Fiji, Oct. 23 -- Pacific Islands are negotiating to ensure "Sea-Level Rise" remains in the preamble of the outcomes for the Seventeenth Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP17) now underway in Yerevan, Armenia.
Over 195 governments have united to negotiate a way forward to ensure the world progresses its commitments to meet the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), this is the first assessment review since the GBF came into being two years ago. Overall the GBF aims to reverse, and halt, the loss of biodiversity - all living things including genetic organisms.
"For Small Islands States, sea level rise is a critical issue and it impacts biodiversity," said Ambassador Ian Fry of the T...