At COP17, Guinea calls for fair biodiversity funding
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Visionguinee
At COP17 on biodiversity in Yerevan, Guinean Environment Minister Fassou Théa called for accessible and equitable international funding to help African countries protect their natural resources. He also highlighted the strengthening of Guinea’s protected-area network, including the creation of Moyen-Bafing National Park, according to Visionguinee.
At COP17 on biodiversity, Guinea’s Minister of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Fassou Théa, called for accessible and equitable international funding to help African countries preserve their natural resources. He set out this position on 28 October in Yerevan, Armenia, according to Visionguinee.
Fassou Théa also called for simplified funding procedures and greater mobilisation of resources from GEF-9, the ninth cycle of the Global Environment Facility, for the least developed countries. He called for the effective establishment of the Cali Fund to share benefits linked to the use of digital sequence information on genetic resources.
The minister cited Guinea’s conservation initiatives, including strengthening the national network of protected areas and establishing Moyen-Bafing National Park, a refuge for West African chimpanzees. Guinea is also pursuing the creation of a third marine protected area and preparing an action plan to fund biodiversity. Théa also called for stronger ecosystem conservation in line with Target 3 of the global biodiversity framework.
