The Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN)

Vision
The Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN) is a unique network of individuals under thirty and youth organizations from around the world whose common goal is to prevent and stop the loss of biodiversity. The network is the international coordination platform for youth participation in the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and is committed to bringing the opinions and positions of young people into the negotiations so that they are heard and taken into consideration. GYBN especially aims to facilitate collaboration towards a unified voice between youth coming from diverse academic and professional backgrounds and policy-makers. GYBN seeks to inspire global youth and future leaders to work towards promoting the sustainable use and conservation of biodiversity for a healthy environment and society.
Mission

Our mission is to raise global awareness among young people of the values of biodiversity and connect individuals and youth organizations in order to build a global coalition to halt the loss of biodiversity.

The objectives of GYBN are to:
● Provide members with a global platform for exchanging ideas in order to connect, contribute and collaborate for positive impact;
● Facilitate collaboration and dialogue among youth with different academic and professional backgrounds;
● Provide members with up-to-date resources and information concerning biodiversity;
● Facilitate common action plans for youth advocacy;
● Coordinate youth participation in the CBD process;
● Support members in implementing CBD decisions through their local activities and engaging in grass-root/bottom-up initiatives.
● Build capacity to enable youth to influence and transform biodiversity related policies on both the national and international level.