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| Highlights for Thursday, 27 May 2010 |
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| Graciela Muslera, Minister of Environment, Uruguay, Chair of the fourth GEF Assembly |
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Danilo Astori, Vice President, Uruguay, welcoming participants, said IYB is an opportunity for Uruguay to reaffirm its commitment to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and to taking steps to balance socioeconomic development with biodiversity protection. Dr. Sergio Abreu, President, CURI, said that biodiversity degradation is a reflection of a loss of ethical values and moral priorities, and that society must refocus its priorities and commitments.
Monique Barbut, GEF CEO, warned that by destroying our biological wealth we endanger the safety nets provided by nature on multiple fronts. She noted the fifth GEF replenishment adds more resources for biodiversity projects and additional elements to GEF’s strategy that will have positive repercussions for biodiversity.
Graciela Muslera, Environment Minister, Uruguay, declared there is not much to celebrate in IYB, rather it is a time to raise awareness and move everyone, all nations and social partners to action. |
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| Barry Gardiner, United Kingdom |
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Graciela Muslera, Minister of Environment, Uruguay, Chair of the fourth GEF Assembly, Danilo Astori, Vice President of Uruguay, Monique Barbut, GEF CEO, and Jacques Diouf, Director General, FAO |
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| Inger Andersen, World Bank Vice-President for Sustainable Development |
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Jacques Diouf, Director General, FAO, stressed the strong linkage between biodiversity, sustainable agriculture and food security, and outlined various FAO activities over the last two decades to address that linkage. Luc Gnacadja, Executive Secretary, UNCCD, welcomed the increase in the envelope for land degradation in GEF-5 as recognition that fighting land degradation brings global benefits. He said fighting land degradation and conserving biodiversity are intimately linked.
Inger Andersen, incoming Vice President for Sustainable Development, World Bank, said that the challenge facing the Bank is to look at biodiversity, poverty reduction and economic growth and combating climate change in a holistic manner, to seek opportunities to link support for biodiversity into other areas of Bank lending, such as combating climate change.
Barry Gardiner, Member of Parliament, UK, said the classical economics treats the environment as an externality, but governments and accounting systems need to fully account for the true value of natural capital, and to assess how degradation of natural assets affects the poor.
Thomas Lovejoy, Chairman, GEF Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP), warned that the third global biodiversity outlook under preparation paints a very grim picture: nearly all indicators are negative. He said that in order to avoid crucial tipping points, nations need to look at ecosystem restoration on a global scale, requiring looking at the issue in new ways economically.
At closing of the event, participants were invited to a special exhibition, “Biodiversity is Life, Biodiversity is Our Life.” |
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| Luc Gnacadja, Executive Secretary, UNCCD |
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