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

After the disappointment of Colombia, the fact that a global agreement on funding for nature conservation has been reached in Rome is certainly good news. But the most important challenge is to secure and ensure that funding is distributed fairly and equitably over the next five years in order to develop the Global Biodiversity Framework.

The Framework must not be a mere declaration of intent; we can no longer afford to do so. It must move forward and succeed in halting the decline in biodiversity. In a global system full of uncertainties and conflicts, the available financial resources, which are still insufficient, must be used in a very effective and fair way, guaranteeing direct access to indigenous peoples and local communities, who have a key role in biodiversity conservation.