S1E60: Saving biodiversity: It should be in our nature - Green Pulse Ep 60

Green Pulse Ep 60: Saving biodiversity: It should be in our
nature


17:36 min


Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Straits
Times analyses the beat of the changing environment, from
biodiversity conservation to climate change.


The world is full of amazing plant and animal life, without which
humans could not survive. Nature, from forests to coral reefs, to
soils and grasslands, provides humanity with food and materials
to live. Yet nature is under great threat from our rush for
resources to grow our economies and cities.


About one million species are now threatened with extinction, the
United Nations’ biodiversity panel says, with three-quarters of
the land-based environment and about 66 per cent of the marine
environment significantly altered by human actions. This week,
delegates from around the world met virtually to discuss a new
global deal for nature to limit the damage caused by
environmental destruction, pollution and climate change. 


In this episode, ST environment correspondent Audrey Tan and
climate change editor David Fogarty talk to Dr David Cooper, who
is deputy executive secretary, for the UN Convention on
Biological Diversity. Dr Cooper is speaking to us from Kunming in
China, which has been hosting this week’s talks, the first round
of discussions before a major in-person meeting in Kunming from
April 25 to May 8, 2022.


They discuss the following points:
What is the aim of the in-person COP15 biodiversity talks next
year, and how will this month’s virtual meet help in establishing a
global deal for nature? (1:22)  What are the threats
confronting biodiversity on land and in the sea today? (3:30) How
bad is the situation now? (4:48)  Why biodiversity
conservation needs to involve more than just environment ministers
(7:20) What are the links between biodiversity and climate? (9:45)
A carbon price is one policy tool to dealing with the climate
crisis. What about putting a price on nature to help with
biodiversity conservation? (13:07) What can individuals do to help
tackle the climate and biodiversity crises? (15:28) 

Produced by: Audrey Tan (audreyt@sph.com.sg), David Fogarty
(dfogarty@sph.com.sg), Ernest Luis & Fa’izah Sani


Edited by: Hadyu Rahim


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