04/03/2020 (Agence Europe) – In view of the UN summit on biodiversity (COP15, Kunming, October) and on the occasion of the World Wildlife Day, the Commission launched, in Monaco on Tuesday 3 March, a new global coalition for biodiversity. The institution is turning to national parks, aquariums, botanical gardens, zoos, science and natural history museums to boost public awareness about the nature crisis. It also encourages national, regional and local authorities, NGOs, businesses, scientists and citizens to play their part in raising awareness ahead of this crucial summit to establish a new post-2020 global framework to protect and restore nature. “We urgently need to take global action, otherwise, our only chance of seeing nature is in the zoos and botanical gardens”, said European Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius. (AN)