Kunming Declaration was adopted by over 100 countries at the ongoing 15th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity in China.
It calls for urgent and integrated action to reflect biodiversity considerations in all sectors of the global economy.
It calls upon the parties to mainstream biodiversity protection in decision-making and recognise the importance of conservation in protecting human health.
By adopting this, the nations have committed themselves to support the development, adoption and implementation of an effective post-2020 implementation plan, a capacity building action plan for the Cartagena Protocol on biosafety.
The declaration made a reference to the '30 by 30' target which is a key proposal being debated at the COP15, that would afford 30% of the Earth’s land and oceans protected status by 2030.
China has also pledged to inject USD 233 million into a new fund to protect biodiversity in developing countries. The fund is called “Kunming Biodiversity Fund”. The other nations called the fund as “a drop in the bucket” given that China is the world’s biggest polluter.
