Delegations from the 196 participating countries commit to ensuring that areas dedicated to agriculture, aquaculture, fishing and forestry are managed sustainably. Likewise, the pact includes mobilizing 200 billion dollars for the least developed countries.
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The United Nations Conference on Biodiversity, known as COP15, which began on December 7 in Montreal (Canada), enters its final stretchand does it with a historic agreement to protect the planet and stop the loss of biodiversity.
After several years of delay, initially scheduled to be held in 2020 in Kunming (China), the delegations of the 196 participating countries have agreed, among other issues, protect by 2030 at least 30% of the planet’s surface to preserve biodiversity.
They will also ensure that areas dedicated to agriculture, aquaculture, fisheries and forestry are managed sustainably, with a substantial increase in the use of biodiversity-friendly practices; as well as that 30% of the degraded ecosystems will be restored, as a minimum.
The agreement, reached at dawn, also contains the commitment to act on land and sea so that the loss of areas of great importance for biodiversity, including ecosystems of high ecological integrity, approaches zero by 2030, while respecting, at the same time, the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities.
For this, at least 200 billion dollars a year will be allocated, coming from both public and private sources. In addition, under the new agreement, the richer countries will provide at least 20 billion a year (target for 2025) and 30 billion a year (target for 2030) to developing countries for the preservation of their nature.
The parties also commit to halving excess nutrients and the overall risk posed by pesticides and chemicals highly dangerous by 2030 and will work to phase out or reform biodiversity-damaging subsidies by at least $500 billion a year, while increasing incentives for biodiversity conservation and sustainable use.
prevent the arrival of invasive alien species and prevent its establishment in the different geographical areas, is another of the points of the agreement, which also includes halving food waste and significantly reducing excessive consumption and the generation of waste.
The text includes requiring large companies and financial institutions to control, assess and disclose their risks, dependencies and impacts on biodiversity.
Source: Eitb
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