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1Bernardo B. N. Strassburg is an assistant professor in the Department of Geography and the Environment at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and executive director of the International Institute for Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Abstract:
Next week, the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP 15) convenes in Kunming, China, to discuss a new global plan to conserve nature and improve the sharing of its benefits across humankind. If such a plan is successfully implemented, it will mark a turning point in the millennia-long decline of the natural world due to human activity. This prospect has been boosted by the United Nations General Assembly decision to declare 2021-2030 as the Decade of Ecosystem Restoration (the "Decade"), which aims to prevent, halt, and reverse the degradation of ecosystems across the planet.
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