COP15: India pushes for new, dedicated fund for biodiversity conservation
As the 196 parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity CBD finalise negotiations for a post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework GBF -- a new set of goals and targets to halt and reverse biodiversity loss -- there have been repeated calls for the inclusion of the CBDR principle in finance-related targets.Addressing the stocktaking plenary at CBD COP15, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said the successful implementation of a post-2020 GBF will depend on the ways and means we put in place for an equally ambitious Resource Mobilisation Mechanism.