Next week Global Biodiversity Outlook will paint a bleak message on the goals previously set. Looking at the GBO-4, its completely lacking any analysis of impact of armed conflict on #biodiversity which deserves more scrutiny https://www.climatechangenews.com/2020/09/08/world-misses-2020-biodiversity-goals-leaked-un-draft-report/

Its noteworthy that CBDs report from conflict-affected countries do note how wars impacted #biodiversity. A small thread here, starting with #Iraq latest (yet outdated) contribution https://www.cbd.int/doc/world/iq/iq-nbsap-01-en.pdf

Then on to #Yemen, which I covered in this thread https://twitter.com/wammezz/status/1294244668021112832?s=20

Moving on to #Syria, who hasn't updated its contribution recently, but the 9 year war clearly impacted its #biodiversity, including protected areas, water sources, flora and fauna in all conflict areas. The outdated report (AR only) can be found here https://www.cbd.int/doc/world/sy/sy-nr-05-ar.pdf