Nigeria has intensified efforts to halt biodiversity loss by mobilising private sector support for the implementation of the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP). The workshop aimed to set national priorities and operational frameworks to guide private sector participation in delivering Nigeria’s biodiversity commitments under the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. He explained that the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, adopted by 196 countries in December 2022, sets a global mandate to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030. Nigeria’s policy response, he added, is the updated National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan for 2025–2030, revised in June 2025 to align with the global framework. “The beautiful thing about the private sector is that you have the innovation, the capital and the drive,” he said.

Source: The Guardian December 29, 2025 06:36 UTC