Why are we talking about Biodiversity protection now?



Because the first big push of the year to put the United Nations ’s bold plan to protect biodiversity into practice takes place in the Swiss capital, Bern, between 23 and 25 January.

Introducing the conference, Patricia Kameri-Mbote, Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Law Division, warned that the lack of coordination between the various organizations trying to protect biodiversity is a “critical challenge” that needs to be urgently overcome “as we strive for a world living in harmony with nature by 2050”. A key aim of the conference will be to solve that problem by pulling together the various initiatives taking place across the world.
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Climate change and unsustainable land and water practices are driving drought conditions across the world.

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