Together we create transformative change

An invitation to support SwedBio for the benefit of people and nature

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SwedBio is seeking strategic and diversified investment from September 2026 onward
New funding will further scale proven results and impactful solutions
The timing is right – with COP17 under the UN Convention on Biological Diversity just around the corner in October 2026

As the global funding landscape evolves, SwedBio is seeking strategic and diversified investments from September 2026 onward. They will be used to amplify and scale longstanding partnerships, addressing biodiversity loss, the climate crisis, and deepening inequalities.

“We are looking for donors interested in taking onboard parts of the SwedBio programme, or who see a potential in including the entire SwedBio programme in their portfolio” – Sara Elfstrand, interim director of SwedBio explains.

At a time of accelerating climate change, ecological breakdown, deepening inequalities, and shrinking space for rights-based and inclusive approaches – the question is no longer whether transformative change is needed, but how it can be enabled in practice.

“We see the coming years until 2030 as a decisive window for shaping a more just and sustainable future. New funding would give us and partner organisations a chance to further scale proven results and impactful solutions in support of transformative change,”o see a potential in including the entire SwedBio programme in their portfolio.” – Elfstrand adds.

Strong global biodiversity and climate ambition must be matched with implementation that is:

Grounded in local realities
Centered on diverse knowledge systems
Upholding human rights, especially of those who steward land, waters and ecosystems.

Today, these essential conditions are too often missing. Shifts in the global funding landscape make it harder to sustain the long-term, trust-based work required to connect local realities with national and global decision-making processes. Indigenous and local knowledge is rarely taken into account in national and global decision-making. Many rightsholders face barriers that prevent them from participating meaningfully.

SwedBio works to bridge this gap. We operate at the intersection of biodiversity, climate and human rights. For over 20 years, SwedBio has been nurturing collaborative partnerships with Indigenous Peoples, local communities, practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and the private sector. SwedBio supports long-term rights-based initiatives that connect community-level realities with national and global policy processes such as the Convention on Biological Diversity. Since SwedBios’ inception in 2002, we have supported 124 partner organisations in carrying out their initiatives strengthening community-led action and inclusive policy spaces. These strategic collaborations have co-designed effective approaches rooted in justice, reciprocity and respect for all forms of life, and create the conditions for transformative change that is both just and sustainable.

SwedBio facilitates exchange of knowledge and experience to support relevant and effective policy development, as well as the implementation of local, sustainable, scalable, and equitable solutions.

“There is now a timely opportunity for synthesising our results and learnings together with partners to make sure they inform key policy processes and their implementation, starting with COP17 in October 2026, under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and all the way towards the post-2030 biodiversity and climate frameworks.” – Elfstrand concludes. – Elfstrand, concludes.