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Collecting, rolling and burying dung to store food, dung beetles are nature’s little recyclers. Let’s make room!
#BeyondTheMap #Target3 #KMGBF
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As global leaders convene at #COP31 to advance climate action, the role of reliable data in informing decisions has never been more critical.
As biodiversity loss and climate change intensify, accessible, reliable and well-governed data is essential to understanding emerging challenges, informing policy and driving effective action for nature.
Our latest policy brief highlights a critical challenge in Eastern and Southern Africa: it is not a shortage of biodiversity data, but fragmented systems that limit how data is managed, shared and put to use.
The brief outlines practical recommendations for strengthening biodiversity data governance to improve reporting, planning and evidence-based conservation decisions.
Better data governance is fundamental to better decisions and more effective action for biodiversity and climate resilience.
📖 Read the policy brief: mailchi.mp/rcmrd.org/policy-…
@UNFCCC | @RCMRD_ | #COP31 #Biodiversity #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #EcosystemRestoration #NatureBasedSolutions
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There can be no lasting climate action without biodiversity action.
Forests, wetlands, grasslands and oceans are not just victims of climate change; they are powerful allies in building climate resilience, storing carbon and sustaining livelihoods.
As #COP31 unfolds in Türkiye, the call is for climate commitments that put nature at the centre of solutions. Protecting ecosystems, restoring degraded landscapes and empowering communities must be central to the climate agenda.
A resilient climate future depends on a thriving natural world.
#COP31 #Biodiversity #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #EcosystemRestoration #NatureBasedSolutions
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🎨🌍 VOTING IS OFFICIALLY CLOSED!
A huge thank you to everyone who reviewed the top 10 entries, cast their votes and supported the 2026 #RCMRDArtsAndMaps Competition!
To all our finalists and participants, congratulations on showcasing your creativity and using art and maps to tell inspiring stories about nature.
🏆 WHO WILL BE THE WINNERS?
Well, you'll have to wait and see! The winners will be announced on 17 November 2026 during the 14th RCMRD Conference of Ministers and 60th Governing Council Meeting in Swakopmund, Namibia.
The countdown begins! Stay tuned as we celebrate the creativity, talent and innovation behind this year's submissions.
#BiodiversityAction #BiodiversityDay #IDB2026 #LocalAction #ForNature #KMGBF
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🎨🌍 Have you voted yet? Only a few hours left!
Explore the Top 10 finalists of the 2026 #RCMRDArtsAndMaps Competition and vote for your favourite!
🗳️ Vote: arcg.is/1CqWDS4
🎨 View entries: rcoe-artsandmaps.rcmrd.org/p…
⏰ Closes TODAY, 5 Nov, 11:59 PM EAT.
Make your vote count! 🌍
#BiodiversityAction #BiodiversityDay #IDB2026 #LocalAction #ForNature #KMGBF
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🎨🌍 Have you voted yet? Only a few hours left!
Explore the Top 10 finalists of the 2026 #RCMRDArtsAndMaps Competition and vote for your favourite!
🗳️ Vote: arcg.is/1CqWDS4
🎨 View entries: rcoe-artsandmaps.rcmrd.org/p…
⏰ Closes TODAY, 5 Nov, 11:59 PM EAT.
Make your vote count! 🌍
#RCMRDArtsAndMaps #BiodiversityAction #BiodiversityDay #IDB2026 #LocalAction #ForNature #KMGBF
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How can we make women’s leadership more visible in achieving #30x30?
Join RCMRD at the #COP17Armenia Women’s Hub for Mapping Her Stewardship: Women Leading 30×30 in Eastern and Southern Africa.
Through storytelling and BOESA evidence, we’ll explore how women’s leadership, inclusive data and stronger partnerships can advance gender-responsive biodiversity action.
📅 28 Oct | 10:00–11:00 AM
📍 COP17 Women’s Hub Pavilion
Women are leaders, knowledge holders and decision-makers in conservation. Let’s make that visible.
#GenderAndBiodiversity #KMGBF #COP17 #Biodiversity #CBDCOP17 #BiodiversityAction | @cbd_wc | @cbdwomencaucus | @UNBiodiversity | @COP17_Arm2026 ^AS
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At NP-MOP-6, Parties consider the assessment and review of its effectiveness, whether access and benefit-sharing is delivering in practice and what is holding it back.
📖cbd.int/conferences/2026
#COP17Armenia #BiodiversityAction
🌍 Join Our Session at CBD COP17 Today!
What is working, what is missing, and what is needed to accelerate implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework?
Join RCMRD and our partners for an engaging session on “The Regional Centres of Excellence (RCoE) in Action”, exploring progress, gaps and the support needed to turn biodiversity commitments into action.
Today, 22 October 2026
11:30 AM–1:00 PM (Armenia time, GMT+4)
Spitak Room, Blue Zone, Yerevan, Armenia - and online
Be part of the conversation as we share experiences, highlight what is working, and discuss how Regional Centres of Excellence can help countries advance biodiversity action.
Join us - your voice and perspective matter!
#COP17 #RCoE #KMGBF #Biodiversity #BiodiversityAction #RCMRD #NaturePositive #GlobalBiodiversityFramework
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We’ve been cooking up something good, and It’s time to serve! Here’s a little sneak peek of what’s waiting for you on YouTube. Trust us, you don’t want to miss this! 🤩
Watch the full video now! Click the link below to catch the complete video and see what we’ve been cooking up!👉 youtu.be/nwnAR14ZIDY
#SAG #Award #Teamwork #BigOne
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Ahead of #CBDCOP17, launched yesterday by UN Biodiversity, the global report on collective progress in the implementation of the #KMGBF, State of Biodiversity Action (#SOBA), provides the first comprehensive global stocktake of progress towards the Framework’s 2030 targets and 2050 vision.
While progress is underway across all 23 targets of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, implementation must accelerate to achieve the 2030 goals.
Key challenges include inadequate financing, gaps in data and monitoring, limited capacity, weak cross-sector coordination, and insufficient inclusion of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, women and youth.
As Parties convene at COP17, the priority is clear: turn commitments into measurable action through stronger implementation, reliable evidence, inclusive governance and regional collaboration.
📘 Read the report: cbd.int/globalreview/report2…
#Biodiversity #COP17 #Conservation #30x30 #BiodiversityAction #COP17Armenia #Target3 ^AS
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Ahead of #COP17, 24 Eastern and Southern African countries met in Nairobi (9–12 June 2026) at the Regional Geospatial Forum to explore how geospatial data, women and youth leadership, and IPLC knowledge can advance the #KMGBF.
🎥 Watch: youtu.be/zJefYcg-ekw
Put science and data into action. Amplify every voice. Champion inclusive conservation.
#BiodiversityAction #NaturePositive #Biodiversity #Conservation #COP17armenia #Target3 #30X30 #CBDCOP17
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With just four years to 2030, the world faces a critical moment to turn biodiversity commitments into action.
#CBDCOP17 (19–30 October 2026, Yerevan, Armenia) will review global progress towards the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and efforts to halt and reverse biodiversity loss.
@RCMRD_ | @UNBiodiversity | @COP17_Arm2026
#BiodiversityAction #NaturePositive #Biodiversity #Conservation #COP17armenia #KMGBF #Target3 #30X30
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But what is COP17, what have countries committed to achieve, and why does it matter?
Swipe through to explore the key facts CBD and why #COP17 matters.
@RCMRD_ | @UNBiodiversity | @COP17_Arm2026
#CBDCOP17 #BiodiversityAction #NaturePositive #Biodiversity #Conservation #COP17armenia #KMGBF #Target3 #30X30
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Taking Action for Nature.
RCoE-ESA is heading to UN Biodiversity COP17 with a goal to advance geospatial science and data-driven solutions to support biodiversity conservation across Eastern and Southern Africa’s landscapes and seascapes.
19–30 October 2026
Yerevan, Armenia
Follow along for updates from our delegation. Check out the RCMRD website for our full line-up of events: 🔗 bit.ly/4ATYIw1
@RCMRD_ | @UNBiodiversity | @COP17_Arm2026
#BiodiversityAction #NaturePositive #Biodiversity #Conservation #cop17armenia #KMGBF #Target3 #30X30
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Regional Centre of Excellence (RCoE) retweeted
Where can you find RCMRD at #COP17Armenia?
As a UN CBD Technical Support and Scientific Cooperation Centre (TSCC), RCMRD will contribute to a series of official side events, technical sessions and partner engagements focused on accelerating implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (#KMGBF).
📅 19–30 October 2026
📍 Yerevan, Armenia
👉 Explore our full COP17 programme and find out where to join us:🔗 bit.ly/4ATYIw1
@RCoE_ESA | @UNBiodiversity | @COP17_Arm2026 | @TheLandAlliance
#BiodiversityAction #NaturePositive #Biodiversity #Conservation
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What a great way to wrap up #CustomerServiceWeek2026! 🎉
As part of our #CustomerAppreciation efforts, we surprised some of the visitors to our centre with copies of the Biodiversity Outlook for Eastern and Southern Africa (BOESA) 2026 publication.
Thank you for Simon Wanduga,
Head of Telco & Fintech Partnerships at Britam Holdings Plc and Lizyvonne Naitore, a Geography student from Murang'a University for visiting us! We hope you enjoy reading and find the publication a valuable resource for biodiversity conservation and action.
📖 You can also explore the publication here: rcmrd.aflip.in/rcoe-boesa.ht…
#BeyondTheMap #DataForConservation
#NaturePositive #30x30 #KMGBF #ConserveNature #EmpowerCommunities #CustomerAppreciation #CustomerServiceWeek2026
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Regional Centre of Excellence (RCoE) retweeted
This week, RCMRD is in Naivasha, Kenya, participating in a five-day multi-stakeholder workshop to review and validate the updated National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) 2026–2030.
Led by @EnviClimateC_Ke in collaboration with @UNEP & RCMRD, the workshop brings together government institutions, county governments, technical experts & other stakeholders to review & refine the strategy, validate national biodiversity targets and indicators, & strengthen implementation arrangements.
A key focus is ensuring that Kenya’s NBSAP is aligned with the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (#KMGBF) and the Convention on Biological Diversity (#CBD), while reflecting national priorities and strengthening institutional ownership, coordination and accountability.
@UNBiodiversity | @RCoE_ESA
#NBSAP2026 #Kenya #NaturePositive #Biodiversity #ClimateAction #SustainableDevelopment #NatureBasedSolutions #Kenya2030
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Regional Centre of Excellence (RCoE) retweeted
The review is part of Kenya’s efforts to develop a coherent, actionable and inclusive framework to guide #biodiversityconservation, restoration and sustainable use through 2030.
Through a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach, Kenya is working to translate global #biodiversity commitments into national action that protects nature, strengthens ecosystems and supports resilient communities.
@UNBiodiversity | @RCoE_ESA
#NBSAP2026 #Kenya #NaturePositive #ClimateAction #SustainableDevelopment #NatureBasedSolutions #Kenya2030
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RCMRD at CBD COP17 | Yerevan, Armenia | 19–30 October 2026
As the world takes stock of progress on the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF), the focus at #COP17Armenia is clear: turn commitments into action.
As a CBD Technical Support and Scientific Cooperation Centre (TSCC), RCMRD will showcase how science, technology, data and technical cooperation can accelerate biodiversity action across Eastern and Southern Africa.
At #COP17, we will contribute to discussions on:
🌿 #Target3 and #30×30 implementation
👩🏽 Gender and biodiversity conservation
🤝 Technical and Scientific Cooperation for KMGBF implementation
🌊 Ocean and seascape data governance
📊 Translating regional biodiversity assessments into #KMGBF progress
We look forward to strengthening partnerships and advocating for reliable, open and well-governed data to support biodiversity decisions, monitoring and national reporting.
📍 Yerevan, Armenia | 19–30 October 2026
Follow RCMRD as we take action for nature.
👉 Explore our full COP17 programme and find out where to join us: 🔗🔗bit.ly/4ATYIw1
@RCoE_ESA | @UNBiodiversity | @COP17_Arm2026 | @TheLandAlliance
#BiodiversityAction #NaturePositive #Biodiversity #Conservation
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