Civil society plays a vital and effective role in the protection of biodiversity in the face of climate change, acting as a complementary partner to the efforts of Governments and the private sector. Its role is in several key areas: environmental awareness and capacity-building, monitoring of mitigation and adaptation violations: engaging in mitigation and adaptation efforts, such as the implementation of renewable energy projects or the management of solid residues, natural solutions (Nature-based Solutions - NbS) and community-based biodiversity protection.
The roles of civil society are:
1. Increasing community awareness:
- Awareness-raising campaigns and educational workshops to raise awareness of the importance of environmental protection and climate change.
Climate issues are included in school and university curricula.
Distribution of educational materials and guidance bulletins.
2. Outreach and capacity-building
- Dissemination of environmental awareness: Civil society conducts awareness-raising campaigns, workshops and educational events to raise awareness of the importance of biodiversity and climate change risks to livelihoods and habitats.
Building community capacity: Communities, especially the most vulnerable in rural and coastal areas, help to understand the impact of climate change and build resilience, identify and preserve local biodiversity resources.
Three. Monitoring and advocacy
- Monitoring violations: participating in monitoring the implementation of environmental standards and policies and reporting on any violations that may affect the environment and biodiversity.
- Advocacy and pressure: It conducts advocacy campaigns to pressure decision makers to adopt more stringent and supportive environmental policies for climate action, and to end support for polluting industries.
Representing citizen concerns: acting as a channel of communication between individuals and public authorities, conveying citizens ' concerns and aspirations with regard to environmental issues.
4. Field work and project implementation
Field initiatives: launch environmental projects and initiatives on the ground, such as recycling projects, restoration of environmental systems, support for sustainable agriculture and the establishment of protected areas in cooperation with local communities.
Nature-based solutions: promote and implement nature-based solutions (NbS) aimed at restoring the environmental system, protecting biodiversity and addressing desertification, thereby ensuring community resilience.
-التخفيف والتكيف: يشارك في جهود التخفيف من آثار تغير المناخ والتكيف معها، مثل تنفيذ مشروعات الطاقة المتجددة أو إدارة المخلفات الصلبة.
5.تنفيذ مشاريع حماية البيئة:
-العمل على مشاريع لحماية الشواطئ والموارد المائية.
-المساهمة في استعادة النظم البيئية المتدهورة وإدارة الأراضي بطرق مستدامة.
-دعم تحويل المرافق الصناعية إلى مصادر طاقة نظيفة، مثل تحويل مصنع فحم إلى محطة طاقة شمسية
6. التعاون والشراكات في المحافل الدولية
-التعاون مع الجهات المختلفة: يعمل على بناء شراكات قوية ومتنوعة مع الحكومات والمنظمات الدولية والقطاع الخاص والأوساط الأكاديمية لدفع التغيير المطلوب على نطاق واسع.
-المشاركة في المحافل الدولية: يشارك بفاعلية في المؤتمرات والمنتديات الدولية مثل مؤتمرات الأطراف (COP)، لعرض وجهات نظر المجتمعات المحلية والمساهمة في صياغة الاتفاقيات العالمية.
باختصار، يُعد المجتمع المدني فاعلاً محورياً لا غنى عنه في معركة حماية التنوع البيولوجي من التغيرات المناخية، نظراً لقدرته على تعبئة الأفراد، والعمل الميداني، والضغط من أجل التغيير في السياسات البيئية. كذلك يمثل شريكًا أساسيًا لا غنى عنه في الجهود العالمية والمحلية الرامية إلى حماية التنوع البيولوجي من التهديدات المتزايدة لتغير المناخ.
In the words: A.D. Hamad Kamel Ahmed-Ambassad Al-Nawa Al-Sahmanah, founder of the Faculty of Veterinary, University of Ayn Shams, Under-Secretary of Community and Environmental Development, Chief of Wildlife and Animal Parks, member of the Scientific and Administrative Committee of the Satis Convention, International Expert on Wildlife, Natural Protectors and Biological Diversity of the Ministry of the Kingdom of Morocco, United Nations Development, Consulting the IUCN.
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