These course are being held live on one specific day. Most courses will be available as self-paced courses afterwards

The course "Nature-Based Solutions for Sustainable Conservation of African Biodiversity" was held on 16 September 2025 and introduced how Nature-based Solutions can address biodiversity loss in Africa. 

Date to be announced: No

The course on biodiversity conservation and ecosystem restauration was held on 14th and 15th August 2024. After completing the activities planned for this course, the participants are:

  • aware of fundamental concepts related to nature-based solutions biodiversity conservation and ecosystem restoration
  • aware of the international environment on biodiversity conservation and ecosystem restoration (international conventions and mechanisms – stressing on CBD, IPBES, the Kunming-Montreal Biodiversity Framework-KMBF, the 30x30 strategy) and its links with national strategies (uptake of international strategies at the national level, i.e., KMBF and NBSAPs etc.)
  • aware of the potential roles of IPBES and Science-Policy-Practice Interfaces (SPPI) for the conservation of biodiversity and restoration of disturbed ecosystems in Africa
  • able to develop nature-based and contextualised biodiversity conservation and ecosystem restoration strategies

Note: You can still access the course material here. However, it is not possible to obtain a certificate for this course retrospectively, as this would have required online participation.


Course Duration: 8h
Language : english, french
Project Partners: Cabes
Date to be announced: No