The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) called for faster delivery of global biodiversity commitments as the UN Biodiversity Conference, COP17, in Yerevan completed its review of progress on the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. The review named the implementation gap as the central issue for the period to 2030.
"There is no food security and nutrition without biodiversity, and no future for biodiversity without transforming our agrifood systems," FAO Deputy Director-General Godfrey Magwenzi told the high-level segment.
FAO's analysis of 78 revised national biodiversity plans and almost 13,000 actions shows agrifood systems cut across all 23 targets of the framework: 63 percent of national targets and 36 percent of the actions analysed relate to them.
In 2025 FAO supported more than 65 countries on their plans. Through FAO-backed work, 91 countries have accessed more than $645 million in Global Environment Facility grants and $4.34 billion in co-financing.
COP17 saw the launch of two Presidency initiatives FAO supports: the Yerevan Tech for Biodiversity Monitoring Hub on October 27, and the Yerevan Global OECM Action Hub on October 28, for areas outside formal protection where biodiversity is effectively conserved. FAO found almost one-third of Parties plan to recognise rural heritage, agricultural and fisheries areas in this way. A platform on mountains and related freshwater ecosystems was launched too.
FAO also presented a policy navigator comparing national biodiversity and climate commitments, a Target 10 guide with more than 90 suggested activities, and on October 29 updated Guidelines for Integrated Land Use Planning, the first major update since 1993.
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Source: FAONewsRoom
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