Serves as the National Biodiversity Center, develops Korea’s National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plans (NBSAPs), monitors and reviews the implementation of the country’s NBSAPs, prepares the country’s national report, participates in international discussions, including the CBD and CITES meetings, as one of the country’s representatives, and responds to relevant issues strategically

Supports corporate nature-related disclosure efforts, advances research on biodiversity finance, delivers biodiversity-related ODA projects, and coordinates strategic engagement with international biodiversity agreements and conventions.

Builds a comprehensive information system on flora and fauna of the Korean Peninsula, including information of species and specimens and uses of species, and operates the country’s CBD Clearing House Mechanism, called CBD-CHM Korea, which is a biodiversity information sharing system

Builds and operates an information management system on imported or exported wild animals and plants, ranging from import or export, entry, transfer of ownership and captivity of wild animals and plants.