Un­der the the­me In­spi­ra­ti­on for Ac­tion, the se­cond World Bio­di­ver­si­ty Fo­rum will bring to­ge­ther re­se­ar­chers across all di­sci­pli­nes of bio­di­ver­si­ty sci­ence with prac­ti­tio­ners and so­cietal ac­tors in a fo­rum that of­fers in­spi­ra­ti­on and ex­amp­les for ac­tions and so­lu­ti­ons to con­ser­ve bio­di­ver­si­ty, and set us on a path towards trans­for­ma­ti­on for su­staina­bi­li­ty.