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CO-OP4CBD, RESPIN and BioAgora to host a joint session on science-policy interfaces at the IUCN World Conservation Congress

18 September 2025

Once every four years, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) brings together leaders, experts and stakeholders for its World Conservation Congress. The event is underpinned by thre...

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CO-OP4CBD to support the launch of the European Subregional Technical and Scientific Cooperation Support Centre

09 September 2025

From 23 to 25 September 2025 in Brussels, Belgium, the European Union, in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (UN CBD), the Centre for Mediterranean Cooperatio...

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CO-OP4CBD supports dialogue with Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

05 September 2025

On 2 September, the Danish Presidency of the EU Council and the European Commission, supported by CO-OP4CBD, hosted an online dialogue attended by over 50 participants representing key biodiversity st...

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CO-OP4CBD partners from the Transformative Change Cluster featured in European Commission publication

22 August 2025

In May 2025, the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD) of the European Commission published a brochure singling out EU-funded projects dedicated to facilitating transformative chang...

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Save the date: CO-OP4CBD training and networking session on Technical and Scientific Cooperation and the Clearing-House Mechanism in the context of the UN CBD

15 August 2025

Registration for the event will be open until 26 September via this registration form. In connection to the European Clearing-House Mechanism (CHM) network as well as and the re...

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CO-OP4CBD to organise online training sessions on SBSTTA-27 agenda items

06 August 2025

The Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) is a crucial supporting mechanism underpinning negotiation and implementation processes for the Convention on Biological ...

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CO-OP4CBD partner Alternet hosts the third A4Cap Assembly

01 August 2025

The Alternet for Capacity-Building Network (A4Cap) was launched as an informal group of the Alternet Summer School alumni back in 2022. Since then, it has grown into a fully fledged organisation of ea...

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The Global Environment Facility bolstered by new funding in pursuit of 2030 biodiversity targets

25 July 2025

Thirty years of existence have seen the Global Environment Facility (GEF) solidify its position as a truly transnational financial mechanism dedicated to progress on a planetary scale. Its multilatera...

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The first guide for the Cali Fund has been released

18 July 2025

The 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UN CBD) marked several important milestones for global biodiversity governance. Among them was the ...

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The third CO-OP4CBD newsletter has arrived

10 July 2025

As it passes its two-year mark, the CO-OP4CBD project has released the third edition of its newsletter. This issue highlights notable developments for the project from the past few months such as: ...

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CO-OP4CBD to organise an online workshop on traditional and indigenous knowledge in global biodiversity decision-making

09 July 2025

August 2025 will see the next CO-OP4CBD online workshop: "How to integrate traditional and indigenous knowledges in global environmental decision-making?". Its primary aim will be to identify how to m...

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CO-OP4CBD hosts its first training event on Traditional Ecological Knowledge in the context of the UN CBD

24 June 2025

In light of the upcoming first Subsidiary Body on Article 8(j) meeting that will be held in Panama City between 20 and 24 October 2025, CO-OP4CBD project partners delivered a training session focusing...

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The Transformative Change Cluster comes together for a conference on biodiversity governance

20 June 2025

CO-OP4CBD's partners from the Transformative Change Cluster of EU-funded projects recently joined efforts in the conference “Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Policy-Making”. Taking place on 4 and 5 June ...

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CO-OP4CBD coordinator Constance Laureau discusses the biodiversity Science-Policy Interface on the ARTE channel

09 June 2025

The biodiversity Science-Policy Interface (SPI), a topic at the heart of the CO-OP4CBD project, was centre stage during a recent interview given by the project’s coordinator Constance Laureau (FRB) on...

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#TransformativeChange4Biodiversity: 23 EU-funded projects mark the 2025 International Biodiversity Day in joint campaign

06 June 2025

This year’s International Day for Biodiversity (IDB) and its theme of “harmony with nature and sustainable development” provided a crucial occasion to foster a global conversation on the future of the...

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