{"id":130034,"date":"2022-12-02T15:49:31","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T20:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=130034"},"modified":"2022-12-05T09:41:29","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T14:41:29","slug":"naturebus-stops-in-sackville-to-gather-messages-on-biodiversity-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/naturebus-stops-in-sackville-to-gather-messages-on-biodiversity-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"NatureBus stops in Sackville to gather messages on biodiversity loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

When the NatureBus makes a stop in Sackville this Sunday, it won\u2019t be picking up passengers bound for the woods, but it will be picking up messages from Sackville and Tantramar residents calling for protections that will put an end to biodiversity loss. After it pulls out on Sunday at about 11:30 a.m., the Nature Bus is headed to the UN Convention of Biological Diversity COP15<\/a> in Montreal, also known as the Nature COP.<\/p>\n

CHMA called up Claire Vezina of Nature NB to find out more about the Nature COP and what\u2019s happening in Sackville this Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

Every two years, the Nature COP gathers officials from around the world for discussions centred around the Convention on Biological Diversity, a 1992 international agreement accepted by 196 countries.<\/p>\n

Like its COP counterparts focussed on managing the severity of climate change, there\u2019s bad news to share about biodiversity at the Nature COP.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe variety and quantity of life on this planet is declining,\u201d says Claire Vezina. \u201cThere\u2019s more than 1 million species facing extinction. And approximately two thirds of the world\u2019s ecosystems are degraded or unsustainably used.\u201d<\/p>\n

There is always, of course, hope, and especially so for this meeting in Montreal.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose gathered there this year are expected to sign a new global agreement to halt and reverse biodiversity loss over the next decade,\u201d says Vezina. \u201cSo this could mean some real action items and progress on this front, which is really exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vezina says that over 100 countries including Canada have expressed support for an \u201cambitious response,\u201d including targets such as protecting 30 per cent of the world\u2019s oceans and lands by 2030, reducing the rate of extinction by 90 per cent, and stopping $500 billion in subsidies that harm nature.<\/p>\n

\u201cCanada\u2019s government has committed to halting and reversing nature loss by 2030,\u201d says Vezina, \u201cbut there\u2019s no plan yet to achieve this goal. So groups like Nature NB and Nature Canada are looking for a plan of action.<\/p>\n

Enter the NatureBus, or busses. Coming from both the east and west coast, Nature Busses are collecting messages of support to deliver to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the Nature COP in Montreal on Dec. 7.<\/p>\n

In Sackville, the bus will stop at the Visitor Information Centre right beside the Waterfowl Park from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 4.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s going to be lots of fun activities there for people to partake in,\u201d says Vezina, including a bird scavenger hunt, a photo booth, and some local speakers sharing stories and information about local projects. The town of Sackville is providing refreshments. There will also be a table set up for people to write letters, postcards, \u201cor have kids draw a little drawing of support for this action,\u201d says Vezina.<\/p>\n

The idea is \u201cto show how much Canadians really want to see this happen and are going to hold the Canadian government accountable to this agreement,\u201d says Vezina.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe would just love to see lots of people come out and help us celebrate nature,\u201d says Vezina. \u201cSackville is a beautiful area for that. So, hopefully we have great weather and we see lots of people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Further information is available on Nature NB\u2019s Facebook event<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Listen to the CHMA story below:<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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