Roots of hope: how mangroves contribute to living in harmony with nature by 2050
At the next UN Biodiversity Summit in Spring 2022, governments are preparing to adopt a new global framework for managing nature through 2030. It will guide actions worldwide to preserve and protect nature and its essential services to people en route to living in harmony with nature by 2050.
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In response, the global mangrove expert community presents a to illustrate how mangrove ecosystems contribute towards the achievement of multiple goals, targets and associated indicators so that 鈥瀊y 2050, biodiversity is valued, conserved, restored and wisely used, maintaining ecosystem services, sustaining a healthy planet and delivering benefits essential for all people鈥.
Mangroves are superheroes, a triple dividend of resilience, biodiversity gain and people鈥, says Minna Epps, Director of 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播鈥檚 Global Marine and Polar Programme. 鈥淧rotecting and conserving them is essential for achieving multiple goals and targets towards the 2050 vision for biodiversity. They are our roots of hope - it is time that their importance is widely recognized.鈥
The conservation of mangroves constitutes coastal nature-based solution for the biggest challenges humanity face today. They play a crucial role in combating climate change by storing 3 to 5 times more carbon than terrestrial forests. They provide habitat for over 3000 fish species and other wildlife, thus providing livelihoods to more than 120 million people, generating income and food security. They protect coastal areas by reducing wave height by up to 66%. If mangroves were lost, 15 million more people would be flooded annually across the world.
Achieving the ambitious vision 2050 vision will take a joint effort by all Parties. The 鈥淕uidance on Mangrove Indicators in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework鈥 provides a detailed collection of scientifically robust data and resources for consideration by governments in support of their national reporting and progress tracking against the goals, targets and indicators set in the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. 听
The guidance is intended to contribute to the ongoing discussions convened by the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) towards the adoption of the Biodiversity Framework.
This is urgently 听needed鈥, states Julika Tribukait, Policy Advisor on Coastal Ecosystems at WWF Germany, 鈥to allow for mangroves and other coastal ecosystems to be taken fully into account in the development of and future reporting against the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.鈥
The guidance was prepared by experts from Save our Mangroves Now! - a joint initiative by WWF, International Union for Conservation of Nature (香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播), Wetlands International and the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development听(BMZ), as well as the Global Mangrove Alliance, the Global Mangrove Watch and the 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 Mangrove Specialist Group.
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Calendar
- Between 23 August and 3 September 2021, the governments and stakeholders are gathering virtually for the 3rd Open-ended Working Group meeting on the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework , in preparation to the UN Biodiversity Summit planned in two parts in October 2021 and April-May 2022 in Kunming, China.
- Immediately after, between 3-11 September 2021 several events on mangrove conservation and the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework will be held during the 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 World Conservation Congress in Marseille and virtually 听 听
For more information, please contact
- Anete Berzina-Rodrigo, Project Manager at 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播's Marine Global Marine and Polar Programme,听[email protected]
- Emily Goodwin, Programme Officer on Ecosystem-based Adaptation at 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播's Global Ecosystem Management Programme, [email protected]
- Julika Tribukait, Policy Advisor Coastal Ecosystems, WWF Germany, [email protected]
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