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KUNMING-MONTREAL�GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY FRAMEWORK

Dr. Arsen Gasparyan

American University of Armenia (AUA) Acopian Center for the Environment

ASOF 2026

5th Annual Conference

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Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

  • COP10, Nagoya-Aichi (2010)

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  • Aichi Biodiversity Targets

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Global Biodiversity Outlook 5

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  • No target fully achieved globally
  • Partial progress on some targets
  • Biodiversity loss continued

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Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

  • Weak implementation

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  • Lack of financing

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  • Limited mainstreaming

  • Poor monitoring

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Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

  • COP15, Montreal (2022)

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Vision 2050: World of living in harmony with nature

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Mision 2030: To take urgent action

  • to halt and reverse biodiversity loss
  • to put nature on a path to recovery…. 

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Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

  • Goal A: Protect and Restore

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  • Goal B: Prosper with Nature

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  • Goal C: Share Benefits Fairly

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  • Goal D: Invest and Collaborate

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Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

  • 23 Global Targets

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  • Target 3: Conserve 30% of Land, Waters and Seas

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  • Target 20: Strengthen Capacity-Building, Technology Transfer, and Scientific and Technical Cooperation for Biodiversity

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  • Target 21: Ensure That Knowledge Is Available and Accessible To Guide Biodiversity Action

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Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

  • Main principles

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  • The Human Rights-Based Approach

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  • The Whole-of-Government, Whole-of-Society Approach

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  • Science- and Knowledge-Based Approach (robust monitoring framework)

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  • Means of Implementation (Mobilize at least $200 billion per year from domestic and international, public and private sources by 2030)

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Armenia’s National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan

  • Adopted in 2026

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  • Vision

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  • 5 Strategic goals

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  • 30 National Targets

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ASOF 2026

Global Review

  • the first official assessment of collective progress on the KM GBF

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  • Peer review of the draft global report (29 June 2026)

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ASOF 2026

Global Review

Source: The Global Report on Collective Progress 1 in the Implementation of the Kunming-2 Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

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ASOF 2026

Global Review

Source: The Global Report on Collective Progress 1 in the Implementation of the Kunming-2 Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

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THANK YOU

And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul….

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John Muir