Priority to Nature
The targeted advocacy campaign “Priority to Nature” of the environmental think tank “The Green Tank” aims to influence the new political framework to halt the loss of biodiversity, with an emphasis on Greece.
Biodiversity loss is a crisis unfolding before our eyes. It is paramount to take immediate measures to reverse the trends that lead not only to the mass extinction of species but also to consequences detrimental to our own survival.
The timing and political context is opportune as a new policy framework for biodiversity conservation in expected to be agreed and adopted at international and European levels in 2020. However, nature protection in Greece is not a political agenda priority and the topic is largely absent from the public discourse.
The project will include documentation, advocacy and communication actions. In particular, through analyzing and substantiating proposals, meetings to inform public authorities at political and administrative levels, participating in consultation processes and participating in the public debate, by collaborating with the media, the Green Tank aims to support and influence the decision-making processes on the conservation of biodiversity. It is expected that these actions will strengthen biodiversity conservation policy, with Greece taking a more active role and exploiting the potential to influence European and international developments while at the same time renewing its own national policy framework to protect its unique nature.
