Kunming Declaration

The Kunming Declaration calls for integrated and urgent measures so as to reflect biodiversity considerations across all the sectors of the global economy, but also critical issues such as financing nature conservation in the poorest countries and commitment to respectful supply of biological diversity.

With the loss of animal and plant species now reaching the highest level scientists, politicians and various other experts are trying to lay the foundations for a new pact to conserve biodiversity.

Highlights

Kunming Declaration’s zero draft was submitted by China to the United Nations. The declaration contains the central concept of ecological civilization which the Chinese Communist Party believes in. The document also calls on the parties to put the protection of biodiversity at the center of their decision-making and to recognize the importance of conserving nature to protect human health. Nations agreeing to this declaration will ensure that post-pandemic recovery strategies, various other plans and programs will contribute to the sustainable use and conservation of biological diversity and promote inclusive and sustainable development.

Previous Agreements

In the year 2010 an agreement was signed in Aichi, Japan. The governments of several countries agreed on 20 different targets to halt the loss of biodiversity and to protect habitats by the year 2020, but none of those agreed upon targets were ever met.

Call from the United Nations

At the heart of the effort to protect nature is a call from the United Nations for countries to protect and preserve 30% of their territories by 2030, but this can prove to be too much for all countries to follow as a lot of countries around the world land-stressed.