Cyprus President endorses COP26 settlement on forests and land use [VIDEO]

Cyprus has develop into one of many greater than 100 states to endorse an settlement reached at Glasgow’s COP26 local weather summit to terminate and reverse deforestation by 2030.

In a video message proven throughout an occasion hosted by the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to signal the ‘Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forest and Land Use’, the President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades stated that forests matter to him and his nation, as forests, forest-based sector, biodiversity and sustainable land use are an important half in Cyprus’s  transition to a contemporary, local weather impartial and resource-efficient economic system.

“The commitments and actions proposed within the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use will ship rising, wholesome, various and resilient forests and guarantee their vital contribution to our local weather and biodiversity ambitions, thriving livelihoods in rural areas and past, and a sustainable forest bioeconomy” the President famous.

“Cyprus due to this fact endorses the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration and commits to working collectively to halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030 whereas delivering sustainable growth and selling an inclusive rural transformation,” stated President Anastasiades.