Biodiversity Crisis: Minister Of Environment Seeks Financial Support For ECOWAS

The Minister of State for Environment, Dr. Iziaq Salami has appealed for urgent global response to biodiversity crisis and seeks more financial support for ECOWAS to realize the 30 by 30 Vision.

The minister stated this at the ECOWAS coordination meeting on expanding and strengthening ECOWAS Protected Area in Abuja, Nigeria.

Salako disclosed that the vision of Nigeria and the rest of ECOWAS is to ensure that the world truly unites and responds as one on biodiversity crisis.

Salako revealed further that, “By launching the ECOWAS appeal for an ambitious global response to the biodiversity crisis, our region played a significant role in securing the adoption of this commitment in Target 3 of the Global Biodiversity Framework. For this, I warmly congratulate you and invite you to please stand up and thumb up for West Africa.”

He stressed that Nigeria will continue to champion her leadership role in mobilizing and organizing West Africa to protect its regional biodiversity.

He said the meeting is to plan the next steps and to turn Africa ambitions into concrete actions.

The Minister reiterated that President Bola Tinubu who is also the Chairman of ECOWAS is a committed environment advocate and climate hero who has prioritized sustainability as a core principle of his economic agenda.

The minister further stressed that the healthier the region’s biodiversity is, the better it will be in withstanding future climate and biodiversity shocks and the more resilient to continue to deliver for the people.

“The ECOWAS region is the only part of the world that is looking at its contribution to halting biodiversity loss through a regional lens a template critical for global success and to securing nature for future generations.” he said.