Embedding biodiversity in all we do
02/06/2021
25 May 2021, Rome - Conserving biodiversity is a central part of making peace with nature, and every person, sector and institution has a role to play, global leaders concurred at a United Nations (UN) virtual event today.
"We are all part of the solution and you can count on the food and agriculture sector to play its part," QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), said in a panel discussion with the heads of other UN agencies.
The event was held by the UN System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) to consolidate support for the Global Biodiversity Agenda, with the aim of "reimagining of the human relationship to nature as a symbiotic one."
Tagged "We are part of the solution", it followed on the CEB endorsement of a common approach to mainstreaming biodiversity and nature-based solutions for sustainable development across UN policy and programme planning and delivery.