Amed Jkoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, emphasizes the critical importance of biodiversity. He warns that its rapid loss, occurring at an unprecedented pace

Amed Jkoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, emphasizes the critical importance of biodiversity. He warns that its rapid loss, occurring at an unprecedented pace globally and locally, poses a severe threat to our environment, economies, cultures, and societies.

This degradation fundamentally alters our self-perception and place in the world. Human impact on biodiversity, ecosystems, and climate continues to grow, yet the complex and diverse services flowing from biodiversity are often unknown and undervalued.