The
Global Youth Biodiversity Network
in Europe
GYBN Europe is the European chapter of the Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN), an international network of youth organizations and individuals from every global region who have united together with a common goal: halting and reversing the biodiversity crisis. As the official coordination platform for youth in the negotiations under the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), GYBN is committed to bring the perspectives of young people into the political process and empowering young people to take action.
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Sub-Chapters
Nordic Youth Biodiversity Network
GYBN France
GYBN France est l’antenne française du Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN, Réseau Mondial des Jeunes pour la Biodiversité), représentant officiel de la jeunesse au sein de la Convention de l’ONU sur la Diversité Biologique. GYBN France est un collectif d’organisations de jeunesse formé par les Blairoudeurs, CliMates, Ecologie Universelle, les Jeunes Ambassadeurs pour le Climat (JAC) et les Jeunes Ambassadeurs pour l’Environnement (JAE), en partenariat avec GYBN Europe.
Nos missions sont de:
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Connecter, mobiliser et responsabiliser les jeunes pour qu'ils puissent agir.
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Faire entendre la voix des jeunes dans les espaces de décision liés à la biodiversité.
The mission of GYBN UK (Global Youth Biodiversity Network UK) is to empower, enable and unite youth across the UK, through building a coalition of young people and organisations across the four countries, to become leaders for nature, particularly in policy and decision making processes, aligning with the broader mission of GYBN to halt the loss of biodiversity and ensure the health of ecosystems for future generations.
Our vision is to achieve a resilient, inclusive, and interconnected UK where ecosystems are restored, biodiversity is thriving and people live in harmony with nature, where our impacts are minimised both at home and overseas.
GYBN Austria
GYBN Austria is the Austrian National Chapter of GYBN. We are teenagers and young adults who have one thing in common: we are committed to biodiversity in Austria!
Our goals include preserving and promoting biodiversity in Austria, mainstreaming the urgency of the biodiversity crisis, promoting youth participation in biodiversity policy and driving forward the prioritization of the biodiversity crisis and political measures to counteract it. More information on our current projects can be found on our official homepage gybnaustria.at in German.
GYBN Italy
GYBN Italy is the Italian chapter of the Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN), uniting young people across Italy who are passionate about biodiversity action. Founded in 2023, GYBN Italy is a youth-led network in the country focused on raising awareness, empowering young people, and representing youth perspectives in biodiversity-related policy discussions. Our mission is to mobilize, empower, and advocate for an Italian society that recognises, valorises and protects biodiversity, ensuring that the voices of current and future generations are heard in decision-making spaces.
What we do
Our vision is to live in harmony within nature; a society in which accountable sustainability, environmental justice and social justice are at the core, one where intergenerational equity is applied throughout all sectors and regional levels transparently, and one where humans and nature coexist and thrive as one resilient, accessible and interconnected system. Our mission is to enable, unite the voices of and advocate for young people to get involved in policy and decision-making processes across Europe and to promote living in harmony with nature from the local to the national and the international level.
Youth Consultations
Our Objectives
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For a world in harmony with nature
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To transform the world into one which does not experience human-induced biodiversity loss - where people live in harmony with nature
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Support the Global Youth Biodiversity Network
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To be a strong regional support of GYBNs mission for a global coalition of individuals and youth organisations to halt the loss of biodiversity.
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To Team up with other GYBN chapters, to raise awareness about the global importance of this issue
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Make the voices of the youth heard
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To support biodiversity policy literacy amongst youth and to assist youth to participate in decision-making processes when it comes to national, European and international biodiversity policies - in specific youth participation in the UN Convention on Biological Diversity.
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To build relationships between the youth and national CBD focal points in Europe
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Capacity building
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Facilitating knowledge share and transfer between different communities and organisations within our region and other parts of the world through the global Network of GYBN chapters.
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To translate and communicate biodiversity knowledge to our local European communities.
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To provide opportunities and enable the greater public to take action on biodiversity protection.
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Develop a strong and united youth
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To empower European youth to become active guardians of our regional and global environment and diverse nature.
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To provide a platform for the empowerment and connection of european youth on biodiversity related topics.
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