“When mining companies engaged in discussions at the fifteenth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Biodiversity Conference, COP15, in December last year, they shared solutions that will contribute towards a world in which nature is more healthy, abundant and resilient — it is clear that our industry has a unique role to play in supporting a nature-positive agenda.” Hayley Zipp, Director of Environment, ICMM Nature and biodiversity loss is occurring at an alarming pace. Species extinction rates are 100 – 1,000 times the historical norm, with a huge acceleration in the last 150 years. This degradation puts over half of the world’s annual GDP at risk. Mining disturbs less than 0.1% of the world’s land but often in ecologically and culturally sensitive areas. Recognising this, ICMM members have committed to understand their impact and take steps to mitigate this, while focusing on opportunities for conservation and restoration. However, we know we need to go even further in contributing to halting and reversing nature’s decline globally, and regional collaboration across different stakeholder groups is key to making this happen. This requires a holistic understanding and careful management of shared resources – from the mine site into adjacent landscapes and value chains. It means working with communities, government and civil society to halt and reverse the loss of nature and support both conservation and fair and equitable benefit sharing of natural resources. Source article and image: https://www.icmm.com/website/publications/pdfs/environmental-stewardship/2023/factsheet_nature-gbf.pdf