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20/12/22 08:20 AM IST

Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework adopted

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  • The 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) recently.
Targets of the GBF
  • Protecting at least 30% of the world’s land, water, coastal, and marine areas
  • Restoring at least 30% of degraded terrestrial, inland water, coastal, and marine ecosystems
  • Reducing or eliminating the loss of areas with high biodiversity importance
  • Cutting global food waste in half and reducing overconsumption and waste
  • Reducing the use of pesticides and hazardous chemicals by half
  • Phasing out or reforming subsidies that harm biodiversity by at least USD500 billion per year and scaling up incentives for conservation and sustainable use
  • Mobilizing at least USD200 billion per year in funding from all sources for biodiversity-related causes
  • Increasing international financial flows to developing countries to at least USD20 billion per year by 2025 and at least USD30 billion per year by 2030
  • Preventing the introduction of invasive species and reducing the establishment of other known or potential invasive species
Four Goals
  1. Maintaining, enhancing, or restoring the integrity, connectivity, and resilience of all ecosystems
  2. Halting human-induced extinction of threatened species and reducing the extinction rate and risk of all species
  3. Maintaining genetic diversity within populations of wild and domesticated species
  4. Sustainably using and managing biodiversity and valuing nature’s contributions to people
About GBF
  • The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) is a set of targets adopted by the 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) that aims to address the loss of biodiversity and restore natural ecosystems by 2030.
  • The GBF includes four goals and 23 targets and was agreed upon by representatives of 188 governments.
  • To ensure success, clear indicators have been set to measure progress and countries will be required to report on their progress every five years or less.
Source- DTE

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