This report, supported by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) and the Secretariat of the CBD, and in partnership and consultation with and for CBD country focal points, identifies specific gaps, challenges and constraints that SIDS face in the means of implementation to achieve biodiversity targets and conservation goals. In so doing, the report highlights the unique ways in which these gaps are experienced in the SIDS context to inform technical interventions, capacity support, advocacy tools and policy processes.
The new Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework is expected to be adopted at the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity during its forthcoming 15th meeting (CBD COP 15). In this context, as countries adopt a biodiversity framework as a stepping stone towards the 2050 Vision of “Living in harmony with nature”, it is essential to identify the shared challenges, gaps and constraints that have prevented small island developing states (SIDS) from meeting their biodiversity goals.