This year marks a significant milestone for Sri Lanka’s biodiversity conservation ambitions – three decades of commitment to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) since its ratification after the Rio Earth Summit. In line with the CBD, Sri Lanka is currently in the process of updating its National Biodiversity Strategic Action Plan (NBSAP) for 2024 to 2030. This document will guide the nation’s conservation efforts and will need to demonstrate its alignment with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), which consist of global goals and targets that collectively hold a vision of living in harmony with nature.

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