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"It’s no secret the world’s wildlife is in dire straits. New data shows a
heatwave in the Pacific Northwest killed more than 1 billion sea creatures in
June, while Australia’s devastating bushfires of 2019-2020 killed or displaced
3 billion animals. Indeed, 1 million species face extinction worldwide.
These numbers are overwhelming, but a serious global commitment can help
reverse current tragic rates of biodiversity loss.
This week the UN’s Convention on Biological Diversity released a draft of its
newest ten-year global plan. Often considered to be the Paris Agreement of
biodiversity, the new plan aims to galvanise planetary scale action to achieve
a world “living in harmony with nature” by 2050.
But if the plan goes ahead in its current form, it will fall short in
safeguarding the wonder of our natural world. This is primarily because it
doesn’t legally bind nations to it, risking the same mistakes made by the last
ten-year plan, which didn’t stop biodiversity decline."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
