Tropenbos International Network brings locally-owned solutions to the CBD COP16

The 16th CBD COP, part of the UN Biodiversity Conference 2024, will be held in Cali, Colombia, from 21 October to 1 November. This version of the CBD COP will focus on implementation: how can the world deliver on the bold Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (or Global Biodiversity Framework) adopted at the COP 15. The negotiations will focus on key questions like monitoring, accountability, and, critically, resource mobilization for the implementation of the so-called National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) that each country must update.

Tropenbos International is contributing to this effort, with a focus on how locally-owned solutions can contribute to the accomplishment of the NBSAPs trough thriving, resilient and biodiverse landscapes where local communities exercise their rights and participate equitably in decision-making. At COP16, we will share knowledge and insights on topics like reducing wildfire risk, the role of youth, in traditional knowledge, transfer, and innovative finance for the sustainable use and conservation of biodiversity in frontier landscapes.

Tropenbos International will be present with a delegation of experts whom through side events, presentations, discussions and guidance, will share insights from diverse expert voices on how locally-owned solutions can advance biodiversity action.

Join us in one of the following events:

• Parallel event: Reducing wildfire risk in tropical landscapes
  October 23 – 6 to 7 pm | La Casa Humboldt – Sálon Baudó | Green Zone | Host: Tropenbos International
• Youth it or lose it! Traditional knowledge transmission for the sustainable use and conservation of biodiversity
  October 24 – 11:45 am to 1 pm | Salon Multiple 2, Camara de Comercio de Cali | Green zone | Host: Tropenbos Colombia
• Locally driven businesses cases for nature and climate: lessons for biodiversity finance plans
  October 24 – 10:10 to 11:30 am | Cocora, Subnational and Local Authorities meeting room Plaza One | Blue Zone | Host: IUCN NL – MoMo4C programme
• Parallel event: Guided tour to the exhibition "Espesuras: habitar un mundo herido" & cocktail reception
  October 24 - 5:30 pm | Museo la Tertulia, El Patio del Museo | Host: Tropenbos Colombia & Tropenbos International
• BioChamps: Youth It or Lose It
  October 25 – 10:00 to 10:30 am | CBD youth Pavilion | Blue zone | Hosts: Forest Foundation Philippines, Tropenbos Colombia and Tropenbos International
• Financing biodiversity locally: success and ambitions for resource mobilization
  October 28 – 3 to 4:15 pm | Netherlands Pavillion | Blue zone | Host: IUCN NL – MoMo4C programme
• Enhancing Support for IP&LC-Led Biodiversity Conservation in Tropical Forests to Sustain Water Cycles
  October 31, 11:30 to 12:45 am | NL Pavillon | Blue Zone | Host: Green Livelihoods Alliance: IUCN NL, Gaia, NTFP-EP, FoEI, Tropenbos International, Global Forest Coalition, A Rocha Ghana, Savia Bolivia

Meet Tropenbos International Network Experts at the CBD COP 16

		Joost van Montfort Executive Director Tropenbos International
		Carlos Rodríguez Director Tropenbos Colombia
		Alphonse Maindo Director Tropenbos DR Congo
		Mercy Owusu Ansah Director Tropenbos Ghana
		Edi Purwanto Director Tropenbos Indonesia
		Humberto Gomez Thematic lead on Participatory Forest and Landscape Restoration and programme coordinator Fire-smart landscape governance, Tropenbos International
		Mitiku Haile Senior Adviser the Pastoral & Environmental Network in the Horn of Africa (PENHA)
		Maria Clara van der Hammen Project coordinator Tropenbos Colombia
		Sara Ramirez Gender and youth lead and advisor South America, Tropenbos International
		Nelissa Maria Rocas Coordinator for the Sustainable and Inclusive Landscape Governance Program, Forest Foundation Philippines
		Juan Manuel Moya Expert business and finance, Tropenbos International