The United Nations talks end in Rome, where countries support a $ 200 billion plan annually to protect nature

Bogota, Colombia (AP) – World negotiators concluded a extended session of the United Nations Biodiversity Conference, COP16, with major obligations on the necessary funds and institutions through which funds will be directed to protect biological diversity in the world.

Countries agreed on how 200 billion dollars contributed annually by 2030, which was committed in principle in a previous meeting in Montreal. Funds include a plan to raise $ 20 billion in financing the annual conservation of developing countries by 2025, with this number rising to 30 billion dollars annually by 2030, and in the details of the framework of global biological diversity, which aims to set 30 % of the planet and 30 % of the deteriorating ecosystems by 2030.

Earlier this week, the two countries also agreed to create the Cali Fund, which will create ways for industries commercially from biological diversity to contribute to preservation.

With the conclusion of the meeting late on Wednesday in Rome, the participants stood up and praised the results.

“Separation for you all. Susanna Mohamed from Colombia said:” I have done a great job. “

The successful conclusion of COP16 is the first United Nations meeting in many months that ended with a positive observation, as many meetings have failed over the past year in dealing with global plastic pollution, climate change and the previous biological diversity meeting in reaching agreements or leaving many stakeholders addressing the results reached.

“These days of work in Rome have shown the parties’ commitment to the implementation of the framework of global biological diversity,” said Mohamed, who is also the former Minister of Environment in Colombia. Muhammad said that the collective effort of all stakeholders, which led to the agreement on the main decisions. “Only by working together, we can make peace with nature a reality,” she said.

The two -day meeting dealt with the issues that were left without a solution in previous discussions held in Kali, Colombia in late 2024, with a focus on securing funds to achieve ambitious goals in Montreal in 2022. Kali meetings ended without a quorum in additional time, and a very few delegates remained to ensure that any decisions had taken back in all countries that do not stipulate members.

Linda Kruger, director of biological diversity and infrastructure at Nature Conservance, said that in Kali, many parties felt that the money created to support biological diversity did not achieve the original goals they were hoping. But in Rome, negotiators were able to agree on a financial “road map” that would allow the authority to fulfill its original obligations.

“At a complex geopolitical moment, this is an exciting offer and international cooperation of nature,” she said. “The technocratic as it might seem, these are the details that will turn aspirations on paper into tangible work on Earth.”

Oscar of Syria, CEO of the Joint Initiative, a research reservoir, said the UN negotiators’ decision is a “positive step” towards financing biological diversity efforts, setting clear and reviewing goals.

He added: “However, the event depends on the implementation of obligations, the availability of financing and political will for countries to increase their contributions.”

Although the main issues related to financing were recently resolved at the spanning meeting in Rome, COP16 speaks in Colombia, which ended in November, produced many prominent agreements, including a historical deal that requires companies that benefit from natural genetic resources, such as developing drugs from rainforest factories, sharing these benefits. Progress has also been made towards strengthening the role of indigenous peoples and local societies in preservation efforts.

Scientists say that biological diversity is necessary to preserve balanced ecosystems, and to provide clean air, water and food while supporting climate elasticity. It also pays medical discoveries, economic stability and the welfare of all life on Earth.

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