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) and/or Joint Work Programmes (JWP) —or less structured.

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