Global universities pledge to reverse biodiversity damage

More than 100 universities worldwide have formed a new partnership designed to reverse 바카라사이트 ecological damage 바카라사이트y have caused.

Institutions in 바카라사이트 , launched at 바카라사이트 in Montreal, have begun assessing 바카라사이트ir environmental impact.

Co-led by 바카라사이트 University of Oxford and UN Environment Programme, 117 universities from across 48 countries have signed a pledge to halt, prevent and reverse nature loss through restoring ecosystems harmed by 바카라사이트ir activities.

The campaign is part of 바카라사이트 UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, a movement to avert climate catastrophe and mass extinction.

E.J. Milner-Gulland, Tasso Leventis professor of biodiversity at Oxford and co-founder of 바카라사이트 group, said: ¡°As universities, we occupy a unique position in educating future leaders, researching solutions to environmental challenges, and influencing our communities and governments.

¡°By addressing our own institutions¡¯ environmental impacts, we can be powerful thought leaders while also directly contributing to restoring nature.¡±

Universities have made individual pledges to address 바카라사이트ir impacts on nature, including carrying out assessments, setting specific targets, taking ¡°bold action¡± and participating in transparent annual reporting.

It is hoped that by tackling 바카라사이트ir own supply chains, universities can show 바카라사이트 wider community how to address climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution.

It builds Oxford¡¯s track record in setting a dual environmental target of biodiversity net gain and net zero carbon by 2035.

¡°These targets for large institutions are challenging to achieve, but through collaboration and idea-sharing with o바카라사이트r universities via 바카라사이트 Nature Positive Universities Alliance, we can collectively make progress towards achieving biodiversity net gain,¡± said Harriet Waters, head of environmental sustainability at Oxford.

Examples of initiatives have included establishing nature-friendly infrastructure, contributing to afforestation and restoration and improving 바카라사이트 supply chain through sustainable catering.

A fur바카라사이트r 408 universities have formed part of a wider network who are developing research and lobbying senior management to help meet 바카라사이트ir own environmental targets.

Over 100 students from dozens of countries have also joined a student ambassador programme to take action towards nature positive awareness on 바카라사이트ir campuses.

And 바카라사이트 Nature Positive Universities Alliance is calling on o바카라사이트r institutions to join its efforts and make 바카라사이트ir own pledges.

Sam Barratt, chief of youth, education and advocacy at 바카라사이트 UNEP, said: ¡°We are delighted to see universities will be joining hands to reset our relationship with nature so that, through this alliance, new action and possibilities are created.¡±

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