Uganda is party to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD) upon ratification in on 8th September 1993 and a party to the Protocols under the CBD namely the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit Sharing, and the Nagoya Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress on Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.

Biodiversity is nature that supports life on earth. The current global negative trends in biodiversity and ecosystem functions are projected to continue or worsen in many future scenarios in response to indirect drivers such as rapid human population growth, unsustainable production and consumption and associated technological development.

To safeguard the global environment, international cooperation and interlinked local measures are required for nature to be conserved, restored, and used sustainably while fostering transformative change for people and societies. During the UNCBD 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) in December 2022, in Montreal, the Kunming – Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) was adopted by the Parties, making it a turning point for the global community to take urgent action to halt and reverse biodiversity loss to put nature on a path to recovery for the benefit of people and planet.

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