Convention on Biological Diversity in Geneva                                    

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Context: At the ongoing meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity in Geneva, delegates from 190 countries are finalising a global plan to stop the biodiversity loss.

• In 2019, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) released the first Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, which stated that one million animal and plant species face extinction, and thousands of these would become extinct within decades.
• According to the draft being discussed, the Goal A of the post-2020 global framework includes
  • increasing of at least 15 per cent in the area
  • connectivity and integrity of natural ecosystems;
  • decreasing the rate of extinctions by at least tenfold;
  • halving the risk of species extinctions; and
  • safeguarding the genetic diversity of wild and domesticated species by maintaining at least 90 per cent of genetic diversity within all species.

About United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

• CBD is a legally binding Convention recognized for the first time, that the conservation of biological diversity is “a common concern of humankind” and is an integral part of the development process.
• The agreement covers all ecosystems, species, and genetic resources.

Objectives

• The conservation of biodiversity
• Sustainable use of the components of biodiversity
• Sharing the benefits arising from the commercial and other utilization of genetic resources in a fair and equitable way
• It acknowledges that substantial investments are required to conserve biological diversity.

https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/wildlife-biodiversity/geneva-biodiversity-conference-countries-debate-aspirational-goals-amid-unprecedented-biodiversity-loss-81991