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With other successes under its belt, the 16th Conference of Parties (COP16) to the United Nation's Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was suspended by its president Susana Muhamad as negotiations ran almost 12 hours longer than planned and delegates started leaving to catch flights.
Indonesia may have made a poor showing by sending low-ranking officials to COP16, but seeing as the President's brother is leading the delegation to COP29 later this month, this could be a sign that the government is finally getting serious about the country's positioning on global climate issues.
Activists have called on the Indonesian government to commit to UN biodiversity agreements that acknowledge indigenous communities' contributions to conserving nature while protecting their rights to customary land.
With a vision of a world living in harmony with nature by 2050, the Global Biodiversity Framework is historic. It includes a 30 by 30 target, meaning 30 percent of land and water to be under biodiversity protection by 2030, and calls for the adoption of innovative modalities for conservation.
Themed "Peace with Nature," the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity has the urgent task of coming up with monitoring and funding mechanisms to achieve 23 UN nature protection goals agreed in Canada two years ago.
COP16 and next month’s COP29 together present a critical opportunity for the world's countries to unify efforts toward saving our planet's biodiversity, and Indonesia, as a biodiversity hot spot, has a key part to play in drawing upon all resources to lead the way at home.
