Federal Environment Minister Steffi Lemke has presented her plan for the implementation of the World Convention on Nature in Germany. By 2030, she wants to stop the extinction of species and significantly improve the condition of ecosystems. Experts have doubts as to whether this can succeed.
30 percent of the world under protection, large-scale renaturation all over the world and more sustainable land use: The jubilation knew no bounds when the countries of the world agreed on a new world conservation agreement shortly before Christmas in Montreal, Canada, after tough negotiations. Delegates, ministers and representatives of indigenous communities from the North Cape to the Amazon applauded each other and the historic success in the windowless conference room of the Montreal Convention Center. Federal Environment Minister Steffi Lemke was also present on the historic night when the most ambitious nature conservation agreement in decades, perhaps of all times, was decided. “The international community has decided to finally stop the extinction of species,” she said.