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IUCN Urges Consensus to Secure UN Biodiversity Deal

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Published 19 December 2022
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"Governments, and indeed all actors, must be responsible for the commitments made and answerable for negatively impacting biodiversity," Oberle said.

Gaps need to be bridged at the ongoing UN biodiversity meeting to secure a global biodiversity deal to halt biodiversity loss, said Bruno Oberle, director of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

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The meeting offers a unique opportunity to set a clear path towards a nature-positive society and economy by 2030, said Oberle.

Currently, the IUCN has over 1,400 member organizations and 15,000 experts. It provides conservation data, assessments and analysis, offers a neutral space for debate and implements conservation projects worldwide.

"A COP simply is a moment when people come together, including governments, NGOs, and journalists, but the work continues between the COPs and at the state level, a lot of implementation work happens. So COP15 is a moment, part of a development," Oberle said, stressing that biodiversity protection is "a long-term process."

To effectively halt biodiversity loss, mechanisms are needed to regularly track how humankind will advance in implementing the action targets under the deal to adapt and change course as needed.

"Governments, and indeed all actors, must be responsible for the commitments made and answerable for negatively impacting biodiversity," Oberle said, pointing out that accountability is the key.

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