Xinhua Silk Road: Environment experts call on active actions of related parties after adoption of Kunming Declaration
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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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