Joining Forces for High-Integrity NbS: Toward the Launch of the NbS Asia-Pacific Partnership

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11/10/2025
11:00 - 12:00
IUCN Asia Pavilion , Onsite

Why attend

Participants will discover how the NbS Asia-Pacific Partnership can strengthen their networks, enhance capacity, and mobilise resources for high-integrity NbS, while learning how to engage as partners in advancing local, national, and regional NbS implementation.

Session Description

This event will discuss the imminent launch of the NbS Asia-Pacific Partnership, a new regional platform designed to mobilise capacities and resources for scaling high-integrity, multi-sectoral Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in Asia-Pacific. The Partnership convenes diverse actors such as academia, existing NbS coalitions, and local partners. The partnership aims to strengthen NbS knowledge, capacity, and implementation. The event will introduce and highlight the partnership’s offer, IUCN’s strengths on NbS, such as IUCN Global Standard on NbS, tools, and knowledge resources supporting NbS implementation as well outlining the benefits for partners and how partners can contribute to the partnership. The target audience includes policymakers, practitioners, research institutions, development partners, private sector actors, and civil society stakeholders across Asia-Pacific.

Speaker

Speaker Kitty TAM

Programme Lead, Civic Exchange

Speaker Sonja LUZ

CEO Mandai Nature, Mandai Nature Fund Ltd

Speaker Dindo CAMPILAN

Asia Regional Director & Hub Director for Oceania, IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature

Speaker Anouj MEHTA

Country Director ADB Thailand, ADB

Moderator

Speaker Wei Hsien LEE

Senior Technical Officer, Finance and Economics for Nature, IUCN