The Jenga tower has been installed by the Nature Positive pavilion, located in exhibition room 220B at COP15, and is supported by BirdLife, Business for Nature, Capitals Coalition, Conservation International, Global Commons Alliance, Infrastructure and Nature Coalition, InTent, IUCN, The Nature Conservancy, Pew, and WWF. Related Articles: Over Two-Thirds of Wildlife Lost in Less Than a Lifetime | A Natural Path to Conflict Prevention: Unpacking the Nature–Security Nexus | EU Unveils Law to Halt Biodiversity Loss and Improve Food Systems COP15 must be the moment the world comes together to secure an ambitious global biodiversity agreement, capable of reversing nature loss and delivering a nature-positive world this decade,” said WWF Director-General Marco Lambertini. Governments meeting in Montreal this week can set a new course for our future and our children’s future. By removing the foundational building blocks of nature, we risk destroying our societies and humankind. “The jenga tower serves as a stark reminder to delegates in Montreal of the very life support systems we all rely on. Each brick nudged out of place represents the precarious position we put our planet in, with each species lost, ecosystem degraded and livelihood ruined because of human-caused damage to biodiversity. The installation, made of recycled cardboard boxes, resembles the complex web of life and the risk we all face if we continue with a business-as-usual approach to our relationship with nature. However, unlike the popular game, we won’t be able to pick up the pieces and place them neatly back in a box, it’ll be too late,” says Andrew Deutz, Director of Global Policy at The Nature Conservancy. We are watching the accelerated destruction of the natural world every brick we pull out increases the risk of total collapse. “This Jenga represents the dangerous game we play with biodiversity.
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