Niklaus Wagner of #Switzerland stresses #COP17Armenia is a moment to take stock of #KMGBF implementation & provide guidance on how to fill gaps, including by tapping into the role of #MEAs. He shares after COP17, the 4th Bern Process Conference will be organized to tailor MEAs response.

Marianela Araya Quesada highlights #COP17Armenia could, under item 17(d), consider pollution & biodiversity as areas of further work under #KMGBF. This could lead to the creation of an ad hoc expert group or a technical workshop with MEAs to fill the gaps to achieve Target 7.

Who shapes environmental decisions? Who can access land, finance and green jobs?

UN Women highlights how gender-responsive approaches affect biodiversity, climate and pollution responses ahead of #COP17Armenia.
https://www.unwomen.org/en/articles/in-focus/women-and-the-environment

The GEN is at the #MinamataOnline session "Chemicals & Waste on the Road to @unbiodiversity.bsky.social #COP17Armenia" focusing on updates on pollution and biodiversity & exploring collaborative initiatives of MEAs contributing to the #KMGBF.

▶️ minamataconvention.org/en/events/ch...

📌 The silver commemorative coin dedicated to COP17 has now been officially unveiled.

It is the first commemorative coin issued by the Central Bank of Armenia made from recycled silver, becoming part of COP17’s symbolic legacy.

#COP17Armenia #BiodiversityAction #ForAction

🖇 COP17 will mark the first global review of collective progress under the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
In Yerevan, the review will assess progress, identify gaps and help show where implementation needs to accelerate on the road to 2030. 🌿
📍 Yerevan | 19–30 Oct 2026
#COP17Armenia

Only a few days to go until COP17. 🌿
A special feature with Hambardzum Matevosyan, Armenia’s Minister of Environment and COP17 President, will explore what COP17 is, what to expect in Yerevan, and why it matters for biodiversity.
More coming soon.
#COP17Armenia #ForAction

Ben Schachter of UN Human Rights stresses an increasing recognition of human rights & biodiversity linkages, incl. through the HRC resolution on biodiversity. He shares #COP17Armenia priorities, incl. operationalizing Art. 8(j) & supporting implementation with tools & guidances.

Alexandra Goossens-Ishii of @sokaglobal.info & #GeHRBiL shares concrete points at #COP17Armenia:
🔸 Remove brackets around human rights
🔸 Distinguish rightsholders
🔸 Community-based monitoring
🔸 Protect defenders
🔸 Adopt guidelines on Indigenous Peoples & trad. territories, with #FPIC
🔸 Synergies

🪙 Ahead of COP17, Armenia has unveiled a commemorative silver coin dedicated to the Conference.
Made from recycled silver, produced using solar energy, and packaged with recycled paper, the coin reflects the COP17 message not only in symbolism, but in its production.

#COP17Armenia #ForAction

As #COP17Armenia discusses the modus operandi of Art. 8(j), Ghazali Ohorella of IITC shares what a human-rights-based approach requires in practice, with respect to rights of #IndigenousPeoples:
🔸 Implementation
🔸 Coherence bet. intl. regimes
🔸 Institutional design

As #COP17Armenia is discuss modus operandi of Art. 8(j), Ghazali Ohorella of @treatycouncil shares what a human-rights-based approach requires in practice, with respect to rights of #IndigenousPeoples:
🔸 Implementation
🔸 Coherence bet. intl. regimes
🔸 Institutional design

On the road to @unbiodiversity.bsky.social #COP17Armenia, @srenvironment.bsky.social Astrid Puentes stresses centrality of the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment for the implementation of #KMGBF targets, especially Art. 8(j) on the protection of Indigenous Peoples' rights.

From #HumanRights Day to the Nature-Culture Summit, H.E. Amb. Hasmik Tolmajian of #Armenia outlined preparations for #COP17Armenia, incl. advancement of human rights at centre of #BiodiversityAction and the promotion of rights-based and gender-responsive implementation of #KMGBF.

#Live now!

Join this #HRC63 side event discussing #HumanRights at #COP17Armenia. Panellists will explore best practices and lessons learned related to operationalizing a human rights-based approach in #KMGBF implementation.

📺 youtube.com/watch?v=vA_Fj_SuHA0
▶️ tiny.cc/HRC63COP17Biodiversity

Two weeks until CBD COP17 in Yerevan 🌍 Conference targets, IKI projects worldwide & a side-event calendar – all on our new COP17 page. Take a look 👉 www.international-climate-initiative.com/PAGE828-1 #COP17Armenia #Biodiversity #ForAction

🌍 COP17 begins long before the Conference itself.
Months of technical work, consultations and preparations are already shaping the discussions that will continue in Yerevan — and the work will carry on long after.
🌿 COP17 is one milestone in a much longer journey for biodiversity.
#COP17Armenia

At #COP17Armenia, join one of the Nature Positive events: www.naturepositive.org/news/latest-...

📊 From showcasing the newly launched State of Nature Indicators and Metrics Framework, to data and technology, ocean, finance and insurance.

#NaturePositive #KMGBF @unbiodiversity.bsky.social

One month ahead of #COP31 in Türkiye, #COP17Armenia will bring renewed attention to the linkages between biodiversity and climate change, two facets of the same planetary crisis that must be addressed in tandem. 

Learn more: www.cbd.int/climate
#BiodiversityAction