President Muhammadu Buhari assured the United Nations
General Assembly (UNGA) that Nigeria is working to reverse the severe trend of
biodiversity loss.
He spoke on Wednesday in a video message to an hybrid
High-Level event tagged “Transformative Actions for Nature and People” on the
margins of the 76th Session of UNGA.
Aside from championing regional and inter-regional
cooperation towards addressing the scourge, the President outlined other
measures.
Buhari listed expansion of protected areas, including the
establishment of 10 new National Parks across Nigeria; and creation of Marine
Protected Areas pursuant to the 30X30 Agenda of the Convention on Biodiversity
(CBD).
He mentioned the domestication of relevant international
agreements, and laws/policies for the protection and conservation of
biodiversity.
The President added that partnerships with development
partners, and increased investments in a climate-positive economy for sustainable
environment and land use practices were also being worked on.
Buhari thanked President of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado
Quesada whose country currently chairs the High Ambition Coalition for Nature
& People (HAC). Nigeria is a member and co-chair.
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