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COP15: UK announces funding to deliver on ‘30by30’ target

by Segun Ogunlade December 17, 2022
written by Segun Ogunlade December 17, 2022
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The UK Environment Secretary, Thérèse Coffey has announced that Wildlife, plants and habitats at risk across the globe will benefit from new government funding announced by.

Aimed at protecting at least 30 per cent of the world’s land and ocean habitats by 2030, The UK will pledge nearly £30 million to support developing countries in delivering the “30by30” target which has the support of over 100 countries globally, with UK negotiators driving to get it included in a new UN Global Biodiversity Framework being negotiated in Montreal this week.

The funding announcement on Friday signals a major commitment to providing nations with the tools they need to protect fragile ecosystems and tackle some of the causes of habitat loss such as deforestation, and unsustainable farming and fishing practices, and protect wildlife threatened with extinction.

Read also: Landslide kills 16 persons in Malaysia

Coffey, who is one of the participants at the ongoing UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15),  said that countries participating at the conference can put nature back on the road to recovery with a strong Global Biodiversity Framework that includes a commitment to seeing at least 30% of the world’s land and ocean protected by 2030, hence the funding support for developing countries.

The UK also announced funding for the study and restoration of wildlife and plants under threat from a changing climate and invasive species in our overseas territories. The Darwin Plus scheme will support over 20 conservation projects in these unique and globally significant environments.

Projects to benefit from the £5.79 million of new funding include:

  • Using satellite technology to monitor seabird populations in South Georgia
  • Reintroducing threatened plants such as Falkland Rock Cress and two bird species – Cobb’s Wren and Tussac-bird – to the Falkland Islands wildlife reserves
  • Helping support endangered sea turtles on the Cayman Islands
  • Measuring the impact of Humpback whales on Krill populations around South Georgia

The announcement was made as the next stage of negotiations at COP15, known as the High-Level Segment, commenced, with world leaders, international businesses and civil society coming together to agree on action to reverse the twin challenges of nature loss and climate change.

Story was adapted from environnewsnigeria.

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