Media briefing on the forthcoming biodiversity meetings in Panama

On 29 September 2025 the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity held a global media briefing on the two intergovernmental meetings on biodiversity that will take place in Panama City, Panama, from 20-30 October 2025, namely

• SBSTTA-27: Twenty-seventh meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, 20–24 October 2025.
   
• SB8J-1: First meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Article 8(j) and Other Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity Related to Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities.

The outcomes will support the efforts of the Parties to the CBD in the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) ahead of the first global review of progress since the Framework’s adoption at COP 15 in December 2022 in Montreal. The global review will take pace at COP 17 in Yerevan, Armenia, in October 2026.

Watch the recording: