WWF Calls On CBD Delegates To Build Global Alliance To Protect Life On Earth
Delegates who gathered In Nagoya
for a crucial meeting to plan a way forward
to halt dramatic loss of species and natural resources
made little progress
in the first days of the talks but a successful outcome is still possible.
The first week highlighted a split between the developing world, home to the majority of species on earth, and developed countries, which once committed to provide enough funding to protect nature but had failed to deliver enough to make an initial plan work.
According to WWF, a successful outcome is still possible if Ministers of Environment, who are due to arrive for the second week of the talks, pack their luggage full of strong leadership and commitment as they prepare to leave their home countries.
“What we need to see is a global alliance to protect life on earth but what we have seen so far are alarming divisions and a hardening of positions” said Jim Leape, Director General of WWF International.
“Governments need to value nature, from an economic and intrinsic perspective. It is in their interest to come up with a strong outcome.”
Talks stalled on the issues of Access and Benefits Sharing (ABS) of genetic resources, with threats by developing countries to block an agreement on a strategic plan to halt biodiversity loss by 2020 unless ABS is agreed.
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