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“The ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Congress acts as a unique, inclusive global environmental parliament, where governments, NGOs and Indigenous Peoples all have a voice. The decisions taken here in Marseille will drive action to tackle the biodiversity and climate crises in the crucial decade to come. Collectively, ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ��’s Members are sending a powerful message to Glasgow and Kunming: the time for fundamental change is now,” said Dr Bruno Oberle, ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Director General.

Resolutions democratically adopted by ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Members include a call to protect 80% of the Amazon by 2025, to halt deep-sea mining across the oceans, and for the global community to adopt an ambitious One Health approach. The active participation of Indigenous Peoples’ Organisation Members in ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ��’s democratic process led to a focus on indigenous peoples’ rights and role in conservation in many resolutions.

In total, ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ��’s more than 1,500 Members adopted 148 resolutions and recommendations, 39 through a vote at the ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Congress in Marseille, and 109 through online voting prior to the event.��Among the decisions taken in Marseille was a resolution for ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� to create a Climate Crisis Commission, to complement the Union’s existing six Commissions.

In the closing session of the ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Congress, the Union’s state, non-governmental and Indigenous Peoples’ organisation Members adopted the , including the commitment to implement the first self-determined ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Global Indigenous Agenda.

Commitments announced by state and non-state actors at the ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Congress include:

• France’s commitment to achieve 30% of protected areas nationally by 2022, and 5% of its Mediterranean maritime area under strong protection by 2027;
• Over 30 subnational governments, cities, partner organisations and ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� agreed to expand universal access to high-quality green spaces and to enhance urban biodiversity in 100 cities, representing around 100 million citizens by 2025, and assessing their impact according to the Urban Biodiversity Index;
• Under the leadership of Western Indian Ocean states, ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� and partners committed to support the Great Blue Wall Initiative, the first regionally connected network to develop a regenerative blue economy to the benefit of 70 million people, while conserving and restoring marine and coastal biodiversity

Members also approved a new programme for ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� for the next four years and elected new ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� leadership, including the Union’s new President, Razan Al Mubarak.

With nearly 6,000 registered participants on site and more than 3,500 online participants, this hybrid event brought together leaders from government, civil society, indigenous, faith and spiritual communities, the private sector, and academia, to collectively decide on actions to address the most pressing conservation and sustainable development challenges. Over 25,000 members of the general public also visited the Exhibition and the Espaces Generations Nature.

The ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Congress focused on three main themes: the post-2020 biodiversity conservation framework, to be adopted by the parties to the UN Biodiversity Convention; the role of nature in the global recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic; and the need to transform the global financial system and direct investments into projects that benefit nature.

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Final Resolutions and recommendations as adopted by the ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Congress 2020 will be available at a later time . Vote results are available . Motions��are proposed by ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Members every four years to set priorities for the work of ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ��.

The Members' Assembly��is the highest decision-making body of ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ��. It brings together ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Members to debate and establish environmental policy, to approve the ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Programme and to elect the ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Council and President.��

������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ��’s membership��currently stands at 1,500 and includes 91 States, 212 governmental agencies, 1,213 NGOs, 23 Indigenous Peoples’ organisations and 52 affiliate members. The Union also comprises networks of over 18,000 experts worldwide from more than 160 countries.��Resolutions and Recommendations��on important conservation issues are adopted by this unique global environmental parliament of governments and NGOs, guiding ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ��’s policy and work programme and as well as influencing many other organisations around the world.

• Scientific announcements

Major scientific announcements were released at the Congress, including the latest ™ which reported the recovery of key commercially fished tuna species as well as increasing threats from climate change to the Komodo dragon. ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� also presented results of a study into the threats faced by , plant species that are closely related to important food crops and play an important role in future food security.

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