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#1353632022-07-15
Elizabeth Mrema: ‘A lot still has to be done for a biodiversity agreement’
After two years of postponements and a change in format, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity’s COP15 biodiversity talks will now take place in Montreal, Canada, this December. There is still much work to do in the coming months, if countries are to secure a new global agreement on protecti ...
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#1351422022-06-30
Scientists warn deal to save biodiversity is in jeopardy
Some conservation scientists are warning that a global deal to protect the environment is under threat after negotiations stalled during international talks in Nairobi last week. They are calling on global leaders to rescue the talks — and biodiversity — from the brink. Others are more hopeful t ...
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#1351432022-06-30
Global Biodiversity Framework Talks Achieve “Varying Levels of Progress”
The Open-ended Working Group on the post-2020 global biodiversity framework (GBF), charged by the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) with developing a “new set of global goals and targets to guide parties towards a nature-positive future,” achieved pr ...
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#1341072022-04-18
Locally-Led Action Essential for Achieving Global Biodiversity Goals
One month from today, negotiators from around the world will meet in Geneva for crucial preparatory talks on the new global biodiversity framework. The framework aims to halt and reverse our current catastrophic loss of biodiversity.
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#1339332022-04-06
Global biodiversity deal running short on time and ambition
Negotiators and observers left the latest meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) with renewed momentum but with many issues still unresolved, including how to find the missing US$700 billion needed annually to protect and restore nature.
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#1339082022-04-01
Funding battles stymie ambitious plan to protect global biodiversity
Scientists are frustrated with countries’ progress towards inking a new deal to protect the natural world. Government officials from around the globe met in Geneva, Switzerland, on 14–29 March to find common ground on a draft of the deal, known as the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, but ...
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#1339012022-03-31
COP15: Key outcomes for nature loss and climate change from UN talks in Geneva
Preparatory talks for a major UN biodiversity summit, COP15, came to a close in Geneva on Tuesday evening, with countries agreeing to meet again in Nairobi in an attempt to solve issues surrounding a global deal to reverse nature loss.
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#1337952022-03-08
Call for SA to join 30% conservation target to stem nature loss, climate change
Scientists, conservationists and youth leaders are calling on the government to back a draft United Nations target to double globally protected areas to stem the loss of nature and reduce the effects of climate change.
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#1331432022-02-11
Conservation has a Human Rights Problem. Can the New UN Biodiversity Plan Solve it?
For decades, if not centuries, Maasai cattle farmers in Northern Tanzania have reared their animals alongside iconic wildlife species like cheetahs, lions and black rhinos.
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#1326742022-01-20
Scientists Worldwide Call for Immediate Action to Reverse Biodiversity Loss Under 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
Halting, then reversing the dangerous ongoing loss of Earth's plant and animal diversity requires far more than an expanded global system of protected areas of land and seas, scientists warned.
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#1326802022-01-20
Scientists Express Need for Transformative Changes To Halt Biodiversity Loss
More than 50 scientists from 23 countries came together to deliver to governments a synthesis of the science informing and underpinning 21 targets laid out in Aichi Biodiversity Targets. These 21 targets are referred to as post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) and are part of the UN Conv ...
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#1326162022-01-19
Biodiversity faces its make-or-break year, and research will be key
Biodiversity is being lost at a rate not seen since the last mass extinction. But the United Nations decade-old plan to slow down and eventually stop the decline of species and ecosystems by 2020 has failed. Most of the plan’s 20 targets — known as the Aichi Biodiversity Targets — have not been met.
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#1326562022-01-19
Reversing destruction of biodiversity should be top priority
Over 50 experts say reversing biodiversity loss will take take more than placing protection on land and sea zones. Setting aside 30% of the worlds land and oceans is just measure one of the 21 targets in the first draft of the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), however experts are saying even ...
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#1323452022-01-06
2-day South Asian Consultation on Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework begins
New Delhi : A two-day meeting of the South Asian Consultation Meeting on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework was held in New Delhi today.
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#1321492021-12-13
Conservation and food production must work in tandem, new study says
Strictly protecting 30% of Earth’s land and sea by 2030 would result in food production shortfalls, and would render a fifth of mammals and a third of birds at high risk of extinction, according to a new study.
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#1320112021-12-02
UN Biodiversity Convention postpones in-person resumed sessions of its two subsidiary bodies and working group on post-2020 global biodiversity framework
Uncertainties posed by the Omicron variant and resulting travel measures and restrictions force postponement of physical meetings of resumed sessions for SBSTTA-24, SBI-3 and WG2020-3, scheduled to be held in Geneva in January 2022
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#1319652021-11-29
From ambition to biodiversity action: Time to hold actors accountable
To achieve global goals for biodiversity conservation, national level implementation must be significantly improved. National policy instruments need to precisely define effective actions and the actors responsible for implementation. Accountability needs to be ensured through systematic monitor ...
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#1319572021-11-26
From Ambition To Biodiversity Action: Time To Hold Actors Accountable
“A new framework that does not ensure accountability is doomed to failure. We need systematic and effective real-time monitoring: it is time to hold actors accountable.”
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#1319632021-11-26
Island conservationists identify key barriers to meeting biodiversity targets
The failure to meet global biodiversity targets clearly indicates the need for more effective biodiversity management and conservation efforts, and this in turn requires better understanding of the current barriers to success.
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#1319312021-11-19
Analysis: Nature-pact goal to protect 30% of land and ocean hangs in balance
The central pledge of a planned new global nature pact - to protect 30% of the planet's land and seas - is in doubt, with some biodiversity-rich nations refusing to commit because of jitters over funding and implementation, officials have warned.
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#1312312021-10-28
UK will 'pause' publication of data showing biodiversity in decline
Conservationists have criticised the UK government for its decision to temporarily stop publishing new data on the state of the country’s wildlife and habitats in 2022, the same year as a landmark UN biodiversity summit.
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#1310612021-10-22
The Kunming Declaration & Biodiversity Fund Set a Path toward a More Just Global Biodiversity Framework
In August 2019, in the middle of heavy monsoon rain and floods, my sister Sudakshina Sen (an avid wildlife photographer) and I arrived at the Western Ghats in southwest India, a global biodiversity hotspot.
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#1309292021-10-19
Biodiversity: world leaders are negotiating new targets to protect nature by 2030 – the story so far
This online event will be followed by an in-person one in Geneva in January 2022, and negotiations will formally end in April 2022 in Kunming, China, where the world will agree a post-2020 global biodiversity framework with targets for the next decade.Most countries 196 in total, with the US bei ...
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#1305422021-09-23
78 financial institutions managing more than $10 trillion in assets urging governments to halt & reverse biodiversity loss.
Together with Ceres, Inc., the Public Policy Advocacy working group of the Finance for Biodiversity Foundation coordinated this statement directed to the Global Biodiversity Framework negotiating governments ahead of COP15
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#1305032021-09-22
Investors call for stronger global biodiversity framework to be delivered at COP15
A group of investors worth more than $10.6trn in assets under management has issued a statement ahead of the Convention on Biological Diversity's COP15 next month, calling for heightened global action to end deforestation and ensure sustainable land use.
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#1303562021-09-13
From Marseille to Kunming, all eyes on post-2020 global biodiversity framework
A series of resolutions and commitments were adopted by the Seventh World Conservation Congress (WCC) that closed on Friday in French port city of Marseille and online, calling for efforts to address climate and biodiversity emergencies.
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#1303532021-09-09
Closing the Nature-Finance Gap
Although the biodiversity crisis is intimately linked to the climate one, the financing to address it is woefully inadequate. With a new global biodiversity plan now in the works, the world has an opportunity – and a duty – to start making up for lost time.
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#1302642021-09-03
TRAFFIC calls for robust targets, indicators and financial commitments in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
As governments continued discussions on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework under the Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD) Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) and deliberated new targets to replace the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, TRAFFIC welcomed progress on finalising the Framework bu ...
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#1302112021-09-01
Egypt Exerted Tireless Efforts to Develop Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework - Minister
Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad said Egypt has exerted tireless efforts as the President of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 14) to develop the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, despite the critical conditions that the world faced given the b ...
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#1302122021-09-01
Ethiopia: Post-2020 Biodiversity Framework Aims to End Biodiversity Crises
The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has enacted a new draft on biodiversity, The Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework which is expected to be adopted during the 15th Conference of Parties on biodiversity (COP 15) in China. The aim of the framework is to halt the loss o ...
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#1301492021-08-31
Should 30% Of Earth’s Land and Sea Areas Be Conserved?
The statistics paint a grim picture: Accelerating species losses, 10 million hectares (25 million acres) of forest destroyed every year, apocalyptic declines in the abundance of some wildlife. The planet is in a biodiversity crisis, with some scientists saying if we keep it up, we may tip into a ...
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#1301502021-08-31
Indonesia supports steps for negotiating biodiversity framework
Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya stressed that Indonesia will consistently support steps for negotiating the biodiversity framework on account of the nation's profuse biodiversity.
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#1301512021-08-31
China pushes new global biodiversity fund to help secure nature accord
Developing nations say they need more finance to conserve their natural environments—and China has floated the idea of a fund to channel billions of dollars to protect biodiversity.
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#1301522021-08-31
Secretary-General calls for bold action to end biodiversity crisis
With one million species at risk of extinction, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday called for greater leadership and political will to end the biodiversity crisis.
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#1301192021-08-24
Delegates hash out UN biodiversity goals online
Paris: Country delegates met online on Monday to start tackling a draft agreement for the pandemic-delayed COP15 global summit on biodiversity, days after the new summit date of April 2022 was set.
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#1301202021-08-24
Unprecedented loss of biodiversity: A million species under threat but there are ways to conserve earth’s living systems
Human-induced climate change isn’t just warming the planet to dangerous levels, it’s also threatening the living systems that depend on a stable climate. Add to that centuries of our plundering the natural world for resources and, according to the first draft of a Biodiversity Convention report, ...
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#1301442021-08-24
Pre COP Biodiversity 2021 Calls For Bold Actions On Land Restoration
An integrated approach and bold measures must be taken to reverse nature loss in the next decade, said Iván Duque Márquez, President of Colombia, during the high-level event at the hybrid Biodiversity PreCOP, on 30th August. Running from the 23rd August to 3rd September the Pre Cop aims to discu ...
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#1300952021-08-20
UN’s draft plan to protect nature must be amended to put human rights at centre
The UN's draft plan to preserve and protect nature must be amended to put human rights at its centre if we are to ensure the future of life on our planet, David Boyd, UN special rapporteur on human rights and environment, said today.
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#1300002021-08-18
A global deal for nature is a chance for China to show historic global leadership
If we needed more proof of our biodiversity crisis, a herd of wild elephants marching through China has been doing the job in the most heart-warming way possible.
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#1300352021-08-18
Human rights must be at heart of UN plan to save planet – expert
The UN’s draft plan to preserve and protect nature must be amended to put human rights at its centre if we are to ensure the future of life on our planet, David Boyd, UN special rapporteur on human rights and environment, said today.
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#1299752021-08-16
New global biodiversity goals must take these key lessons into account
A framework to help countries develop national strategies for the conservation and sustainable use of their natural resources is nearing completion. The so-called 'post-2020' global biodiversity framework will provide goals and targets to stem and reverse the decline in nature until 2050.
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#1299222021-08-13
A spotlight on mountains in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
This message was delivered at a webinar on “Towards the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework: Retrospective reflection and setting priority actions for the mountains” organized by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD).
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#1299382021-08-13
What’s on the horizon for the upcoming Post-2020 Biodiversity Framework
In the early 19th century, when Europeans began to settle on the island of Tasmania, around 5,000 of the striped, dog-sized creatures known as Tasmanian tigers roamed the landscape.
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#1299472021-08-13
Integrate biodiversity targets from local to global levels
Decisions to be made at the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will shape biodiversity conservation approaches for the next 30 years, a critical time for the future of nature and people.
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#1298252021-08-09
One way India could help both landowners and wildlife is by encouraging agroforestry
The United Nations declared the decade of 2021-2030 as the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. The UN Convention on Biological Diversity recently released the first draft of a new framework in the run-up to the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15) where the next set of global biodiversity targets fo ...
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#1296972021-07-27
Biodiversity needs every tool in the box: use OECMs
Global support is growing for the 30 × 30 movement — a goal to conserve 30% of the planet by 2030. In May, the G7 group of wealthy nations endorsed the commitment to this target that had been made by more than 50 countries in January. It is likely to be the headline goal when parties to the Conv ...
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#1296782021-07-26
New Global Biodiversity Framework Seeks To Bring ‘Humanity In Harmony With Nature’
The Secretariat of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has published the first official draft of a new global framework for biodiversity to guide actions to conserve and protect nature and its basic services to humans by 2030.
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#1296802021-07-26
Nature’s Paris moment: does the global bid to stem wildlife decline go far enough?
Can nature have its own Paris moment? It’s the question facing countries negotiating a new United Nations agreement aimed at stemming the global loss of wildlife.Last week, the UN convention on biological diversity released the latest draft of an agreement that would unite countries behind a sha ...
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#1295682021-07-21
5 things you need to know about the new global framework to manage nature
Climate action failure, biodiversity loss and infectious diseases counted as the top three risks in the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report. It is imperative that leaders and citizens alike adopt a systems view for the economic and societal transformation needed today so we build the worl ...
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#1295932021-07-21
EU environment ministers on new post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and pollinator protection
On the second day of the informal meeting of EU environment and climate change ministers in Slovenia, discussions addressed the new proposal of global targets for the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. The ministers also discussed the challenges of jointly strengthening pollinator protecti ...
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#1295442021-07-13
New global framework to manage nature through 2030
The UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Secretariat has released the first official draft of a new Global Biodiversity Framework to guide actions worldwide through 2030 to preserve and protect nature and its essential services to people.
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#1295162021-07-12
New Global Framework for Managing Nature Through 2030: 1st Detailed Draft Agreement Debuts
Still a work in progress, the Global Biodiversity Framework will ultimately advance to UN Convention on Biological Diversity’s COP15 for consideration by 196 member parties. 21 targets, 10 ‘milestones’ proposed for 2030 en route to ‘living in harmony with nature’ by 2050; Include conserving and ...
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#1295172021-07-12
Draft UN biodiversity agreement falls short, says WWF
In response to the publication today of the first draft of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, WWF expresses concern that the world is failing to adequately respond to the nature crisis, thereby also jeopardising our ability to tackle the climate crisis and endangering the resources we ...
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#1295322021-07-12
UN: $200 billion increase in fund flow to developing countries for managing nature
The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has demanded an additional $200 billion fund flow to developing countries from various sources to manage nature through 2030. It is one of many demands and targets that have been set through 2030 in the just-released official draft of a ...
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#1295332021-07-12
UN plan would protect 30% of oceans and land to stem extinctions
Nearly a third of the world’s oceans and land should be protected by 2030 to stem extinctions and ensure humanity lives in harmony with nature. That is the suggestion from 195 countries in a proposed United Nations plan to tackle the global destruction of nature.
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#1295362021-07-12
UN says protect 30% of land, oceans as biodiversity goals unveiled
The United Nations (UN) on Monday unveiled the first draft text that will form the heart of forthcoming summit negotiations aimed at preserving at least 30 per cent of land and oceans and a host of other biodiversity targets.
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#1295112021-07-09
‘Change is coming’: UN sets out Paris-style plan to cut extinction rate tenfold
Eliminating plastic pollution, reducing pesticide use by two-thirds, halving the rate of invasive species introduction and eliminating $500bn (£360bn) of harmful environmental government subsidies a year are among the targets in a new draft of a Paris-style UN agreement for biodiversity loss.
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#1294662021-07-07
Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework: ‘Implementation needs more resources’
Developing countries will need resources for proper implementation of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, which will include financial support and technology transfer, said ASEAN member states July 5, 2021.
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#1293072021-06-14
Australia joins global biodiversity alliance
The Australian Conservation Foundation has welcomed the Morrison government’s recognition of the need for a strong global agreement at this year’s UN biodiversity conference with its decision to join the High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People.
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#1289192021-05-31
World Met Target For Protected Area Coverage On Land, But Quality Must Improve
The international community has made major progress towards the global target on protected and conserved area coverage, but has fallen far short on its commitments on the quality of these areas, according to a new report from the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNE ...
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#1288682021-05-26
Experts show mixed confidence in multilateral cooperation to tackle common global issues
May 22 marks the International Day for Biological Diversity in 2021, against the backdrop of a complicated geopolitical landscape amid a global economic recovery, experts suggest that China could leverage more innovative, cost-effective factors while developing renewable energy.
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#1288052021-05-25
Human rights must be at heart of new biodiversity framework, experts say
The planet’s wildlife is disappearing at unprecedented rates and ecosystems are deteriorating rapidly, according to a growing number of studies. This is why the world’s largest biodiversity conference, COP15, taking place later this year, could be an important moment for the planet.
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#1287032021-05-17
Germany launches $1 billion biodiversity fund after world misses targets
Germany has launched a $1 billion fund which aims to halt global biodiversity loss and provide long-term financial support for protected areas across three continents.
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#1280632021-04-14
Momentum is building for a ‘robust’ biodiversity framework: Q&A with Elizabeth Mrema
2020 was supposed to be the year for evaluating the past decade’s progress in meeting biodiversity conservation targets and setting the agenda for the next decade. But then the pandemic hit, plunging the world into hardship and uncertainty, prompting postponements of global meetings, and pushing ...
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#1271592021-02-18
Post-2020 global biodiversity framework must focus on sustainable use, strong indicators and the links with human health
With governments meeting this week to discuss targets and indicators for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, TRAFFIC urges Parties to strengthen global efforts to ensure trade and use of species is legal, at sustainable levels and safe, and effectively measure progress on the implementa ...
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#1268512021-02-03
New approaches needed to protect biodiversity as Aichi Targets go unmet
As the planet continues its trajectory into what some have dubbed “the sixth mass extinction,” the diversity of life is on Earth is at risk. The Aichi Biodiversity Targets were established by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in an effort to protect and conserve the biodiversity that ...
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#1268522021-02-03
New targets to protect biodiversity must include farmers and agriculture
The UN Convention on Biological Diversity is a treaty that aims to develop national strategies for the conservation and sustainable use of a country’s natural resources, or biological diversity. This is a general strategy that all countries must then adopt at the local level.
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#1268532021-02-03
Study reveals how species once extinct in the wild have bounced back
In 1992, global leaders gathered at a United Nations summit in Rio de Janeiro to sign the landmark Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to promote sustainable development. Eighteen years later, at a summit in Aichi, Japan, representatives of 193 countries followed up on the CBD with a 20-goa ...
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#1267232021-01-27
Avoid repeating old mistakes
Since the founding of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, member states have regularly agreed on global strategies to bring the increasingly rapid loss of biodiversity to a halt. In 2002, the heads of state adopted the so-called 2010 biodiversit ...
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#1266632021-01-19
UNCTAD updates principles to promote biodiversity-friendly trade
Guidelines to help governments, companies and consumers benefit from sustainable trade in precious plants and animals now include elements such as climate resilience and marine biodiversity.
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#1264292020-12-22
Indigenous Leaders want Traditional Knowledge to be Centrepiece of New Global Biodiversity Framework
The picturesque Mahuat River in Dominica is one of 8 communities that make up the Kalinago Territory – a 3,700-acre area on the Caribbean island’s east coast that is home to the Kalinago people, the largest indigenous group in the Eastern Caribbean. It is where 19-year-old Whitney Melinard calls ...
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#1263072020-12-16
Scientists call for a robust goal for species in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
Next year, governments of the world will come together to adopt the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework under the United Nations’ Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Much like the Paris Agreement, with its clear statement on limiting carbon emissions, this framework will establish a se ...
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#1261692020-12-10
Climate Change: Researchers call for robust goal for species in Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
Scientists urge that a clear, unambiguous goal for preventing human-induced species extinctions and stabilising populations must be front and centre in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework – currently formulated draft iterations carry a serious risk of failure.
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#1256822020-11-13
What birds tell us about building a new global framework for nature
As well as quantifying progress (or failure) and highlighting successes and good news stories in relation to the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, data from birds can inform the development and implementation of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and its targets
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#1247462020-03-18
Madagascar off pace to meet Aichi targets, which is bad news for the world
The megadiverse island nation of Madagascar isn’t doing enough to meet the Aichi targets, which means the unique biodiversity of the world’s oldest island remains as imperiled as ever.
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#1247222020-03-17
Trinidad and Tobago Struggles to Meet its Biodiversity Targets
Trinidad and Tobago, like many other signatories to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, had made commitments in 2010, to achieve several biological diversity targets during the decade 2011 to 2020, commonly referred to as the Aichi targets. However, achieving most of those tar ...
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#1246952020-03-16
Rome 2020 : Convention Sur la Diversité Biologique
Presque 50 ans après la déclaration de Stockholm sur l'Environnement en 1972, la prise de conscience collective, sur le danger que court notre planète, est bien réelle. Changement de mode vie, engagement associatif ou à l'échelle de collectivités locales également : chacun tente d'apporter sa pi ...
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#1245962020-03-10
Now Or Never For Saving Our Natural World
The world is at a crossroads. The future of life on our planet – and thus our own – is in jeopardy. Humanity has overreached in its pursuit of affluence. Research shows that we have altered more than 75% of the world’s ice-free land. Over half of the planet’s habitable surface is now used to pro ...
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#1246112020-03-10
African Governments Urged To Take Part In Drafting Of Biodiversty Document
The Acting Executive Secretary for the United Nations Convention on the Bio Diversity (CBD) Ms Elizabeth Maruma Mrema has called on African Governments, to create awareness and take part in the drafting and negotiation of the UN Biodiversty document amongst its’ people. Ms Mrema was speakin ...
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#1246142020-03-10
Humanity’s last chance to save biodiversity?
Coronavirus has forced many to look again at how humanity relates to animals and nature. In Kunming this October, a meeting of importance to all life on the planet will take place: the Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CDB) 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15). It is no exaggeration to des ...
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#1244642020-03-03
Global conservation communities pinning their hopes on new agreement to save nature
Humanity is driving at full speed towards the “abyss of ecosystem collapse”, from local freshwater systems to the global climate, but is blindly ignoring the “warning lights and crash barriers” continuing to ramp up business as usual, says environmental futurist Professor Nick King.
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#1244682020-03-03
So Far, a Business-as-Usual Plan for Transformational Change
ROME, Italy – Last week, the countries of the world gathered in Rome to discuss their collective global response to the alarming IPBES report indicating that we could lose about 1 millions species to extinction within the next few decades and that the Earth’s natural systems were breaking down, ...
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#1242902020-02-21
Five takeaways from the UN’s proposals to protect biodiversity
Dubbed by some the “other COP”, UN negotiations over revised biodiversity targets and a new international framework for nature restoration and conservation (COP15) have not had the same media or political profile as those on climate change
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#1242722020-02-20
A Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework Aims at Reinforcing Efforts to Save World’s Ecosystem
The UN’s highly-touted socio-economic agenda, which lays out an ambitious global plan for “people, planet and prosperity”, has been dominated by “goals, targets and deadlines.” But regrettably, most developing nations are struggling to reach these goals—due largely to a shortfall in much-needed ...