Nature is the backbone for maintaining and restoring our balance within planetary boundaries. And yet, are we doing enough to fully ensure that commitments made to conserving and restoring nature are realised through real on the ground actions?
That question may now be moot. The time for discussion is nearing its end. All signs point to concrete action being needed now. No more business-as-usual, because frankly, inaction is not an option.
Post-2020 global biodiversity framework emphasises ‘all-hands-on-deck’ approach
We depend on nature, but are we doing enough to ensure that commitments made to conserving and restoring nature are delivered on the ground? Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity will soon agree the post-2020 global biodiversity framework to guide future conservation, and scale up efforts to make our economies more equitable and sustainable. But governments cannot do this in isolation. Only by working outside silos, and across sectors, can we achieve the targets of an ambitious framework and a life in harmony with nature; writes Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
Elizabeth Maruma Mrema - Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity
05 Sep 2021
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A pod of killer whales surface near the Canadian coast
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