| A New Biodiversity Strategy for the Twenty-first Century: The Nagoya Summit |
| 10 November 2010 |
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A fundamental step towards a new era for biodiversity conservation was achieved last October 29, at the closing of the 10th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, held in Nagoya (Japan). During the ten-day works, representatives of 193 Countries developed a shared package of measures for environmental protection, thus implementing the objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity which entered into force in1993. The meeting achieved three main goals: the adoption of a new ten year Strategic Plan to guide international and national efforts to save biodiversity; a resource mobilization strategy; and a new international protocol on access to and sharing of the benefits from the use of the genetic resources of the planet. Among the many targets, the signatory Countries agreed to act on preventing the loss of natural areas, to reclaim at least 15% of their degraded lands, and to increase the percentage of protected terrestrial and marine areas, raising them to 17% and 10% respectively. Moreover, the Parties adopted the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from Their Utilization. This long awaited protocol will ensure that biodiversity rich countries will receive a share of the benefits obtained by the exploitation of genetic resources, which is usually carried out by technologically advanced countries. After nearly twenty years of unsatisfactory negotiations a widely shared agreement on biodiversity protection has finally been signed. The protocol is expected to enter into force in 2012, during the next meeting, but the first stone has been laid. For more information please visit:" |
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