Montreal, 19 December 2022 (GNP): The international community finally agreed to preserve and protect nature; by protecting one-third of Earth’s land and waters as a sanctuary for wild plants and animals by the end of this decade.
Nearly 200 countries gathered in Montreal, Canada, finally agreed on Monday for the minimum demarcation of 30 percent of land and oceans of this planet Earth as habitat for the leftover wildlife.
The delegates attending UN Biodiversity Conference from 7 December to 19 December pledged to develop a framework for the conservation of endangered species, all threatened by human intrusion in nature.
Scientists compare this mass extinction of species by human activities to the falling of asteroids that wiped out dinosaurs from this planet.
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The only mechanism available for the enforcement of this agreement in the coming eight years, as laid down by this Conference, is mutual trust and respect among the nation-states.
Brian O’Donnell, the head of Campaign for Nature, called this a historic moment for humanity.
Chinese ecology and environmental minister Huang Runqiu headed the COP 15 summit.
This COP 15 agreement is comparable to the Paris climate deal of 2015 in significance that promised to limit Earth’s warming by 1.5 degrees Celsius or 2.7 Fahrenheit.
The 24 targets set for all nations to meet by 2030 make them bound to allocate 30 percent of their respective land and water for wildlife. This is what “30 by 30” is called by them.
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The agreement also calls for r reduction in the use of pesticides and other agricultural-related damage to nature.
Only Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attended the meeting personally. The Chinese President Xi Jinpingng remotely attended this meeting.
South American and African countries having the richest ecosystem and biodiversity wanted assurance that funds needed for this agreement implementation should be given to them regularly regardless of any political or economic strappings attached to them.
The main controversy at the Conference was the financing of poor countries about this. It is estimated that $598 billion to $824 billion is needed annually for this conversation of nature.