The Pacific islands contain rich and vast biodiversity, and they hold responsibility over large proportions of global ecosystems, including about a third of all oceans and seas within national jurisdictions. However, Pacific biodiversity continues to face current and emerging threats creating challenges for building and ensuring sustainable and resilient island futures.
In the face of the mounting challenges, the Pacific has continued to show leadership through its commitment to mobilise individually and collectively to address the impacts of the triple planetary crisis, for which biodiversity loss is a growing concern.
In the coming weeks, delegates from the Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS) will converge in Cali, Columbia for the Sixteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), from 21 October to 1 November 2024.
