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https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02012023/cop15-biodiversity-agreement/>
"Nearly 200 countries have signed off on an agreement that embeds the promotion
of human rights and the “rights of nature” into a plan to protect and restore
biodiversity through 2030.
The 14-page document, while nonbinding, was adopted on Dec. 19, 2022 at COP15,
a 12-day conference convened in Montreal under the auspices of the U.N.
Convention of Biological Diversity. It is the first international agreement to
give credence to a growing movement that recognizes that nature and everything
it encompasses—from animal and plant species to rivers, mountains and the
soil—possess inherent rights similar to those of human beings.
The accord Is therefore being hailed by some environmentalists as a watershed
moment. Mentions of human rights, Indigenous peoples’ rights, local
communities’ rights and gender equality are also threaded throughout the
document, marking a shift from past biodiversity agreements that skirted the
human rights issue."
Via
Future Crunch:
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https://futurecrunch.com/goodnews-global-democracy-cancer-usa-rhinos-india/>
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
