The 1st Forum was held 15-19 March 2006 in Curitiba, Brazil back-to-with with COP 8, under the theme: “Biodiversity – The Megascience in Focus
The 2nd Forum was held at COP 9, 13-16 May 2008 in Bonn, under the theme: “Biodiversity Research – Safeguarding the Future”
The 3rd Forum was held 1-2 December 2016 in Cancun just prior to COP 13, under the theme: “Mainstreaming biodiversity for well-being: Contributions from Science”
The 4th Forum was held 23-24 November 2018 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, at COP-14, under the theme – “Towards living in harmony with nature by 2050: A Science-Policy Dialogue”
The 5th Forum for Biodiversity and the Eighth International Conference on Sustainability Science was held from 13-23 April 2021, virtually
The 8th International Conference on Sustainability Science was held from 18-20 January 2022, virtually
The 5th Science-Policy Forum for Biodiversity and the 8th International Conference on Sustainability Science from 11 December - 12 December, 2022 virtually