Participants in the 11th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity have agreed to double resources for “Biodiversity Protection” by 2015.
During the meeting, governments agreed to increase funding in support of actions to halt the rate of loss of biodiversity.
Developed countries agreed to double funding to support efforts in developing states towards meeting the internationally-agreed Biodiversity Targets, and the main goals of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, said an official release issued here Monday.
The Saragasso Sea, the Tonga archipelago and key corals sites off the coast of Brazil were among marine areas to receive special attention by governments as part of renewed efforts to sustainably manage the world`s oceans agreed on in Hyderabad.
Many of the areas are beyond national jurisdictions and, as such, receive little or no protection presently.
Other key decisions taken at the 11th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity included new measures to factor biodiversity into environmental impact assessments linked to infrastructure and other development projects in marine and coastal areas.
“These results, coming in a period of economic crisis, demonstrate that the world is committed to implementing the CBD. We see that governments are moving forward in implementation and seeing biodiversity as an opportunity to be realized more than a problem to be solved,” said Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity which ended Monday. [PNA/IRNA]
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