Partners

To enhance cooperation, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity works with a number of partners. Partners include:

• The Rio Conventions
• The biodiversity-related conventions
• Other relevant conventions
• United Nations and other intergovernmental organizations
• Non-governmental organizations and civil society
• Indigenous organizations
• Scientific and technical research and assessment bodies
• Industry and the private sector.
  Cooperation between the CBD and partners may be formal—that is, conducted under the provisions of Memoranda of Cooperation (MOC), Memoranda of Understanding (MOU)

For more information on CBD partnerships, please consult the searchable CBD database availabe here.