President Muhammadu Buhari has said in a video message that the federal government has introduced certain policies to undertake and overturn the serious trend of biodiversity loss which affects the whole world.
The president made this known while speaking on Wednesday in New York during the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 76), an event titled “Transformative Actions for Nature and People”.
According to President Buhari, while addressing the scourge towards biodiversity loss, he champions regional and inter-regional cooperation while also outlined other measures to include “Expansion of protected areas including the establishment of ten (10) new National Parks across the country as well as the creation of Marine Protected Areas pursuant to the 30X30 Agenda of the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD); and domestication of relevant International Agreements, Conventions as well as Laws and Policies for the protection and conservation of biodiversity.”
The president was quoted by his media aide, Femi Adesina in a statement noting that “leveraging the cooperation and partnerships of the Development Partners as well as International Organisations and Coalitions for concrete action against deforestation and biodiversity loss, and promotion and increased investments in climate-positive and nature-positive economy for sustainable environment and land-use practices” were other areas being worked on to confront the challenge.
He also demonstrated appreciation to the President of Costa Rica, His Excellency Carlos Alvarado Quesada whose country currently chairs the High Ambition Coalition for Nature & People (HAC) of which Nigeria is also a member and co-chair for the opportunity to be part of “this great event.”
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