Biodiversity needs to be mainstreamed. The BIODEV2030 initiative aims at empowering multiple stakeholders in 16 countries, including governments, the private sector and civil society, to jointly identify and engage in transformational changes in the economic sectors significantly impacting biodiversity. First, this session will illustrate the science-based diagnosis which undertaken, to identify key economic sectors to commit to the post-2020 global biodiversity framework in order to bend the curve of biodiversity erosion. Then stakeholders from different countries will present the multi-stakeholder dialogues which were engaged in order to jointly set commitments to reduce sectoral pressure on biodiversity. This session will illustrate how sectoral commitments, engaging together State actors, private companies and civil society, is possible. Stakeholders will present the powerful outcomes they see in this science-based dialogue process.
