A Consultative Workshop on Outcomes of the African Ministerial Summit on Biodiversity was held in Nairobi, Kenya on 9 and 10 March 2019 back to back with the Fourth Session of the UN Environment Assembly which took place from 11 to 15 March at UN Environment Headquarters. The workshop was organised by the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) in collaboration the Government of Egypt and with the support of UN Environment and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

This workshop was the first meeting of African countries and other stakeholders after the African Ministerial Summit on Biodiversity and the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity held in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, on 13 November 2018 and 17 - 29 November 2018 respectively. The Summit was held under the theme “Land and ecosystem degradation and restoration: Priorities for increased resilience in Africa” and it also adopted an African Ministerial Declaration on Biodiversity including African Biodiversity Priorities.