2010 goals

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The " 2010 goals for the conservation of biodiversity " were originally adopted by the EU heads of state at the summit of the European Union in Gothenburg in June 2001 with the intention of halting the decline in biodiversity by 2010. A year later, the sixth conference of the signatories of the adopted Convention on Biological Diversity (Convention on Biological Diversity, CBD) Decision VI / 26th The signatories commit themselves to a more effective and coherent implementation of the three goals of the convention. These envisaged a significant reduction in biodiversity loss on a global, regional and national level by 2010 as a contribution to poverty reduction and for the good of all life on earth.

The World Summit on Sustainable Development , held in Johannesburg in 2002, confirmed the 2010 biodiversity goals and called for compliance with them.

In the opening speech of the 10th Conference of the Parties to the Biodiversity Convention (COP10) , Jochen Flasbarth , head of the German Federal Environment Agency , said in October 2010 that the global community had not achieved the goal of stopping the decline in biodiversity. Nevertheless, progress in species protection can be seen, as the loss of forest areas in some regions has decreased and many countries have developed national strategies for the protection of biodiversity. As an example, he cited the National Strategy on Biological Diversity adopted by the German Federal Cabinet in 2007 .

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  1. ↑ n-tv.de: UN Conference on Biological Diversity: New Goals in Species Protection - n-tv.de , October 18, 2010, accessed on August 28, 2011

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