On Kossuth Radio, every Wednesday for ten weeks, you can hear a conversation with the President of the Republic, János Áder, about climate change, in connection with the upcoming Planet Budapest 2021 Sustainability Expo. The Expo and World Meeting will be held under the patronage of the President of the Republic between November 29 and December 5 at Hungexpo.
János Áder reminded us on Wednesday: the biological diversity as we now see our Earth was formed over millions of years. According to scientists, approx. There are 8 million animal and plant species in the world, one million of which are on the verge of extinction. This is an alarming number.
There have been five major extinction waves on Earth so far. The current one is the fastest and also special in that only one species, humans, is responsible for it.
The President of the Republic called overfishing and overhunting a sad phenomenon. As an example, he mentioned that millions of sharks are hunted just to make soup out of their fins, and the rest of their bodies are thrown away.
The seas have started to acidify, many coral reefs are turning white because of this, he pointed out.
Source: magyarhirlap.hu
János Áder also drew attention to the importance of bees, as a significant part of our food production and consumption depends on bees. Despite this, in the last five years, a high rate of bee mortality has been experienced worldwide.
It is estimated that bee destruction causes hundreds of billions of dollars in damage worldwide.
He reminded that a collection of signatures in the EU countries was recently completed: one million requested that the EC and the EP deal with the issue of bee destruction.
During the conversation, the so-called invasive species such as ragwort, which, according to János Áder, appeared in Hungary only a hundred years ago after it arrived in our country with grain shipments from the United States.
Source: napi.hu
We have now reached the point that if we were to add up the size of the areas covered with fallow grass in the country, it would cover the area of two counties.
In the future, thanks to the UN initiative, the proportion of terrestrial protected areas would be increased to 30 percent, which Hungary also accepted and set as a goal.
Afforestation and the protection of wetlands are also a matter of priority - concluded the head of state.
Source: hirado.hu
Image: magyarhirlap.hu
