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Biodiversity | Germany is honorable in principle
Conservation of biodiversity is going too slowly and there is a lack of money. Germany is at the forefront, especially verbally.
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Sewn on edge: rainforest versus agriculture in the Brazilian state of Para Photo: AFP/Mauro Pimente Global biodiversity is at risk. Among other things, because humans are destroying more and more living spaces with their production and consumption methods. The UN Nature Conservation Summit in Yerevan, Armenia also had to face this problem.
Brazil shows that there is another way: the deforestation of the rainforest has recently been slowed down - almost 42 percent less was destroyed than in the previous year. This success is relative, because before President Lula's government, deforestation had increased massively under Bolsonaro. The example shows how important political decisions are for protecting natural resources.
However, the current discussions among the UN states showed that some countries are only just beginning to protect their nature. International funding for protected areas has also declined for the second year in a row. By 2030, at least 30 percent of the land and sea area should continue to be protected. And by then, at least $200 billion should be mobilized for global nature conservation. The current funding gap alone is 60 percent.
It is obvious that there are problems in implementing these goals. It's going too slow. Are Germany's assurances on this issue credible? In principle yes, that would be the answer from Radio Yerevan. If it weren't for... the high nitrate contamination in groundwater in many regions. The massive use of pesticides in agriculture. The weakening of standards in protected areas. The failure to reduce land consumption. But in principle, German commitment on a global level is honorable.
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