Liberian Youth Biodiversity Network

10/08/2026

Conservation Cannot Succeed Without Communities. 🌱✊🏾

The future of nature cannot be decided without the people who live with it, depend on it, and have protected it for generations.

Local and Indigenous communities are not obstacles to conservation. They are rights holders, knowledge holders, custodians, and leaders.

As countries implement the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, community rights and leadership must move from consultation to meaningful participation, decision-making, and benefit-sharing.

🌱 Protect nature. Respect rights. Empower communities.



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21/07/2026

Climate Information = Climate Justice 🌍🌱

At the Liberian Youth Biodiversity Network (LYBN), we're empowering communities with climate information, promoting biodiversity conservation, and equipping young people to lead climate action. Because informed communities are better prepared to protect their people, nature, and future.

Climate justice starts with knowledge. Biodiversity thrives through action.

27/06/2026

The Liberian Youth Biodiversity Network is proud to celebrate one of our staff members, who graduated today after successfully completing a Project Management course at Gonet Academy.

This achievement marks an important milestone in both personal and professional growth and reflects LYBN's continued commitment to investing in the capacity of our team. Strengthening the capacity of our staff enables us to plan, implement, and manage our programs more effectively.

Congratulations on this well-deserved achievement! We are proud of your dedication and look forward to seeing your new knowledge and skills further strengthen our mission and impact.

West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI)

25/06/2026

18/06/2026

On June 16, 2026, we were pleased to welcome representatives from the West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) to our office for a monitoring and support visit as part of our ongoing Capacity Strengthening Partnership.

The visit provided a valuable opportunity to reflect on progress and achievements made over the past year, discuss key challenges affecting programme implementation, and identify practical strategies to strengthen our impact and organizational effectiveness. It also helped to highlight priority areas for future capacity strengthening to support further the growth, sustainability, and efficiency of our work.

We are grateful for WACSI's continued support, guidance, and commitment to strengthening the capacity of civil society organizations across West Africa.

As we continue advancing biodiversity conservation and climate action in Liberia, the visit reaffirmed the importance of investing in strong institutional systems and capacities that ensure long-term sustainability, effectiveness, and meaningful impact in the communities we serve.

16/06/2026

🌱 Young people are already restoring ecosystems, defending territories, conserving species, building community, and shaping policy.

The challenge isn't a lack of action. It's a lack of funding.

New research from 161 youth-led initiatives across 57 countries shows how underinvestment in youth-led biodiversity work is holding back both young leaders and the wider conservation movement.

💚 The question isn't whether funding youth is risky.

It's whether we can afford the risks of *not* funding them.

🔗 Read the full Ecologies of Empowerment report: https://bit.ly/Full-Report-Ecologies-of-Empowerment

🔗 Read the Executive Summary: https://bit.ly/Executive-Summary-Ecologies-of-Empowerment

05/06/2026

🌍 Nature sustains life.
This World Environment Day, let's protect the forests, rivers, and ecosystems that support our communities and future.
💚 Protect Nature. Protect People.

04/06/2026

🌿 WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY COMPETITION 🌿

Theme: Inspired by Nature. For Climate. For Our Future.

LYBN is calling all young people aged 15–35 to take part in our creative competition!

❓ What inspires you to take climate action and Protect Nature ?

Share a photo, video, artwork, or short story showing what inspires you to protect nature and fight climate change.

📲 How to enter:

• Post on Facebook, Instagram, X, or TikTok
• Use
• Tag Liberian Youth Biodiversity Network (LYBN)
• Get your friends to like, comment, and share.

🏆 Amazing prizes to be won!
🥇 Climate Champion Award
🥈 Environmental Leadership Award
🥉 Nature Advocate Award

⏰ Deadline: Monday, June 8, 2026
Let your voice, creativity, and passion for nature be seen and rewarded. 🌍✨

30/05/2026

Call for Applications: COP17 YOUTH DELEGATION 🌿

The Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN) is bringing youth voices to COP17 in Yerevan, Armenia, from October 17–31, 2026 🇦🇲
This is your chance to be part of the global conversation on biodiversity! 🌱🌍

If you're 18–35 and committed to protecting biodiversity, advocating for youth participation, and creating transformative change, we encourage you to apply.

By joining the youth delegation, you'll connect with young leaders from around the world, deepen your understanding of global biodiversity policy, and help shape the future implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF).

Bring your voice to international platforms and showcase how local action can drive global change for biodiversity. 💚
🌱 Learn
🤲🏾 Connect
📢 Advocate
🌍 Take action for biodiversity
📅 Apply by June 30, 2026
🔗 Apply now: https://bit.ly/YouthCOP17 or SCAN the code

Don't miss your chance to join youth from around the world at COP17 in Armenia!

26/05/2026

Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN) is launching a new online learning journey titled “Nurturing Collective Transformations: Learning and Unlearning in Harmony with Nature.”

This is a free four‑session training series organised in celebration of the International Day for Biodiversity 2026, bringing together young people from around the world to explore biodiversity, socio‑ecological challenges, and pathways for collective action and transformative change.

Key details:

Session 1: The Web of Life – 30 May (13:30 UTC)
Session 2: The Social-Ecological Crises – 13 June (13:30 UTC)
Session 3: Pathways for Transformations – 11 July (13:30 UTC)
Session 4: Collective Action – Date to be confirmed (13:30 UTC)
Participants who complete all sessions will receive a certificate. The training is conducted online, free of charge, and includes language support in Spanish and French.

👉 Registration link:

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: GYBN Nurturing Collective Transformations Training Series 2026. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.