“Biodiversity conservation is a shared responsibility. What happens in one area affects other parts of the world. We cannot say that what we throw in Manila Bay stays in the Philippines. Hence, biodiversity crisis requires regional and global solutions,” said European Union Ambassador Franz Jessen, as he stressed the importance of working together in combatting the worsening biodiversity loss regionally and globally.

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