The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has announced that it has gained official observer status to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Council of Parties (COP). A delegation of landscape architects will now attend the Biodiversity COP17 in Yerevan, Armenia, this October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Landscape architects will have a seat at the table where global decisions are being made about biodiversity,” says ASLA CEO Torey Carter-Conneen. “Our participation in the Convention on Biological Diversity will complement our long-standing advocacy work at the UN Climate COPs. Landscape architects know we must address biodiversity loss and climate change together.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2022, 196 countries agreed to the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, which established a vision for 2050 and targets for 2030. ASLA and its 16k members have pledged support for these goals. The organization’s Climate & Biodiversity Action Plan outlines an integrated approach to address both biodiversity loss and climate change, calling for all landscape architecture projects to protect and enhance biodiversity by 2040. Landscape architects also commit to the 30 x 30 initiative, protecting at least 30% of terrestrial, coastal and marine ecosystems by 2030 through ecosystem restoration, habitat conservation and the creation of ecological corridors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Convention on Biological Diversity, which recognizes that biodiversity encompasses people’s needs for food security, medicine, clean water and healthy environments, originated at the 1992 Rio Earth Summit with the support of 150 government leaders. The US government is not a party to the convention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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