ECO 75(3)

Extended Opening statement

CBD Alliance - As we speak today, biodiversity loss continues to accelerate, driven by extractive economic models, industrial agriculture, unsustainable production and consumption, pollution, infrastructure expansion, harmful subsidies and growing corporate control over land, territories and waters.

DSI statement

CBD Alliance - COP17 must stop the bleeding before treating the wound. The multilateral mechanism and Cali Fund must get DSI sharing right before asking provider countries to recognise the certificates issued by them. Two years after COP16, we have yet to see meaningful measures by Parties hosting DSI users and databases, as called for under paragraphs 13 and 11 of the modalities adopted by Decision 16/2.

The continued ned for precautionary, holistic risk assessment guidance materials to ensure against new threats and mitigate old harms

Eva Sirinathsinghji (Third World Network) - Emerging LMO applications pose potentially irreversible risks, while fundamentally challenging risk assessment experiences and protocols. Meanwhile, first generation LMOs are exposing their forewarned threats to traditional agriculture, and raise long-term/cumulative risks that urgently warrant increased protections.

Target 14: A promise unkept?

Tom Picken (Rainforest Action Network) - Four years ago, governments gathered to adopt the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and committed, under Target 14, to progressively align  public and private financial flows with its goals and targets. The Global Report poses an inconvenient question for Parties: where, exactly, are the rules to make that happen?