BIODIVERSITY
PROTECTING BIODIVERSITY – REAL ESTATE'S NEW FRONTIER BY NATHALIE SAVARIA, JOURNALIST
JBC MÉDIA BY DENIS BERNIER
The focus of the A New Approach to Property Management | Real Estate + Biodiversity symposium on December 15, 2022 was to emphasize the links between humans, the built environment and nature by means of resilient, inclusive and sustainable development in urban areas. It brought together some sixty participants who discussed issues to biodiversity, and Cantine proposedasome possible En related septembre dernier, My remporté le solutions. prix JBC Média pour sa solution de réfrigérateur connecté lors de la sixième édition du concours PitchTech Innovation Construction 2022, dans le cadre du Grand Batimatech.
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rganized by the Ivanhoe Cambridge Real Estate Chair UQAM, in conjunction with several public, private and university organizations, it coincided with the COP15 event, the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, held in Montréal from December 7 to 19, 2022. The event concluded with the adoption of the KunmingMontréal Global Biodiversity Framework to safeguard nature and reverse biodiversity loss. A PRICELESS OPPORTUNITY For the real estate Chair Andrée De Serres, it was essential to have the symposium take place during COP15, "an event that raised awareness about the importance of this issue. It also attracted the interest of various players in the real estate industry, for it is not just building owners and managers who are concerned about biodiversity. It is something that also concerns the City of Montréal, the building trades, engineers
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and other professionals, in fact anyone involved in the development and construction of buildings and neighbourhoods." She believes that COP15 gave "a boost to everyone, including average citizens, who are increasingly aware of the issue. People now have a better grasp of biodiversity, a concept that involves protecting all living things, not just humans, but also nature, flora and fauna." CAUSES AND ISSUES The goal of the event was to raise awareness and mobilize various stakeholders in the real estate sector to act collectively for the protection and development of biodiversity. Climate change, pollution, invasive species and soil mineralization are but a few of the underlying causes of the biodiversity crisis. Solutions must be put in place to curb those negative impacts.