Sonia Castañeda, Director of the Biodiversity Foundation, has inaugurated the second meeting of the Advisory Committee of Subnational Governments of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity.

Sonia Castañeda, Director of the Biodiversity Foundation, has inaugurated the second meeting of the Advisory Committee of Subnational Governments of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity.

Castañeda highlighted the important role of subnational governments in biodiversity conservation. He also highlighted the experience of the Biodiversity Foundation in this field of work, since within the framework of the LIFE Capitals of Biodiversity project, between 2009 and 2011, we learned about more than 600 initiatives developed by local governments.

On the other hand,  he pointed out that the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment is working on the sectoral plan for tourism and biodiversity. Spain is a country rich in biodiversity  and tourists, with these two elements we can conserve biological diversity and  generate social well-being and economic development.

Finally, he outlined the Spanish Business and Bidiversity Initiative, promoted by the Biodiversity Foundation, as an important action to strengthen collaboration with the private sector.

All these actions make it possible to comply with the commitments assumed by Spain as part of the Convention on Biological Diversity and  to make the Aichi Targets a reality.

On 18 and 20 June, the Palau Centelles (headquarters of the Generalitat de Catalaunya) will host this second meeting with the aim of addressing integrated and aligned biodiversity planning, the ecological footprint of global biodiversity, as well as nature conservation criteria in land use planning policies.

More information about the match by clicking here (in Catalan).