by Born Free USA in GNRII on June 04, 2021
Born Free USA joins the UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) in celebrating World Environment Day 2021 on Saturday, June 5. This year’s World Environment Day theme is “Ecosystem Restoration” and the UN will use the opportunity to launch the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.
Born Free USA supports World Environment Day 2021’s theme of “Ecosystem Restoration” because it is a guiding principle for Born Free’s Global Nature Recovery Investment Initiative (GNRII). Will Travers, co-Founder and Executive President of Born Free Foundation in the UK, says, “The prime objective of the GNRII is to make sure nature is heard, valued, recognized, prioritized, and loved as it should be. Through this initiative, we aim to amplify the knowledge and science that lays out how we need to change to ensure nature can recover fully. The priorities of our natural world must be what drives our economic growth.”
by Born Free USA in GNRII on May 21, 2021
Before COVID-19, world leaders and climate activists declared 2020 a “super year for nature” with vital international negotiations scheduled on the biodiversity and climate crises. As the pandemic spread, these negotiations were postponed to 2021, and we are now gearing up for a series of landmark meetings that, together, will set the international policy agenda on climate change and nature for decades to come. Born Free, a global leader in wildlife conservation and wild animal welfare, is working to make 2021 an exceptional year – a year of great ambition and opportunity to drive better outcomes for wild animals and people alike.