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維護生物多樣性 歐洲尋求資金和政治支持

2006年03月02日
ENS克羅埃西亞,十六湖國家公園報導;江昱均、謝芳怡編譯;莫聞審校

來自40個歐洲國家的官員與32個環保組織的專家學者,在歐洲最古老的生態保護區-克羅埃西亞境內的十六湖國家公園,召開了為期3天的會議;並在最後一天的會議上,提出了以下結論:生物多樣性的消弭情況,在歐洲各國迅速擴大;而將維護生物多樣性與歐洲經濟利益做連結,則是消弭此問題的重要關鍵。

在第四屆「歐洲政府間生物多樣性會議」中,有報告指出,歐洲在1990年代期間將面積約7,750平方公里的地區舖做道路、停車場、購物中心和其他建築物,縮減可供野生動植物棲息的地區。與會者體認到,如果想要達到2003年間協議的目標──即在2010年之前終止歐洲生物多樣性的衰頹,就必須加倍努力。

根據生物多樣性公約秘書處表示,人類歷史上生物多樣性流失速度從未如此之快,目前生物多樣性流失速度比自然速度快一百倍,這代表人類改變環境之大,沒有任何物種能倖免於難。

在泛歐生物與景觀多樣性策略的架構下,這場每兩年所召開的會議,目的在提倡泛歐合作以達到在2010年以前終止生物多樣性流失的目標──53位歐洲各國的自然與環境官員承諾該國將在2010年之前達到此目標。

與會者強調,應該讓大眾知道歐洲生物與景觀多樣性在經濟上的效益,包括旅遊業收益、農產品、防洪、健康以及文化認同等。

所謂「2010倒數泛歐聯盟」,是由世界保育聯盟(IUCN)所促成的,其功能在籌備「全球生物多樣性2010論壇」,該論壇將於3月24及25日在巴西的庫里奇巴召開,與生物多樣性公約締約國會議同時舉行。

任何人對如何達到2010年生物多樣性目標有任何想法,都可以參加庫里奇巴生物多樣性虛擬會議,此線上諮詢管道將收集各方關於如何達到2010年生物多樣性目標的意見,並將這些意見提供給2010年生物多樣性論壇。若您有任何意見請到以下網站分享、討論:庫里奇巴生物多樣性虛擬會議http://2010.biodiv.org

Europeans Seek Funds and Political Will to Save Biodiversity
LAKE PLITVICE NATIONAL PARK, Croatia, February 27, 2006 (ENS)

The loss of biological diversity continues to accelerate throughout Europe, officials from 40 European governments and 32 environmental organizations concluded Friday after a three day meeting at one of Europe's oldest protected sites - Lake Plitvice National Park. Linking conservation of biodiversity with economic benefits to Europeans was viewed as key to stopping this loss.

During the 1990s in Europe, participants learned, an area of about 7,750 square kilometers (2,993 square miles) was paved for roads, car parks, shopping centers and other buildings, reducing the area of habitat available for wild animals and plants. Participants at the Fourth Intergovernmental Biodiversity in Europe Conference acknowledged the need to redouble their efforts if they are to achieve the goal agreed in 2003 of halting the decline in Europe's biological diversity by the year 2010.

Never before in human history has the rate of biodiversity loss been so great. The rate of loss of biodiversity now exceeds 100 times natural rates, according to the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, which says humans are changing environments to the point that no single species will be spared.

The event, organized every two years within the framework of the Pan-European Biological and Landscape Diversity Strategy, promotes pan-European cooperation to reach the target of halting the loss of biodiversity by 2010 - the target that ministers of nature and environment of 53 European countries committed their countries to in 2003.

The participants stressed the need to inform people about the many economic benefits of Europe’s biodiversity and landscape, including those deriving from tourism, food production, flood control, health and cultural identity.

The pan-European alliance Countdown 2010, facilitated by the IUCN-World Conservation Union, is coordinating the preparation of the 2010 Global Biodiversity Forum which will take place in Curitiba March 24 and 25 in parallel with the official Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity.

Anyone who has ideas on how to achieve the 2010 biodiversity target can participate in the Virtual Curitiba Biodiversity Conference, an online consultation process that will gather opinions on how to achieve the 2010 biodiversity target and contribute them to the 2010 Biodiversity Forum. Visit: Virtual Curitiba Biodiversity Conference at: http://2010.biodiv.org.