In decision 16/18, the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity requested the Executive Secretary to hold an open-ended online forum to facilitate an exchange of information and experiences on:
(i) work carried out by Parties and stakeholders, including on tools and mechanisms used, challenges and best practices with regard to the prevention, management, control and eradication of invasive alien species, towards the implementation of Target 6, in particular to facilitate international and regional cooperation; and
(ii) approaches that can be taken to facilitate a collaborative response to biological invasions and the threats and impacts of invasive alien species, and how those individual approaches could be integrated into the One Health approach.
In response to this request, the Secretariat is convening an Open-Ended Online Forum from 1-22 April 2025.
The forum will be accessible through this page in due course.
