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Minister Barbara Creecy’s department presents roadmap on how to achieve 23 green targets set by the global ‘Paris Agreement for nature’ framework.  (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

SA’s progress towards international biodiversity targets provide a glimmer of hope

Creecy’s department presents roadmap on how to achieve 23 green targets set by the global ‘Paris Agreement for nature’ framework

Barbara Creecy, Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment. (Photo: Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

SA will push for conservation funds at UN biodiversity summit – Creecy

As a mega-biodiverse country, South Africa has ‘special role’ to play in the negotiations

Despite the country’s globally significant biodiversity, ecosystems across terrestrial, freshwater, estuarine and marine environments are under escalating pressure.

The biodiversity crisis is no less important than the climate crisis

Leaders meeting in Montreal for COP15 must deliberate in a spirit of co-operation for the sake of the planet’s future

The planet is becoming increasingly hostile for wildlife, with new research indicating a 69% decline in populations worldwide.

Living Planet Index: Wildlife populations have declined by 69% since 1970

The index warns that if the world breaches the 1.5°C global warming threshold, the climate crises will be the prevalent reason for biodiversity loss

Rethink: Large subsidies are spent on industries harmful to nature, such as commercial fishing. (Nathan Laine/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Rethink needed on subsidies harmful to nature

The COP15 biodiversity summit in China will assess subsidies that promote unsustainable levels of production such as in the fossil fuel, fishing and agriculture sectors

South Africa calls for global biodiversity fund

The proposal was made during the Cop15 biodiversity conference in China last week when the conference adopted a post-2020 framework to save nature

Rural people are dispossessed and displaced by companies that collect awards for ESG credentials, corporate social investment and sector excellence.
(Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Human rights must be at the heart of global biodiversity framework

The UN special rapporteur on human rights and environment says conservation doesn’t mean ‘pristine wilderness’, free from human inhabitants

The United Nations Decade on Biodiversity has ended, paving way for the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030.
(Nacho Doce/Reuters)

New decade, new empty promises for nature

Draft text released for a post 2020 framework to guide biodiversity recovery as we enter the UN Decade of Restoration