FAO Media Advisory – www.fao.o [cid:image003.gif@01D11649.2E61A570] MEDIA ADVISORY Negotiations on a New Global Biodiversity Framework Move to FAO in Rome Convention on Biodiversity Working Group meets 24 – 29 February 2020 What Biodiversity is the variety of life on earth, essential for our survival on this plant. It is key to overcome malnutrition, increase food production and build resilient livelihoods. The alarming pace of biodiversity loss today threatens humankind with devastating consequences if it goes unchecked. While changes to the climate may be reversible in time, there is no going back once species become extinct. Why now We can still change direction and focus on nature-based solutions that can restore biodiversity, protect and conserve the species and ecosystems to breathe life into landscapes for food and nutrition security. The new framework, covering the period up to 2050, will be considered by the 196 Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) at the UN Biodiversity Conference<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AYWjdSxXZtVjqIYyHUWPtPP5NY9F-_gnsZbtEMKRUFg/edit?ts=5e41d03c#UNBiodiversityConference> (CBD COP15), Kunming, China, 15-28 October 2020. Why FAO Due to the ongoing situation following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus 2019, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), in consultation with the Government of the People’s Republic of China, the COP (Conference of the Parties) Presidency and the Co-Chairs of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (WG2020-2), has decided that the second meeting of the Working Group will take place in Rome, Italy at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on the same dates, 24 – 29 February 2020. This will be the second last negotiation session before COP15 in October. The Director-General of FAO QU Dongyu will be welcoming delegates during the opening of the meeting through a key note speech on 24 February at 10 am – Follow the webcast here<http://www.fao.org/webcast/home/en/item/5217/icode/>. FAO experts will be available for interviews in English, French, German, Portuguese and Spanish, on biodiversity in food systems, fisheries, forestry, pollination and genetic resources, among other subjects. RESOURCES FOR THE MEDIA Information on the event<https://www.cbd.int/> More on FAO's work on biodiversity <http://www.fao.org/biodiversity/en/> Webcast<http://www.fao.org/webcast/home/en/item/5217/icode/> FOLLOW ON TWITTER #Biodiversity2020 @UNBiodiversity @FAOnews TO ARRANGE INTERVIEWS WITH EXPERTS: Denise Martínez Breto Communications Officer, FAO [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> (+39) 348 8951957 David Ainsworth Information Officer, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> +1 514-561-2720, FOR MORE INFORMATION: FAO Media Relations Office (+39) 06 570 06 53625 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Journalists & editors: For photos, audio clips, video material & b-roll, contact: (+39) 06 570 53625 or [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. Online tools: Photos via the FAOnews Flickr account<http://www.flickr.com/photos/faonews> FAO's online newsroom<http://www.fao.org/news/newsroom-home/en/> RSS feed<http://www.fao.org/news/rss-feed/en/> of FAO news releases @FAOnews on Twitter<https://twitter.com/faonews/> This media advisory was issued by the Media Office at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). To unsubscribe from this news service click the link below or send an email to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> with "signoff Media-G-Eng-L" as the only text in the message body. You can also manage your subscription online, here<https://listserv.fao.org/cgi-bin/wa>. FAO | Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome, Italy | (+39) 06 570 53625 | www.fao.org<http://www.fao.org> ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the Media-G-German-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(Media-G-German-L,SIGNOFF);