From 3 to 11 September 2021, the World Conservation Congress, which serves as a biodiversity summit, is being organised in Marseille by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Conservation of nature for future generations will be on the agenda.
The collapse of biodiversity caused by human activity should be of concern to all stakeholders. On a global scale, nearly one million species are threatened with extinction. On Earth, 85% of wetlands have disappeared and 75% of natural areas have been altered. At this rate, by 2100, all insects could have disappeared from the surface of our planet.
Updated on 17 September 2021
The IUCN Congress called on governments to implement a nature-based post-pandemic recovery, investing at least 10% of global recovery funds in nature-related projects, and adopted a series of resolutions and commitments to urgently address the interconnected climate and biodiversity crises as the survival of humanity depends on them.
