Category: Litigation & class actions

The German government has called for an end to financial support for activities that harm nature, and for increased financial incentives for conservation. Speaking at an event in advance of the global biodiversity summit COP15, State Secretary at Germany’s Federal Environment Ministry, Jochen Flasbarth, said: “It is more urgent than ever to create a new global framework for the protection of biological diversity. Our goal must be to stop the loss of biodiversity in the next 10 years… To do this, we have to join forces in politics and civil society. In doing so, we must ensure that the global funding gap for biodiversity is closed. Funds and subsidies that damage or destroy biological diversity should be abolished and positive incentives for nature conservation should be increased. It is also important to mobilize new funds from all sources and to use financial resources more efficiently and effectively."

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