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In the Asia Pacific region, biodiversity loss is closely linked to unstainable agricultural activities and deforestation. Southeast Asia has the highest rate of deforestation, followed by Africa and South America. It is well recognized that the protection of the biodiversity and ecosystems is essential to the economic development of the emerging markets in this subregion. Thus, the national governments have taken steps to mitigate the negative impacts on biodiversity, but a significant gap has been identified in finance to achieve their biodiversity targets. Policies and mechanisms to increase funding for conservation are subject to improvement. Meanwhile, compared with other regions in the world, development banks in Asia were found to be most exposed to biodiversity risks. There are increasing calls for the private sector to reassess the impact of their portfolios on biodiversity to enhance investments and actions for nature based solutions.
In Europe, the Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 aims to protect nature and reverse the degradation of ecosystems because biodiversity underpinning EU and global food security. At least 20 billion € a year will be unlocked for nature and the strategy wants to encourage businesses to include biodiversity concern in their decision-making.
Ahead of the 2020 United Nations Biodiversity Conference in China in May 2021, the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung hosts a webinar to discuss the current state of biodiversity loss in Asia and the Pacific, challenges in closing the finance gaps and ways to encourage investment from the public and private sector in biodiversity protection, management and restoration. Moreover, the webinar will discuss if it is practicable to combine elements of the European Biodiversity Strategy with corresponding approaches in Asia and the Pacific.
