The UN Biodiversity COP 15 is the biggest UN biodiversity conference in a decade, with the aim to agree on a plan for worldwide action to reverse the alarming trend of biodiversity loss by 2030. This plan is known as the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.
In the past years, an increasing international support and consensus have been registered. However, many issues on the effectiveness and equity of the GBF remain to be agreed upon at the COP.
Specifically, The UN biodiversity convention has three official objectives: the conservation of biodiversity, its sustainable use, and the equitable sharing of the benefits derived from the use of genetic resources. The overall ambition of this edition is to increase protected areas from 15% of land and 7% of the ocean to 30% for both by 2030.
As COP15 brings a greater focus on ways to address the loss of biodiversity, we've launched an a landscape mapping 140+ among startups and NGOs that are tackling are focusing on biodiversity.
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