Minorities Are A Part Of Biodiversity Preservation: UN Expert
According to a UN expert, minorities have a significant role to play in saving the planet's biodiversity The world is inhabited as much as by indigenous and minorities as much as it is by other species. All have a significant role to play in a thriving biodiversity going ahead. According to a senior UN official, t he global initiative to save the planet's biodiversity on land and water must not be allowed to threaten the world's most vulnerable people. There is an UN backed global biodiversity framework draft agreement under which countries have agreed to protect 30 percent of the planet and restore at least 20 percent by 2030. Speaking about the plan, David Boyd has stressed upon the fact that the framework must not marginalise the rights and presence of minorities in various parts of the world, that thrive and are in sync with their natural surroundings. In his expression, he has warned against 'fortress conservation' and 'pristine wildern...