São Tomé and Príncipe calls for more funding at COP 17 biodiversity
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Rádio Somos Todos Primos
São Tomé and Príncipe argued, at the COP 17 biodiversity conference in Yerevan, Armenia, for stronger international funding for small island states. According to a note sent to Rádio Somos Todos Primos, Environment Minister Nilda da Mata presented the update of the national biodiversity strategy.
São Tomé and Príncipe called for stronger international funding and technical support for small island developing states at the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 17), in Yerevan, Armenia. According to a note sent to Rádio Somos Todos Primos, the delegation was led by Nilda da Mata, then Minister of Environment, Youth and Sustainable Tourism, who has since been dismissed from her post by the President of the Republic.
The minister presented the ongoing update of the national biodiversity strategy and action plan, and stressed the link between conservation and sustainable tourism. She also recalled the country’s UNESCO classification of its biosphere reserves and called on donor countries to show solidarity.
