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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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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
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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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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11. Sustainable Cities and Communities6. Clean Water and Sanitation14. Life Below Water12. Responsible Consumption and Production3. Good Health and Well-being
Halt Species Extinction, Protect Genetic Diversity, and Manage Human-Wildlife Conflicts

Ensure management actions to halt human induced extinction of known threatened species and for the recovery and conservation of species, in particular threatened species, to significantly reduce extinction risk, as well as to maintain and restore the genetic diversity within and between populations of native, wild and domesticated species to maintain their adaptive potential, including through in ...

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2. Zero Hunger15. Life on Land
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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15. Life on Land1. No Poverty
Plan and Manage all Areas to Reduce Biodiversity Loss

Ensure that all areas are under effective participatory, integrated and biodiversity inclusive spatial planning and effective management processes addressing land-use change, to bring the loss of areas of high biodiversity importance, including ecosystems of high ecological integrity, close to zero, while respecting the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities.

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15. Life on Land14. Life Below Water
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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14. Life Below Water13. Climate Action
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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14. Life Below Water12. Responsible Consumption and Production
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
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
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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15. Life on Land14. Life Below Water6. Clean Water and Sanitation
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 Growth12. Responsible Consumption and Production9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure4. Quality Education
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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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 Inequality17. Partnerships to achieve the Goal15. Life on Land1. No Poverty
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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15. Life on Land14. Life Below Water12. Responsible Consumption and Production
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
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
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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15. Life on Land14. Life Below Water12. Responsible Consumption and Production
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 Equality16. Peace and Justice Strong Institutions10. Reduced Inequality1. No Poverty
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 Production15. Life on Land14. Life Below Water2. Zero Hunger
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
 

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Local communities drive vulture conservation initiative across the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area: a success story of Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Zambia

The Kavango-Zambezi Trans-frontier Conservation Area’s (KAZA TFCA) expanse of 520 000 km2 lies in the Kavango and Zambezi River basins where Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe converge enc...

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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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Technical & scientific cooperation

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Establishing genetic database for Myanmar’s biodiversity through DNA barcoding technology

Myanmar is rich in biodiversity, and hosting numerous flora and fauna. Myanmar endeavours to sustain biodiversity for sustainable development, as well as for mitigating climate change impact. The bior...

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