Marco is a new global agreement for biodiversity conservation that sets goals until 2030; If it does not follow the global agenda, Brazil runs the risk of losing millions of species in the coming decades, according to the document
Rio de Janeiro, January 28, 2021 – The Business Council for Sustainable Development (CEBDS) and the Brazilian Foundation for Sustainable Development (FBDS) launch the Report “Brazil’s engagement in the COP-15 biodiversity negotiations”. Prepared by many hands, the report is the result of a meeting between the leaders of the two institutions and the Academy, the business sector, organized civil society and Itamaraty. The objective is to contribute to Brazilian negotiations in the approval of the new Global Framework for Post-2020 Biodiversity. The Framework is a new global agreement for biodiversity conservation that defines Action Targets to be achieved by 2030 and presents objectives to achieve the Biodiversity Vision for 2050.
According to CEBDS and FBDS, Brazil has one of the most relevant roles in this discussion, as it is a power that is home to the greatest biodiversity on the planet, with more than 20% of the total number of species. With the Report, the entities seek to collaborate for the smooth running of official negotiations and side events that will take place at the next conference of the parties in China in May 2021. This is one of the most important global discussions today.
“It is essential that Brazil strongly supports this new and ambitious global agenda for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. Otherwise, we risk losing millions of species in the coming decades. Brazil's environmental image and the sustainability vision of its agriculture and industry are also at risk, as well as future prospects for international investment in the Brazilian economy and access of Brazilian products to foreign markets”, says Marina Grossi, president of CEBDS.
In the opinion of Israel Klabin, president of FBDS, the new agreement needs to recognize global asymmetries in the distribution of biodiversity, concentrated in the tropics and subtropics, and the asymmetric requirements for land and water use to meet each society's needs for infrastructure, food and energy production, economic growth, health promotion, eradication of poverty and hunger and to enable the realization of each country's bioeconomy potential.
Main paths highlighted by the Report:
| 1. Strengthen at the same time the three objectives of the CBD: conservation, sustainable use and sharing of benefits arising from biodiversity; 2. Clearly define what will be treated as “zero net loss” of biodiversity and how this measure will be calculated to then negotiate or decide on related targets; 3. Negotiate conservation goals for areas that also reflect the diversity of ecosystems and are not focused only on the absolute number of protected areas (ie, how many km2 or hectares); 4. Develop goals that reflect the intrinsic relationship between species and ecosystem services. For example, proposing to reduce the current pollination deficit to zero by 2050 for cultivated plants (and extractive plants) and, by 2030, for the plants most important for food security. This would ensure that the potential productivity of each cultivated variety is achieved; 5. Propose a new action target for 2030: “By 2025, all necessary regulations, policies, administrative arrangements, capacity building and monitoring instruments will be in place in all countries to effectively implement ABS rules consistent with the CBD and, as appropriate, the provisions of the Nagoya Protocol and the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture to facilitate the transfer of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge and promote benefit sharing so as to achieve by 2030 an increase annual amount of at least 10%.”; 6. Propose the creation of a Global Payment for Ecosystem Services mechanism with a budget of at least US$ 10 billion per year. |
About CEBDS
The Brazilian Business Council for Sustainable Development (CEBDS) is a non-profit civil association that promotes sustainable development through articulation with governments and civil society, in addition to disseminating the most current concepts and practices on the subject. Founded in 1997, it brings together around 60 of the largest business groups in the country, responsible for more than 1 million direct jobs. It represents in Brazil the network of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), which has almost 60 national and regional councils in 36 countries and 22 industrial sectors, in addition to 200 business groups that operate in all continents. More information: https://cebds.org/
About FBDS
The Brazilian Foundation for Sustainable Development (FBDS) is a non-profit entity that designs and structures projects and partnerships on the topic of sustainable development, through a structure that reconciles the frontier of knowledge with management capacity. It combines solid corporate experience with strong technical-scientific knowledge in its team and board of trustees. It was founded in 1992 and brings to the topic of sustainable development the perspective of an entity that not only followed the evolution of the topic, but also participated in a relevant way in decisive moments in this trajectory. More information: https://www.fbds.org.br/
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