In response to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s announcement of $350 million in international biodiversity funding, Reykia Fick, Nature and Food Campaigner at Greenpeace Canada said:
“It is good that Canada has committed new funds to tackle the global biodiversity crisis. This announcement at the launch of the Biodiversity COP15 in Montreal increases the pressure for other developed countries to step forward and put new, not previously allocated money on the table.
“However, in the face of the US$100 billion annual deficit in global biodiversity funding identified by the Africa Group and like-minded countries, and CA$600 million in annual funding recommended by the Green Budget Coalition, this commitment must only be a starting point towards Canada paying its fair share towards the ongoing, global effort to halt and reverse mass extinction.”
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