Earth restored: joining hands with faith-based organizations to implement the KMGBF

Earth Restored: Joining hands with faith-based organizations to implement the KMGBF

Event # 5243/ Wednesday 18 October 2023 @ 18:15 Nairobi time / UTC/GMT +3 /

UNON Room CR-8 – CEE, first floor

Within the context of the recently adopted KMGBF and the whole-of-society approach, the sizeable reach and influence of religious and spiritual groups make them an important and natural constituency to engage in order to achieve a nature-positive world and catalyze the implementation of the KMGBF.

Based on a new publication entitled: “Earth Restored: Joining hands with faith-based organizations to implement the KMGBF”, this side event will introduce recommendations and concrete examples to foster deeper partnerships with Faith-based organizations (FBOs) to contribute to the successful implementation of the KMGBF.

The side event aims to bring together various speakers, including representatives from FBOs, representatives of organisations working with FBOs and local communities, and party delegates to explore the potential of faith and religious groups as implementation partners discussing how they are aligned with and can be engaged as active partners in meeting the GBF Goals and Targets.

Host and Partners

Host: Soka Gakkai International, the Faiths for Biodiversity Coalition, and The POST-2020 BIODIVERSITY FRAMEWORK ADOPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION – EU SUPPORT project.

Partners: Bhumi Global, Expertise France, WWF, CYNESA, Members of the Advisory Board of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, UNEP Faith for Earth.

Note: The POST-2020 BIODIVERSITY FRAMEWORK ADOPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION – EU SUPPORT project, funded by the European Union and implemented by Expertise France, works with researchers, policy makers, business, finance and civil society to implement an ambitious global biodiversity framework. Their mission is to inform, inspire, mobilize and enable the whole of society to take transformative actions for nature and people by sharing knowledge and best practices.