🌿 Biodiversity Action Forum 2026: Driving Sri Lanka's Nature-Positive Economy

Biodiversity Sri Lanka will host the Biodiversity Action Forum 2026 on August 25 at Shangri-La Colombo. Moving beyond technical sessions, the event aims to translate ecosystem health into a strategic business asset for long-term economic growth, supply chain resilience, and private sector competitiveness. • Strategic Focus & Key Highlights: - Positions biodiversity as a key driver for investment, productivity, and risk mitigation across agriculture, tourism, finance, manufacturing, and exports. - Keynote speeches by Dr. Saurabh Kumar (CII-ITC) and Rohan Pethiyagoda on integrating nature-positive strategies into corporate governance. • Three Core Business Conversations: - The Next Wave of Blue Growth: Harnessing marine resources through sustainable investments, blue finance, and coastal resource management. - Safeguarding the Central Highlands: Protecting montane ecosystems as critical national infrastructure, featuring leaders from plantation management (Hayleys Plantations) and ADB. - Investing, Disclosing & Competing: ESG reporting, nature-positive finance, and corporate governance with insights from the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, KPMG, and Talawakelle Tea Estates PLC. • Actionable Outcomes: - Formulating the Biodiversity Action Agenda 2026 in partnership with Verité Research to establish measurable, joint private-sector initiatives over the next 12 months. - Sponsored by major economic players including Dilmah Ceylon Tea, Hatton National Bank, Cleantech, CDB Finance, DIMO, and Hayleys Plantations.