The preservation of biodiversity, essential for the economy and businesses
Many economic sectors depend on biodiversity. However, it is necessary to be able to assess their impact on nature, by equipping ourselves with common data and indicators
2022 is a milestone. At the 15th Conference of the Parties on Biodiversity (COP15), the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework was adopted by 196 countries in December of that year.
It was an opportunity to establish an ambitious action plan for a world that would live in harmony with nature. The objective: to become a positive humanity for biodiversity again, marked in recent years by the destruction of natural habitats, the rise of invasive species, climate change, the overexploitation of natural resources… ”This COP 15 has set itself 23 targets that affect states, economic actors and the financial community, which is encouraged to innovate and invent new forms of capital deployment that are kinder to nature,” says Jérôme Dupras, Quebec academic, ecologist and President of Habitat. ”This is the case, for example, with payments for environmental sustainable finance services and biocredits. So actors like Sienna are now thinking about alternative models that protect biodiversity. Other targets affect economic sectors that have a spatial impact or a directional relationship with living things.” On an international scale, data show that more than half of the world’s GDP is directly dependent on biodiversity. […] To read the full article, click on the link below.
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