Country representatives will meet virtually as the 5th Global Biodiversity Framework Fund Council during the week of December 15-19, 2025.
About the GBFF
Established in response to decisions from the Convention on Biological Diversity COP15, the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (GBFF) will scale up financing for the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
The GBFF aims to help countries achieve the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework goals and targets with a strategic focus on strengthening national-level biodiversity management, planning, policy, governance, and finance approaches. The fund was ratified by 186 countries and launched at the Seventh GEF Assembly in Vancouver, Canada in August 2023.
GBFF in Focus
Since 2024, the GEF’s Global Biodiversity Framework Fund has moved from launch to full-speed operation, with seven projects already reviewed, approved, and funded, and dozens more in the pipeline. GBFF In Focus is a series showcasing how the new biodiversity fund is changing the game for how countries can invest in nature, starting with seven projects in Brazil, DRC, Gabon, Mexico, and Peru and a trinational project in the Congo Basin. These projects moved from concept approval to implementation in just six months, and stand out for their inclusive, integrated approach to building a more nature-positive future.
| Number | Title | Document Summary | Documents |
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| GEF/GBFF.05/01 | Provisional Agenda | Document
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| GEF/GBFF.05/02 | Work Program for the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund | Document
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| GEF/GBFF.05/03 | Progress Report on the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund | Document
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| GEF/GBFF.05/04 | Towards a Resource Mobilization Strategy for the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund 2025-2030 | Document
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| GEF/GBFF.05/05 | Results Framework of the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund | Document
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| GEF/GBFF.05/Inf.01 | Country Maximum Dollar Value of Funding Request(s) for the Second Programming Tranche of the GBFF | Document
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| GEF/GBFF.05/Inf.02/Rev.01 | Provisional List of Documents | Document
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| GEF/GBFF.05/Inf.03 | Country Maximum Dollar Value of Funding Request(s) for the Fifth Selection Round of the GBFF | Document
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| GEF/GBFF.05/Inf.04 | Guidelines on Actions by Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities | Document
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| GEF/GBFF.05/Inf.05 | Update on the Distribution of the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund Resources by Agency Two Years after the date of Ratification | Document
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