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Biodiversity conservation is a pressing issue: the variety of resources supplied by nature provides us among other things with food, water, fertile soil and medicines. But the number of available species and habitats in the world shrinks at an alarming rate. From 19 - 30 May, the German government hosted the Ninth Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 9).

The UN Convention on Biological Diversity and the Biodiversity Conference in Bonn

191 nations and numerous NGOs will take part in the Ninth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 9) in Bonn. The impressive, far-reaching agenda is expected to attract around 5,000 participants.

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Why species conservation is so important

There are few places in the world that do not house some lifeform or other. This is a result of the biodiversity – the variety of plants, animals, micro-organisms, fungi and habitats – that has evolved over time and is vital to its own continued survival.

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National Biodiversity Strategy

Germany’s National Biodiversity Strategy is the focal point of government efforts to combat biodiversity loss. It is also the vehicle used for national-level implementation of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity.

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Species conservation begins at home

Although people in Germany are highly sensitised to the problem of biodiversity loss, they do not necessarily relate it to everyday life.

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