Illegal fishing and other fishing crimes contribute to overfishing worldwide. A UN report from 2022 shows that over one third of the world’s fish stocks are overfished. Exploitation of wild species is an important reason why one million species are threatened with extinction, the Nature Panel stated in 2019. Today, the UN Nature Panel presented a new report on the use of wild species. The use of wild species in fishing, harvesting, gathering and harvesting land animals as well as hunting has been mapped for the last 20 years. The results show that the use has increased in most cases. It is not sustainable, the report says. A fisherman in Hungary uses fishing nets to catch the catch. Photo: Attila Balazs / AP – Dramatic – The world is experiencing a dramatic and increasing loss of diversity in nature caused by human activity, says Nina Vik, director of the Norwegian Environment Agency, to news. The recent report provides knowledge and tools for the sustainable use of wild species. These include plants, animals, fungi and algae, according to the Norwegian Environment Agency. – The report will help to develop and implement the new international framework that will be adopted at the nature summit in Montreal, Canada in December, Vik says. Lack of options One in five people depend on wild species for income and food. Those living below the poverty line are particularly dependent on the wild species. – People living in developing countries are most exposed to unsustainable use. Lack of alternatives forces them to exploit species that are already exposed, says French Jean-Marc Fromentin in the report to the nature panel. The picture shows the felling of rainforests in the Amazon. Photo: RICARDO OLIVEIRA / AFP The report shows that 50,000 wild species daily meet the needs of billions of people worldwide. They are used for energy, materials, medicine and more. Over 10,000 of the species are used as food for humans. New report on the values of nature This week, the UN nature panel has its ninth plenary meeting in Bonn, Germany. For four years, 85 experts from around the world have studied the sustainable use of wild species. The report was approved by the 139 member countries on Thursday, according to the Norwegian Environment Agency. On 11 July, a new report from the UN’s nature panel will be launched, which deals with the valuation of nature. The report shall provide a basis for understanding and taking into account the values of nature. The goal is to stop the climate crisis and achieve the sustainability goals. The UN Nature Panel was established in 2012 to coordinate science and policy within biodiversity and the ecosystem. It has a similar role as the UN Climate Panel. – The pressure on nature is unsustainable Karoline Andaur, Secretary General of the WWF World Wide Fund for Nature, believes the report leaves no doubt. – The pressure we put on nature is violent and unbearable. There is a need for urgent measures to change course. She believes a new global nature agreement will be more important than ever. The countries of the world must commit themselves to better managing nature and stopping the loss of nature. – The good news is that we can do something about the situation. Sustainable and fair use of wild species is possible if we address the natural crisis from both a social and an ecological perspective, says Andaur and points out that we have much to learn from indigenous peoples’ sustainable use of nature.
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