Expert calls on COP15 to come up with concrete measures to end biodiversity destruction

STORY: Expert calls on COP15 to come up with concrete measures to end biodiversity destruction DATELINE: Dec. 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:47 LOCATION: Lusaka CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of animals and plants in Africa 2. SOUNDBITE (English): MORGAN KATATI, CEO of Zambia Institute of Environmental Management STORYLINE: An expert said on Tuesday that the ongoing United Nations (UN) Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in Canada's Montreal should come up with practical resolutions for countries to adopt measures to protect the biodiversity from further destruction. Morgan Katati, the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Zambia Institute of Environmental Management, made the remarks in an interview with Xinhua. SOUNDBITE (English): MORGAN KATATI, CEO of Zambia Institute of Environmental Management "This Conference of Parties is very crucial in the sense that it is a COP that is trying to address the issues of biological diversity in the whole world. The world has been losing a lot of animals, plants and

ZAMBIA-LUSAKA-BIODIVERSITY DESTRUCTION-EXPERT-INTERVIEW

ZAMBIA-LUSAKA-BIODIVERSITY DESTRUCTION-EXPERT-INTERVIEW

(221214) -- LUSAKA, Dec. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Morgan Katati, the chief executive officer of the Zambia Institute of Environmental Management, receives an interview with Xinhua in Lusaka, Zambia, Dec. 13, 2022. TO GO WITH "Expert calls on COP15 to come up with concrete measures to end biodiversity destruction" (Photo by Martin Mbangweta/Xinhua)