At COP15, governments will need to act on the biodiversity crisis by signing an agreement to end its loss, say environmental experts from the David Suzuki Foundation.
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This is what the Foundation announced on Thursday, which announced its participation in COP15 in Montreal from December 7 to 19.
The Foundation, which works on environmental issues in Canada, will participate in the United Nations Conference on Biodiversity from December 7 to 19, to call on the government to halt and reverse the loss of biodiversity by 2030 and to ensure full restoration by 2050.
“Canada is positioning itself as a leader at COP15. But, for this to be true, we must act to halt and reverse the loss of nature here at home. Many forests, oceans, coasts, wetlands and grasslands in Canada need to be restored,” said Jay Ritchlin, general manager, Western Canada in a statement.
The Foundation’s experts present at COP15 want above all an agreement to stop the loss of biodiversity on land and in the oceans.
“In 2019, a report sponsored by the UN[…] recognized that areas protected by indigenous peoples were the healthiest in the world. […] Canada must commit to mending broken bridges in our relationship with nature […] It is time to integrate indigenous knowledge into our relationship with biodiversity,” said Melissa Mollen Dupuis, head of the Forest campaign.
In addition, they hope that Canada will be able to recognize the leading role that indigenous peoples play in the protection of biodiversity.