Reacción a "COP16 agrees to adopt first global plan to finance nature conservation"

The biodiversity crisis we are experiencing is unfolding on a global scale and therefore mitigation measures must also be global. This is the underlying idea of the UN Conference on Biodiversity. Four months ago, negotiations to establish a funding agreement for nature conservation unfortunately failed at the meeting in Colombia. Despite the initial uncertainty, the new COP16 meeting in Rome represents hope for biodiversity, as this time a consensus has been reached. This consensus includes two fundamental measures. The first is the mobilisation of resources and the creation of mechanisms to finance nature conservation. The second is the creation of a framework for monitoring the agreement reached.

Although not very ambitious, the agreement reached at COP16 in Rome represents a clear roadmap for nature conservation. The next step is to materialise the agreed measures and to do so in a global way, where the whole of society and governments are involved regardless of ideologies. We depend on nature and it is our decision and duty to conserve it.