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BEIJING, Nov. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

Environment experts urged related parties to take active actions after the

Kunming Declaration was adopted during the 15th meeting of the Conference of

the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) held in Kunming,

southwest China's Yunnan Province in mid October.

The declaration commits to ensuring the formulation, adoption and

implementation of an effective post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework to

reverse the current loss of biodiversity and ensure that biodiversity is on the

path to recovery by 2030 at the latest, so as to fully meet the 2050 vision of

living in harmony with nature.

Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, CEO and chairperson of Global Environment Facility

told Xinhua previously that the Kunming Declaration will significantly help

advance the agenda on climate and nature conservation.

"The Kunming Declaration will help us not just to generate ambition in the

complex negotiations ahead but will help enormously in narrowing the action gap

between climate and nature conservation," said Rodriguez.

"We need a more integrated approach. COP15 and the Kunming Declaration will

help us move the integration agenda," highlighted Rodriguez.

"The Kunming Declaration shows that countries are aware of the problem.

Biodiversity loss is on par with the climate crisis but needs to be translated

into action. We need to get the actual goals on paper and agreed to," James

Roth, senior vice president for global policy and government affairs at

Conservation International, told Xinhua previously.

"The global community needs to come together to close the biodiversity funding

gap. China's financing commitment will hopefully move other countries to help

close the dramatic funding gap," he said, adding "moreover, the expansion of

protected areas in China should be a motivator for other countries to follow."

Countries have reached the consensus at the ministerial level that biodiversity

loss and other disastrous trends "pose an existential threat to our society,

our culture, our prosperity and our planet," he said, noting "this is a bold

and alarming statement that must serve as a wake-up call."

To that point, the Kunming Declaration connected biodiversity with human health

and well-being, he said. "We cannot view biodiversity as something separate

from our lives. If areas rich in biodiversity are degraded, all of human

civilization will suffer."

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SOURCE:Xinhua Silk Road

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