Fiji, Oct. 28 -- Fiji has called for urgent international action to redirect public funding away from activities that damage nature and towards incentives that protect biodiversity and support local communities.
Minister for Fisheries and Forestry Alitia Bainivalu made the call at the Target 18 Ministerial Dialogue in Yerevan, Armenia, where she represented the Fiji Government and Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS).
The meeting focused on the Yerevan Call on Positive Incentives for Biodiversity and efforts to implement Target 18 of the Global Biodiversity Framework, which aims to reduce harmful incentives by at least US$500 billion annually by 2030.
Bainivalu said increasing conservation funding would not be enough unless gov...