The first draft has appeared online of the United Nation’s Post-2020 global biodiversityWhat is the definition of biodiversity? When we ask, what is the definition of biodiversity? It depends on what we want to do with it. The term is widely and commonly misused, leading to significant misinterpretation of the importance of how animals function on Earth and why they matter a great deal, to human survival. Here I will try to More framework. Now all that remains is for member countries to sign up to targets. This will be done during the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties from 11 – 24 October 2021 in Kunming, China. This is the stepping stone towards the UN’s 2050 Vision of “Living in harmony with nature”.
The current report has already been criticised by WWF as lacking ‘both the ambition and urgency required to reverse biodiversity loss and secure a nature-positive world this decade’.
Here is the framework’s theory of change.
The emphasis needs to shift from our threat to nature, to the threat that loss of wildlife poses to nature and therefore, ecosystemsHow ecosystems function An ecosystem is a community of lifeforms that interact in such an optimal way that how ecosystems function best, is when all components (including humans and other animals) can persist and live alongside each other for the longest time possible. Ecosystems are fuelled by the energy created by plants (primary producers) that convert the Sun's heat energy More and our survival.
How can we evolve the @UNBiodiversity #Post2020 so it promotes a positive vision for people & the rest of nature — beyond Control functions & Take Recognition
— Kim Friedman (@kimfriedmans) July 13, 2021
We need to engage the ‘hands & hearts’ of all community, as Environment Ministries cannot deliver expansive change alone pic.twitter.com/zdsFbIZVF9
To convince the world that nature is good for us means understand its role in our lives. And then people have to accept that ecosystems are maintained by animals.
Still too few people accept that animals exist for reasons beyond just something nice, like balls on a Christmas tree.
With the United Nation’s Post-2020 global biodiversity framework, the next few months will nonetheless see the dawn of a new era of environmental concern. This is likely to outshine anything we’ve seen before around climate change. It will be exciting, if not frustrating – so let’s keep up the pressure ; )
