Biodiversity

BBC Inside Science

BBC

Technology, Science

4.5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The UN Convention on Biological Diversity summit, currently taking place in Montreal Canada, intends to develop ways of reducing the global loss of biological diversity by drawing up a series of international commitments to help humanity to live more harmoniously with nature. The scientific evidence paints a grim picture of species decline and extinction, pollution and destruction of natural habitats. The aim of the meeting is to find ways to stop and even reverse such decline. We meet leading figures involved in the negotiations, including: Elizabeth Mrema, the Executive Secretary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity Inger Andersen Executive Director of UN Environment Programme Indigenous leaders Viviana Figueroa and Lakpa Nuri Sherpa And scientists Professor Sandra Diaz from the University of Cordoba Dr Marla Emery Scientific Advisor with the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research. BBC Inside Science is produced in partnership with the Open University.

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0:00.0	Before you listen to this BBC podcast, I'd like to introduce myself.
0:03.7	My name's Stevie Middleton and I'm a BBC Commissioner for a Load of Sport Podcasts.
0:08.4	I'm lucky to do that at the BBC because I get to work with a leading journalist, experienced
0:12.2	pundits and the biggest sport stars.
0:14.3	Together we bring you untold stories and fascinating insights straight from the players'
0:18.5	mouths.
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0:28.8	dedicated sports fans across the UK.
0:31.2	So if you like this podcast, head over to BBC Sounds where you'll find plenty more.
0:39.8	Hello, you lovely curious-minded people.
0:42.2	This is the podcast edition of BBC Inside Science, originally broadcasted on the 8th of December
0:47.4	2022.
0:48.4	I'm Victoria Gill.
0:50.4	And after nearly three years of pandemic-induced delay, we are finally here in Montreal, Canada
0:55.6	for what's being called the most important meeting ever for biodiversity, the variety
1:00.2	of all life on our planet.
1:02.1	With our bottomless appetite for unchecked and unequal economic growth, humanity has become
1:09.0	a weapon of mass extinction.
1:11.9	We can't afford to continue thrashing a path through the fragile wealth of nature and
1:17.5	biodiversity to clear the way for human development.
1:21.1	We are treating nature like a toilet.
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