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Sudan has been a party of the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD) since 1996, 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 2014.  

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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
Upcoming Meetings

June 2022 6 - 13 June 2022 Online Confirmed Online discussion forum on conservation and sustainable use of marine and coastal biodiversity in preparation for the fifteenth meeting of the Conference ...

02 Jun 2022
News
Protecting global biodiversity receives boost as 29 countries pledge over $5 billion to the Global Environment Facility

8 April 2022 – More than $5 billion has been pledged by twenty-nine countries for the Global Environment Facility (GEF), providing a major boost to international efforts to protect biodiversity and cu...

10 May 2022
Event
Regional CHM Workshop for the Pacific

The purpose of the workshop is to build capacity and provide guidance on how to establish and sustain effective national clearing‑house mechanisms (CHM), in line with decision X/15 and in support of t...

13 Jun 2016
News
IUCN identifies threatened freshwater biodiversity sites in the Mediterranean

Out of the 167 freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas identified, mapped and validated throughout the Mediterranean region, 75 percent were found outside the boundaries of any pre-existing protected areas ...

03 Mar 2020
News
A new species of banded iguana is discovered on the island of Gau

Researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey, Taronga Conservation Society Australia, The National Trust of Fiji and NatureFiji-MareqetiViti have discovered a new species of banded iguana The new spec...

03 Mar 2020
 

National Targets

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Reduce the Introduction of Invasive Alien Species by 50% and Minimize Their Impact

Eliminate, minimize, reduce and or mitigate the impacts of invasive alien species on biodiversity and ecosystem services in Sudan by identifying and prioritizing their pathways, controlling or eradicating the priority species, and putting in place measures to manage pathways to prevent their introduction and establishment, and reducing the rates of introduction and establishment of other known

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15. Life on Land
Enhance Biodiversity and Sustainability in Agriculture, Aquaculture, Fisheries, and Forestry

Ensure, by 2030, that areas under agriculture, aquaculture, fisheries and forestry in Sudan are managed sustainably, through the sustainable use of biodiversity, and biodiversity-friendly practices, contributing to the resilience and long-term efficiency and productivity of these production systems, and to food security, conserving and restoring biodiversity and maintaining nature’s contributions ...

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15. Life on Land2. Zero Hunger14. 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 in Sudan, to fully implement the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their utilization, and other international instruments of relevance, in order to ensure the fair and equitable sharing of benefits that arise from the utilization of gene...

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15. 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, such as regulation of air, water, and climate, soil health, pollination and reduction of disease risk, a swell as protection from natural hazards and disasters, through nature-based solutions and/or ecosystem- based approaches for the benefit of all people and nature This target calls for th...

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15. Life on Land1. No Poverty
Integrate Biodiversity in Decision-Making at Every Level

Ensure by 2030, that biodiversity and its values have been integrated into national, state and local development and poverty reduction strategies, planning and developmental processes, strategic environmental assessments, and environmental impact assessments, and are being incorporated into national accounting, as appropriate, and reporting systems.

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15. Life on Land
Enhance Green Spaces and Urban Planning for Human Well-Being and Biodiversity

Significantly increase the area and quality and connectivity of, access to, and benefits from green and blue spaces in urban and densely populated areas in Sudan sustainably, by mainstreaming the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, and ensure biodiversity-inclusive urban planning, enhancing native biodiversity, ecological connectivity and integrity, and improving human health and wel...

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11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
Business Assess, Disclose and Reduce Biodiversity-Related Risks and Negative Impacts

Take legal, administrative or policy measures to encourage and enable business in Sudan, and in particular to ensure that large and transnational companies and financial institutions: Regularly monitor, assess, and transparently disclose their risks, dependencies and impacts on biodiversity, including with requirements for all large as well as transnational companies and financial institutions alo...

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12. Responsible Consumption and Production9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Ensure Sustainable, Safe and Legal Harvesting and Trade of Wild Species

Ensure that the use, harvesting and trade of wild species in Sudan is sustainable, safe and legal, preventing overexploitation, minimizing impacts on 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
Mobilize $ 200 Billion per year for Biodiversity from All Sources, Including $ 30 Billion Through International Finance

Substantially increase and mobilize financial resources for effectively implementing the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan of Sudan from all sources, such as from domestic, international, public and private resources, including by significantly increasing domestic resource mobilization, facilitated by the preparation and implementation of a national biodiversity finance plan or simila...

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17. Partnerships to achieve the Goal1. No Poverty15. Life on Land10. Reduced Inequality
Ensure That Knowledge is Available and Accessible to Guide Biodiversity Actions

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 in Sudan, and to strengthen communication, awareness raising, education, monitoring, research and knowledge management and, also in this context, the traditional knowledge...

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14. Life Below Water
Ensure Gender Equality and a Gender-Responsive Approach for Biodiversity Action

Ensure gender equality in the implementation of the NBSAP in Sudan through a gender responsive approach where all women and girls 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 all level...

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5. Gender Equality
Strengthen Capacity Building, Technology Transfer, and Scientific and Technical Cooperation for Biodiversity

Improvement of the knowledge and science base on the biodiversity in Sudan, and information sharing mechanisms, through capacity building and development, access to and transfer of technology, access to innovations, technical and scientific cooperation, joint technology development and joint scientific research programmes for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity

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17. Partnerships to achieve the Goal
Conserve 30% of Land, Waters and Seas

Ensure by 2030, that at least 15 per cent of terrestrial, inland water and coastal and marine areas in Sudan, especially areas of  particular importance for biodiversity and ecosystem services, are conserved through effectively and equitably managed, ecologically representative and well connected systems of protected areas and other effective area based conservation measures, and integrated into t...

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15. Life on Land6. Clean Water and Sanitation14. Life Below Water11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
Restore 30% of all Degraded Ecosystems

Ensure that, by 2030, at least 10% of degraded terrestrial, inland water, coastal and marine ecosystems in Sudan that provide essential services, including services related to water, and contribute to health, livelihoods, wellbeing and climate, are restored and safeguarded, taking into account the needs of women, indigenous and local communities, and the poor and vulnerable. This target focus on r...

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15. Life on Land14. Life Below Water6. Clean Water and Sanitation
Plan and Manage all Areas to Reduce Biodiversity Loss

By 2030, the rate of loss of all natural habitats in Sudan is brought down by at least 75%, and degradation and fragmentation is significantly reduced through participatory, integrated and biodiversity inclusive spatial planning, and/or effective management processes, while respecting the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities. This target aims to bring the loss of natural habitats in ...

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15. Life on Land14. Life Below Water
Halt Species Extinction, Protect Genetic

Ensure by 2030, that urgent management actions are taken to prevent the extinction of known threatened species, as well as to maintain and restore the genetic diversity within and between populations of native, wild and domesticated species, including cultivated plants and domesticated animals, and to improve and sustain their conservation status, particularly of those most in decline, including t...

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2. Zero Hunger15. Life on Land
Strengthen Biosafety and Distribute the Benefits of Biotechnology

Establish, strengthen capacity for, and implement in Sudan biosafety measures as set out in Article 8(g) of the Convention on Biological Diversity, and measures for the handling of biotechnology and distribution of its benefits as set out in Article 19 of the Convention .

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Enable Sustainable Consumption Choices to Reduce Waste and Overconsumption

Ensure that by 2030, the national and state governments, business and stakeholders at all levels in Sudan have taken steps to achieve or have implemented plans for sustainable consumption, and people are encouraged in the meantime to make sustainable consumption choices, and to reduce waste, including by improving education and raising awareness on alternatives, in order to keep the impacts of use...

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12. Responsible Consumption and Production4. Quality Education9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure8. Decent Work and Economic Growth
Reduce Pollution to Levels Thant Are Not Harmful to Biodiversity

By 2030, pollution, including from excess nutrients, pesticides and plastic, has been brought to levels that are not harmful to biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services, by reducing to half excess nutrients lost to environment, and risks from pesticides and other chemicals, through more efficient nutrient cycling and use, and integrated pest management, and working towards eliminating pla...

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3. Good Health and Well-being11. Sustainable Cities and Communities14. Life Below Water12. Responsible Consumption and Production6. Clean Water and Sanitation
Minimize the Impacts of Climate Change on Biodiversity and Build Resilience

Minimize the impact of climate change and ocean acidification on biodiversity in Sudan, including the multiple anthropogenic pressures on coral reefs, and other vulnerable ecosystems, and increase its resilience through mitigation, adaptation, and disaster risk reduction actions, so as to maintain their integrity and functioning, and enhance the contribution of biodiversity to carbon stocks, throu...

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14. Life Below Water13. Climate Action
 

Panorama Solutions

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Development and out-scaling of high yielding and heat tolerant wheat varieties

The International Centre Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas' (ICARDA) high yielding wheat varieties with resistance to extreme heat, drought and salinity and insect pests and diseases have been ad...

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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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Public Awareness about the importance of the Dinder National Park in local communities

The World Heritage Volunteers (WHV) initiative was conceived in 2007 in the framework of the UNESCO World Heritage Education Programme, to mobilize and involve youth and their organizations in heritag...

01 May 2014
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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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