UN Biodiversity Conference in Armenia will negotiate about ways to boost implementation of biodiversity targets

The common global biodiversity targets (the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework) were adopted in 2022. The targets include the conservation of at least 30 per cent of the world’s terrestrial and marine areas and restoration of at least 30 per cent of areas of degraded ecosystems by 2030. The aim is to halt biodiversity loss and put the state of nature on a path to recovery by 2030. The Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity in Yerevan, Armenia will discuss the first global review of collective progress in the implementation of the biodiversity targets. According to the review, actions to safeguard biological diversity have been increased but the current development is not enough to reach the targets for 2030. The conference will aim to agree on measures by which the implementation can be accelerated and strengthened. “We have agreed on the international biodiversity targets together but achieving them requires practical actions to improve the state of nature. In Yerevan, decisions should be made that boost the implementation and strengthen the way biodiversity is taken into account in all sectors of society,” Minister of Climate and the...