Minister Creecy to host stakeholder feedback session on United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity COP15, Montreal

Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Ms Barbara Creecy, will host a virtual stakeholder feedback session on Friday, 10 February 2023, on the outcomes from the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD) COP15, which took place from 5-20 December 2022, in Montreal, Canada.

UNCBD COP15 adopted the Kunming-Montreal Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework which is a landmark agreement for nature consisting of four overarching global goals and 23 targets that aim to address halting biodiversity loss through the sustainable use and management of ecosystem services, preventing the extinction of species, and protecting the rights of local and indigenous communities through fair access and benefit-sharing of genetic resources.

Minister Creecy will highlight the key issues from Montreal that are of strategic importance for South Africa.

Source: Government of South Africa