'Must act immediately to protect biodiversity

The United Nations and many non-governmental organizations call on countries to act urgently to prevent the decline of ecosystems in this year's International Biodiversity Day.

Two giraffes on the African meadow.Photo: dunzie.com.

Every 22/5 is chosen by the United Nations as the International Biodiversity Day to enhance people's understanding and warnings about ecological issues.

The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) said this year's International Biodiversity Day was held in 11 countries - including Britain, Tunisia, the Philippines, and India - with the theme "Biodiversity , Development and Poverty Reduction ". This topic is especially meaningful this year, because 2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity.

In 2002, parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) are committed to significantly reducing the rate of ecosystem losses to serve the efforts of reducing poverty and protecting life on Earth.

However, a report published by UNEP on April 29 shows that countries do not meet the goals they commit to joining the CBD. Instead, the loss of ecosystems continues to occur at an alarming rate. Pressure on all species, habitats and ecosystems continues to increase.

Since 1970, the number of global animals has decreased by 30%, the area of ​​mangrove and seagrass has decreased by 20%, while the area of ​​coral has decreased by 40%. These numbers set an alarm for governments to take urgent action to protect biodiversity.

Biodiversity protection is also about protecting people, but biodiversity is threatened by choices related to economic development. Reversing this trend is not only something that the world can do and must do to ensure human existence. Global responses to ecological losses and natural conservation strategies need to be strengthened to reverse the current trend of biodiversity loss. Leaders of countries and support from development cooperation activities play an important role in the implementation of the Biodiversity Treaty.

Rolf Hogan, director of biodiversity at the International Fund for Nature Protection (WWF), said: "Governments rarely mention the economic and social benefits of nature in policies and That leads to the destruction of natural ecosystems and our future becoming more fragile.

In the dispatch sent to an important scientific meeting of the Treaty on Biodiversity earlier this week, 24 world NGOs including WWF told governments of countries that they lost defeat because it does not solve the key causes of biological loss.

"The International Day of Biodiversity is considered a reminder to the heads of governments of different countries to pay attention to the proposals of non-governmental organizations, they need to make specific commitments when meeting at Special meeting of the United Nations Council in September, We cannot hope that the Environment ministries will do this alone, and the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity must be received. more profound focus from departments, agencies, agencies and organizations if we intend to prevent the natural disasters 'losses of biodiversity'.