Geneva: Following a two-year delay, negotiators from over 190 countries will convene in Geneva on Monday for a fortnight of essential negotiations over a global strategy to help stem the tide of biodiversity loss.

This is the final opportunity for countries to discuss the accord, called the post-2020 Global Biodiversity  Framework (GBF), before to the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15). The Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework has been compared to the Paris Climate Agreement in terms of biodiversity.

"Clearly, the world desires immediate action to safeguard nature," said Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity. "And we don't have much time. Together, we must finally create a genuinely historic accord that establishes a stable foundation for coexistence with nature." Scientists have often warned of the dangers posed by the reduction in biodiversity. According to a historic 2019 global biodiversity review, "nature is degrading at unparalleled rates in human history, and the rate of species loss is rising, with dire consequences for people worldwide now expected." The assessment warned that up to one million species threaten extinction, with many going extinct within decades, and urged for systemic change to solve the situation. 

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