The Global Biodiversity Forum (GBF) was founded in 1993 by IUCN, WRI, UNEP, and ACTS and includes a number of other institutions as its convenors. It is an open and independent mechanism to encourage analysis, dialogue and partnership on key ecological, economic, social and institutional issues related to biodiversity. It contributes to the further development and implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Ramsar Convention, the Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Convention to Combat Desertification and other biodiversity-related conventions at the local, national, regional and international levels.


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