The Brazilian minister of the Environment, Izabella Teixeira, explained yesterday (June 9) in a session at the House of Representatives, in Brasília, the proposals Brazil will present at the United Nations Conference on Biological Diversity, to be held in October in Nagoya (Japan). The minister said that the main objectives of the conference are: conservation of biological diversity; responsible and sustainable use of its components; and the equitable sharing of benefits arising from genetic heritage with traditional communities, which is the main point defended by Brazil and other 16 mega-diverse countries.
"We will try to establish compulsory obligations by the signatories of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) around the actual goals in order to mitigate the loss of biodiversity. The goal by 2020 is to halt the causes that trigger this loss", said the minister.
According to Izabella, the international mobilization around the conservation of biodiversity is not the same as that which exists around the climate issue. She stressed that the challenges faced nearly 20 years after Rio-92 have not been defeated. According to the third edition of the Global Biodiversity Outlook report (GBO3), recently launched by the UN, no country has fully complied with the targets agreed under the CBD.
The session at the House of Representatives was held in order to clarify the political position of the Brazilian government regarding the issue of biodiversity, considered essential to the sustainability of the country and the planet. Representatives of civil society, the productive sector, government agencies and members of the Parliamentary Environmentalist Front took part in the event.
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