Despite rolling out an implementation plan that aligns our White Paper on Conservation with the commitments we made at the last UN Biodiversity Conference, Environment Minister Barbara Creecy does not think we will meet the targets in time – one of which will cost R37-billion to implement.
The industry should focus on how funds are working towards a sustainable future rather than trying to achieve green purity, according to Henrik Pontzen, head of ESG at Union Investment
Amid mixed views of the final form of the 30x30 target agreed at the CBD COP15, Orla Corbisiero and Phil Franks review the reactions of many organisations that support Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IP and LCs) to consider whether the target presents more of an opportunity and less of a threat to IP and LCs than they had anticipated prior to COP15