There’s a crucial need for integrating biodiversity considerations into policy decisions, as you’ll hear in this DLD Nature session with Sandrine Dixson-Declève (Club of Rome), Stientje van Veldhoven (World Resources Institute) and Martin Frick (World Food Programme).
The panelists emphasize the interconnectedness of nature, climate, and human well-being, which calls for a systems approach to address these issues.
“Basically, nature has been the air conditioning for the world”, Stientje van Veldhoven observes. “How can we see nature as something different from climate, as something different from people?”
Protecting resources is vital to human survival, she argues. “The population on this planet is growing, but our planet is not. The planet can cater for 10 billion people, but then there are a few things that we really have to do differently.”
Martin Frick emphasizes the importance of sustainable food production. “Food systems are the biggest interface that we have with living systems.” Soil degradation and natural disasters lead to hunger, he says. The result is that “food is also becoming a security issue.”
Watch the video for details about smart policy making; implementing the biodiversity strategy for 2030; and better practices for more efficient land use.
