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Momentum is building for a ‘robust’ biodiversity framework: Q&A with Elizabeth Mrema One of the many impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic has been to rally global ambition for a biodiversity framework that sets the world on a path to a sustainable future, says Elizabeth Maruma Mrema. Mrema, executive secretary of the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), says there’s growing awareness of the importance of biodiversity for everything from food security to the regulation of water and a...

FAO-hosted Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity kicks off 20 April 2021, Rome - The Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) kicked off yesterday with a call to preserve this vast community of living soil organisms and the vital ecosystem services they provide. Soils are one of the main global reservoirs of biodiversity. They host more than 25 percent of the worlds supply of this valued resource from where 95 percent of ...

2021-04-18 02:35:23 GMT2021-04-18 10:35:23(Beijing Time) Xinhua English BEIJING, April 18 (Xinhua) -- China and the United States have issued a joint statement addressing the climate crisis after talks between China Special Envoy for Climate Change Xie Zhenhua and U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry from Thursday to Friday in Shanghai. The following is the full text of the statement: 1. China and the United States are committed to cooperating with each other and with o...

Quechua woman from the Potato Park (Photo: Adam Kerby) Western economics is not only destroying the environment. It is also destroying Indigenous peoples’ holistic development models that ensure balance with nature, and provide alternative paradigms for sustainable development. For many of the world’s 476 million Indigenous peoples, balance and reciprocity (PDF) with nature are fundamental principles that guide all aspects of life. Rather than privileging human economic goals and pursui...

13 April, 2021, 6:00 pm The Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) aims to simulate urgent and transformative actions by governments and the public, says director for environment, Sandeep Singh. She said the framework built on the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, aimed at simulating urgent and transformative actions by governments and the public, including indigenous people, local communities, civil society and businesses to achieve its targets and goals. “The development o...

NEW YORK CITY: The recent announcement of the Saudi Green and Middle East Green initiatives came as welcome news to UN officials in a year that has been described by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as “make it or break it” for the planet. Unveiled by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on April 3, the Saudi Green and Middle East Green initiatives are designed to reduce carbon emissions in the region by 60 percent through the use of clean hydrocarbon technologies and the planting of 50 billi...

Efforts to advance biodiversity conservation in China is generally not well understood in the West. But with China set to host the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) this October, China’s conservation initiatives are likely to receive more attention. One of the most established NGOs in China’s conservation sector is the China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF), which was founded in 1985...

Date Time Academic contributes to first global classification of Earth’s ecosystems A University of Plymouth researcher has contributed to the first-ever comprehensive system for classifying and mapping all the ecosystems on Earth. The Global Typology of Ecosystems, published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), is designed to allow for more coordinated and effective approaches to conservation management. It was developed by more than 100 ecosystem scientists represen...

  To meet the goals of the Convention on Biological Diversity, researchers have proposed five strategies for protecting the global ecosystem. Responding to calls to rethink the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the world’s blueprint for the next decade of biodiversity conservation and management, researchers at the China Programme of World Agroforestry (ICRAF) and the Kunming Institute of Botany have published a new paper describing five...

The commemoration of World Wildlife Day on 3 March this year has added significance as global stakeholders work towards a new set of targets to preserve nature under the Convention on Biological Diversity. The recently concluded United Nations Environment Assembly provided an opportunity to assess progress in the development of a post-2020 global biodiversity framework and consider African priorities related to biodiversity and development. Advertisement The fifth session of the United Nations ...