February 24, 2023
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This week the UK government is holding a meeting to discuss generating more finance to conserve and restore nature.
The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework: Business as usual or a turning point?
The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF)1 was adopted during the 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) at 3:30 a.m. on the morning of December 19, 2022, against a backdrop of protests by African countries. This mirrored the fractious context of conservation over the last century and recent decades, and the 3.5 years of negotiation of the GBF leading up to COP15.
January 19, 2023
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Despite a wealth of biodiversity laws operating at every scale of governance, the world’s rich diversity of plants, animals, and ecosystems is disappearing.
January 13, 2023
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The SIDS Coalition for Nature, led by Cabo Verde, Samoa and Seychelles, will advocate for enhanced means of implementing ambitious biodiversity objectives in Small Island Developing States. The advocacy by the three SIDS member states was announced in a media release issued by the SDG Knowledge H
January 13, 2023
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COP15 biodiversity negotiations ended in Montreal with parties agreeing to ambitious global goals to conserve land and oceans, but failing to mobilise the funds requested by developing countries. Early on 19 December in Montreal, negotiations at the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP1
Summary of the UN Biodiversity Conference: 7-19 December 2022
The first part of the UN Biodiversity Conference convened virtually from 11-15 October 2021, with a limited number of delegates physically present in Kunming, China.
January 12, 2023
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There was no small sense of relief last month when the two-week United Nations Biodiversity Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity ended. It wasn’t just because it was around 3:30 a.m. in Montreal on Dec. 19 when the event (known more commonly as COP15) concluded.
December 9, 2022
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The UN biodiversity conference now meeting in Montreal is considering a proposal to commit to putting 30 percent of land and sea under protection by 2030. Some ecologists warn that focusing too much on the size of protected areas risks missing what most needs saving.
December 9, 2022
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High-stakes biodiversity talks opened in Montreal Wednesday, amid calls for a "peace pact with nature" to save the planet's species and ecosystems from irreversible human destruction.
December 9, 2022
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Human activities are threatening the survival of many species. One way for communities, agencies and the government to stop the loss of biodiversity and rescue endangered species is through habitat protection.