The XXV. Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15)
meet in Montreal, Canada.
MONTREAL, 6th December (RHC)– The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) on Tuesday expressed concern over the slow progress of technical negotiations to be held in this Canadian city ahead of the start of COP15 tomorrow.
For three days (from December 3rd to 5th) these preparatory meetings for the XXV. Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15), which was attended by negotiators from around the world to try to come up with a blueprint for the global biodiversity framework.
According to the Fund, there has been progress on key goals to consolidate a rights-based approach within the framework, with a focus on indigenous peoples and local communities, and protecting environmentalists.
However, negotiations stalled as talks moved to more technically complicated issues, such as equitable sharing of benefits from genetic sequences and sectors deemed most harmful to nature.
“What we’re noticing is a repetition of firm positions with little yielding or convergence seeking. We can’t keep going in circles, said Lin Li, director of global policy and advocacy at WWF International.
If we don’t start simplifying the text, the world will miss the opportunity to reach an ambitious deal while nature continues to disappear, he said. (Source:PL)