The global biodiversity framework to save nature must respect, promote and support the rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities if it stands any
Finalizing the new Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) is taking longer than expected and yet another round of negotiations – this time in Nairobi, Kenya – ended without much progress, say members of the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity (IIFB). Indigenous leaders part of the fourth working group meeting are disappointed that the inclusion of language […]
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Indigenous knowledge, people and nature – all crucial to Kunming full transcript
Host [00:00:01]: You are listening to Make Change Happen, the podcast from the International Institute for Environment and Development, IIED. In this episode, host Liz Carlile talks with colleagues and international partners about the concept of biocultural heritage, what it means and why it will be so important in the major 2021 negotiation conferences for both climate change and the Convention on Biological Diversity.
One Planet Summit: No Climate Fix Without Biodiversity By Marlowe HOOD, Laure FILLON
01/11/21 AT 4:47 PM
A UN-backed summit Monday of political leaders and CEOs pledging to reverse the accelerating destruction of the natural world was long on promises and short on cash.
The French-led One Planet Summit, backed by the United Nations and the World Bank, saw more than 50 nations support a plan to create protected areas covering 30 percent of global lands and oceans.
The so-called 30-30 initiative could become the cornerstone of a critical biodiversity meet in Kunming, China, postponed last year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Until now, we have been destroying our planet, abusing it as if we had a spare one, UN chief Antonio Guterres told the One Planet Summit Photo: AFP / Alberto PIZZOLI