“HUMAN ACTIVITY HAS ALTERED VIRTUALLY EVERY CORNER OF OUR PLANET, FROM LAND TO OCEAN. AND AS WE CONTINUE TO RELENTLESSLYÂ ENCROACH ON NATURE AND DEGRADE ECOSYSTEMS, WE ENDANGER HUMAN HEALTH. IT IS PRECISELY BECAUSE OF THE INTERCONNECTED NATURE OF ALL LIFE ON THIS PLANET, THAT AN AMBITIOUS POST-2020 BIODIVERSITY FRAMEWORK MATTERS GREATLY, AND WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO EFFORTS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.”
Inger Andersen, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Program
- Publication
- 01 Jul 21