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World Environment Day 2021 - Putting ecosystem restoration on a pedestal - BNP Paribas Asset Management

Reimagine. Recreate. Restore. Together, these form the theme of World Environment Day 2021, a day when the UN seeks to focus the attention of investors, businesses, governments and communities on the increasingly urgent need to restore the Earth’s ecosystems.

Posted on Jun 14, 2021

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... Ecosystem loss is depriving the world of carbon sinks such as forests and peatlands at a time we can least afford it: global greenhouse gas emissions have risen for three consecutive years. The emergence of COVID-19 has reminded us just how disastrous the consequences of ecosystem loss can be: the destruction of animals’ natural habitats creates ideal conditions for pathogens such as coronaviruses to spread.

So, it is timely for this year’s World Environment Day to coincide with the launch of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, a global mission running through 2030 to protect and revive billions of hectares of valuable and much needed natural capital, from forests and farmland to the oceans.

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