Communication, education, public awareness, capacity building and policy implementation processes should be integrated in a comprehensive, dynamic, long-lasting strategy and action plan that can really feed the never-ending ‘Life Cycle of the CBD

The International University Network on Cultural and Biological Diversity (IUNCBD) has been established under a Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation (2010) with the United Nations Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
The initiative has a special focus on developing countries. Universities are of paramount importance because they play a key-role for capacity building and public awareness, which are the milestones for good governance and effective policy making.