out in Article 19 [2] of the Convention. [1] Article 8(g) of the CBD states that each Contracting Party shall as far as possible and as appropriate, establish or maintain means to re...

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Enable Sustainable Consumption and Production Choices To Reduce Negative Impacts on Biodiversity and Waste Generation

Ensure that people are encouraged and enabled to make sustainable consumption and production choices in the food value chain, and promote equitable food distribution to reduce negative impacts on biodiversity and waste generation, including by establishing supportive policy, legislative or regulatory frameworks, improving education and access to relevant and accurate information and alternatives.

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8. Decent Work and Economic Growth4. Quality Education9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure12. Responsible Consumption and Production
Restore 30% of all Degraded Ecosystems

Ensure that at least 30% of areas of degraded terrestrial and inland water ecosystems are under effective restoration, in order to enhance biodiversity, ecosystem functions and services, and ecological integrity and connectivity.

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6. Clean Water and Sanitation14. Life Below Water15. Life on Land
 

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Fostering Community Stewardship of Nature: Balancing Community Livelihoods and Biodiversity Conservation in Chimanimani KBA, Zimbabwe

The Chimanimani Mountains KBA is found in Eastern Zimbabwe. It is one of the biodiversity rich areas of the country and is home to numerous endemic and threatened plants and bird species. Like many in...

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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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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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Local bird diversity (cSAR/BES-SIM)

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