This year, the theme of the International Day for Biodiversity is a call to action to support the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (the Biodiversity Plan).
This is an ambitious plan to halt and reverse biodiversity loss. Its implementation requires a whole-of-society approach. See all of the implementation plans here: https://www.cbd.int/biodiversity-day/take-action/2024
Learn more about the The Biodiversity Plan for Life on Earth: https://www.cbd.int/gbf
Here is one item on the 7 part plan which concerns Women and Girls:
Women and girls are half of society. Gender equality is part of the Plan.
Women play critical roles in biodiversity conservation and sustainable use, ecosystem restoration and environmental justice. The Biodiversity Plan recognizes that successful implementation will depend on ensuring gender equality and empowerment of women and girls, and on reducing inequalities.
Target 23 of the Biodiversity Plan aims to ensure gender equality through a gender-responsive approach, recognizing the equal rights and access to land and natural resources for women and girls, and their full, equitable, meaningful, and informed participation and leadership at all levels of action, engagement, policy, and decision-making processes related to biodiversity.
The Biodiversity Plan is accompanied by a very ambitious Gender Plan of Action. This sets out concrete actions to be taken by all actors to enable women and girls to fully participate and contribute to the implementation processes.
