Lessons from CBD-COP16: NBSAP Accelerator and Agrobiodiversity Index to Achieve Conservation Goals

Masso, C. 2024. Lessons from CBD-COP16: NBSAP Accelerator and Agrobiodiversity Index to Achieve Conservation Goals: CGIAR Environmental Health and Biodiversity Impact Platform Webinar Series #5. Video. Montpellier, France: CGIAR.

COP16 just finished, what’s at stake now for biodiversity? There are two key efforts used to move agendas forward and help with the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF): the Agrobiodiversity Index and the NBSAP Accelerator.

Agrobiodiversity—the rich variety of cultivated and wild species essential for agriculture, shaped over centuries through strong human-nature interactions—is often an overlooked and underutilized lever for transforming and achieving sustainable food systems. The Agrobiodiversity Index seeks to change this through three key activities: “Know, Conserve, and Consume Agrobiodiversity, aiming to support the KMGBF and other global agendas.”

In addition to the Agrobiodiversity Index, the NBSAP Accelerator is a country-led initiative used to support the development and implementation of National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAP) to achieve the goals of KMGBF. The Accelerator uniquely uses a single framework to create streamlined collaborat