CBCGDF’ suggestion on publishing COP 15 stamps

Research Department of China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation has proposed to release a series of CBD COP15 stamp on Jun.26. Same suggestion also being proposed to the UN STAMPS.

On October 11, 2021, to commemorate the first phase of the fifteenth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity(including CBD COP15) in Kunming, China. UN STAMPS is issuing a stamp sheetlet for distribution.

On 11 October 2021, the United Nations Postal Administration will issue a special event souvenir sheet entitled “COP15 on Biodiversity” to mark the 15th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15). The first part of the Conference will be held via web conference from 11 to 15 October 2021, and the second part will be held on-site in Kunming, China, from 25 April to 8 May 2022. The event was postponed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Biodiversity is not only about plants, animals, fungi, microorganisms and their ecosystems – it is also about humans themselves and their need for food security, medicines, fresh air and water, shelter – a clean and healthy living environment.

Despite ongoing efforts, biodiversity continues to deteriorate on a global scale. The United Nations Conference on Biodiversity will bring together the world’s governments to agree on new targets for conserving nature over the next decade through the Convention on Biological Diversity. Post 2020 global biodiversity framework sets out an ambitious plan to implement actions and transform society’s relationship with biodiversity. The ultimate goal is to ensure that by 2050, a shared vision of living in harmony with nature becomes a reality.

The souvenir sheet (stamps and margins) shows vertebrates, invertebrates, mammals, amphibians, reptiles, birds, fish, plants and microorganisms. The souvenir sheet was designed by Sergio Baradat (United Nations); printed by Carter Security Printing (France); and printed in a run of 48,000 sheets, each with a unique code.