Last updated: 25/02/2022

Preparations for the Post-2020 Biodiversity Framework
This CBD website provides updates on the Post-2020 Biodiversity Framework, which will replace the CBD's Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011–2020 and its Aichi targets.

IPBES rolling work programme up to 2030

Post 2020 Biodiversity Framework EU Support

Framing the Future for Biodiversity
This UNEP-WCMC page is a useful resource on the challenges and solutions for developing a post-2020 biodiversity framework

IPBES Assessments: Assessing the state of knowledge on biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people in support of sustainable development
All information on IPBES Assessments is available here: on the 8 completed assessments as well as the ongoing ones for the 2030 Work Programme: the Nexus Assessment, the Transformative Change Assessment and the Business and Biodiversity assessment.

UNEP on Nature Action

Biodiversity and Health: the WHO-CBD Joint Work Programme
This website covers joint WHO-CBD work on biodiversity and heath. It aims to raise awareness of the intimate interconnections between healthy ecosystems and human health, and to support policy-makers, practitioners and the broader international community in addressing the pressing challenges. It includes the Interagency Liaison Group on Biodiversity and Health, established (in 2017) and co-Chaired by CBD and WHO. Among its members are FAO, UNEP, UNFCCC, UNISDR, UNU, UNSCN, CGIAR and IUCN.

Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011–2020
The CBD strategic plan for 2011-2020, adopted at COP-10 (Nagoya, Japan, October 2010)

The Aichi targets (2011 - 2020)
The Aichi biodiversity targets adopted at COP-10 of the CBD (Nagoya, Japan, October 2010)

The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB)
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) is a global initiative focused on “making nature’s values visible.” Its principal objective is to mainstream the values of biodiversity and ecosystem services into decision-making at all levels. 

The planetary boundaries concept
This website, hosted by the Stockholm Resilience Centre, covers the discussion of the planetary boundaries concept from 2009 onwards.

The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment assessed the consequences of ecosystem change for human wellbeing. From 2001 to 2005, more than 1360 experts worldwide worked on the MA. Their findings, available on this website, provide a state-of-the-art scientific appraisal of the condition and trends in global ecosystems and their services, as well as the scientific basis for action to conserve and use them sustainably.