Lanka among nations gaining $5.8M for biodiversity action

The funding targets projects that will help developing countries achieve global biodiversity goals through sustainable agriculture.

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Sri Lanka is among seven countries that, with the support of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), have obtained $5.8 million from the Kunming Biodiversity Fund (KBF) to strengthen biodiversity integration in agrifood systems and implement the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF), FAO said.

It said: The selected projects support multiple KMGBF targets on sustainable agriculture, ecosystem protection, knowledge management, the control of invasive species and the engagement of local communities including Indigenous Peoples - in biodiversity management for food and agriculture.

FAO Director-General QU Dongyu welcomed the announcement, saying: "The Kunming Biodiversity Fund is instrumental in helping developing countries achieve global biodiversity goals through sustainable agriculture under the overarching guidance of the Four Betters, and in amplifying the central role of agrifood systems in halting biodiversity loss, promoting food diversity and providing solutions to the climate crisis."