Actions Needed to Protect Wild Species and Natural Habitats
UN Summit on Biodiversity Provides an Opportunity
Viewpoint by Amy Fraenkel
The writer is Executive Secretary of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS).
BONN (IDN) – The UN Summit on Biodiversity was meant to galvanize commitments to stop the impending biodiversity crisis, and to underscore the need for effective actions in a new Global Biodiversity Framework. Few could predict that it would take place in the middle of a deadly global pandemic — which in all likelihood was brought about by human activities that exploit wild animals and nature.…