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Nous, représentants et représentantes des gouvernements de 142 États et territoires du Pacifique insulaire, nos pays partenaires, et les dirigeants et dirigeantes ’organisations de 113 membres de la Table ronde océanienne pour la conservation de la nature, rassemblés dans le cadre de la 10e Conférence du Pacifique insulaire pour la conservation de la nature et les aires protégées, déclarons l’urgence de la crise mondiale de la biodiversité et la nécessité de ne pas retarder la mise en œuvre d’actions porteuses de changements. Cette crise représente une menace pour l’existence de notre océan Pacifique, de nos îles et de nos peuples.

We, representatives of the governments of Pacific Island countries and territories, our partner countries and the Heads of the Organizations of members of the Pacific Island Round table for Nature Conservation, gathered for the High-level session of the 10th Pacific Island Conference on Nature Conservation and Protected Areas, declare that the global biodiversity crisis is urgent, and that transformative action must not be delayed. This is a crisis is an existential threat to our Pacific Ocean, our Pacific Islands, and to ourselves as Pacific peoples.

In order to showcase knowledge and solutions related to nature conservation action in the Pacific Islands, the original face-to-face conference provided space in its programme for 61 parallel sessions, each with a duration of 1 hour and 30 minutes. By going virtual a lot of that space in teh agenda was lost, but we still wanted to bring those stories! By creating a virtual galleries on the website and by the event feed on the conference platform, we were able to provide new and open spaces for lightning stories to be told and striking facts to be shared!