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Biodiversity treaty: UN deal fails to address the root causes of nature’s destruction

1. 'there is a case to be made that international treaties actually deepen environmental destruction by making the problem seem soluble without changing a deeply unsustainable global economic system' ~

@biosec_erc

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@brambuscher

theconversation.com

Global summits to arrest Earth’s deteriorating health look increasingly farcical.

Negotiating the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework - Beastly Business

2. Biodiversity Framework prioritises economic interests: 'we’re once again looking at risks of fortress conservation models being repeated, excluding local communities and indigenous peoples from conservation areas..' ~

@tlappeosthege

@DrAliHutchinson

beastlybusiness.org

Tough negotiations at COP15 lead to post-2020 Biodiversity Framework that prioritises economic interests over broader value systems

Survival International – en français

3. It's no coincidence that corporations are happy with the 30x30 UN deal. Indigenous peoples and local communities flourish alongside and in harmony with species; big business can only mean extinctions and ecosystem collapse.

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Dec 19, 2022

.@LongoFiore, directrice de @survivalfr était l'invitée de @LeMediaTV pour alerter sur le danger que pourrait constituer le projet phare de la COP15 des 30x30.

Vous pouvez voir l’interview en entier ici : youtu.be/AzAKQNi0wmg?t=

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4. The worst possible outcome of COP15: 'The plan to turn 30% of the earth into Protected Areas is based on a deeply unscientific and racist logic' ~

@LongoFiore

Scientific data proves Indigenous people have cared for and protected lands for generations.

africanarguments.org

Why 30x30 would be the worst possible outcome of COP15 | African Arguments

The plan at COP15 to turn 30% of the earth into Protected Areas is based on an deeply unscientific and racist logic.

Biodiversity: 'A victim of global warming and one of the major tools to fight against it'

5. 70% of ecosystems around the world are in a state of degradation, largely due to human activity – a rate of decline described as “unprecedented and dangerous” by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)

france24.com

After the COP27 climate conference, representatives from around the world gathered in Montreal this week for the COP15 meeting dedicated to biodiversity. Scientists say leaders face a crucial...

Scientists uncover evidence of impending tipping point for Earth

6a. 50% Earth’s land surface will be disturbed by 2025...this is close to a global tipping point. "Looking into the past tells us unequivocally that, yes, it can really happen" Extinction experts often prefer to count humans than analyse economic systems.

news.berkeley.edu

UC Berkeley professor Tony Barnosky and 21 scientists from around the world argue in Nature magazine that planet Earth is frighteningly close to a tipping point that would send the globe into a sta…