{"id":4875,"date":"2022-12-22T21:05:16","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T18:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/?p=4875"},"modified":"2022-12-22T21:06:01","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T18:06:01","slug":"cop15-ends-with-landmark-biodiversity-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/news\/cop15-ends-with-landmark-biodiversity-agreement","title":{"rendered":"COP15 ends with landmark biodiversity agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"

The United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15<\/a>) ended in Montreal, Canada, on 19 December 2022 with a\u00a0landmark agreement<\/a>\u00a0to guide global action on nature through to 2030. Representatives from 188 governments have been gathered in Montreal for the past two weeks for the important summit.<\/p>\n

Chaired by China and hosted by Canada, COP 15 resulted in the adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) on the last day of negotiations. The GBF aims to address biodiversity loss, restore ecosystems and protect indigenous rights. The plan includes concrete measures to halt and reverse nature loss, including putting 30 per cent of the planet and 30 per cent of degraded ecosystems<\/a> under protection by 2030. It also contains proposals to increase finance to developing<\/a> countries \u2013 a major sticking point during talks.<\/p>\n

The stakes could not be higher: the planet is experiencing a dangerous decline in nature as a result of human activity. It is experiencing its\u00a0largest loss of life since the dinosaurs<\/a>. One million plant and animal species are now threatened with extinction, many within decades.<\/p>\n

The Global Biodiversity<\/a> Framework<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nThe Global Biodiversity<\/a> Framework is adopted at COP 15. Photo by CBD<\/em><\/p>\n

The GBF consists of four overarching global goals to protect nature, including: halting human-induced extinction of threatened species and reducing the rate of extinction of all species tenfold by 2050; sustainable use and management of biodiversity to ensure that nature\u2019s contributions to people are valued<\/a>, maintained and enhanced; fair sharing of the benefits from the utilization of genetic resources, and digital sequence information on genetic resources; and that adequate means of implementing the GBF be accessible to all Parties, particularly Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States.<\/p>\n

United Nations<\/a> Environment Program (UNEP) Executive Director, Inger Andersen, emphasized that implementation is now key: \u201cSuccess will be measured by our rapid and consistent progress in implementing what we have agreed to. The entire UN system is geared to support<\/a> its implementation so we can truly make peace with nature.\u201d<\/p>\n

The GBF also features 23 targets to achieve by 2030, including:<\/p>\n