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UN report says biodiversity targets remain off track
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Countries pledged at least USD 200 billion annually to reduce biodiversity loss.
A UN report says fewer than half of national biodiversity targets are on track. Even if current commitments are met, it finds that 26% of land and 12% of oceans would be protected by 2030, below the 30% target. COP17 in Yerevan is conducting the framework’s first global review.
- United Nations
- Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
- Convention on Biological Diversity
- 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
5 sourcesDeutsche Welle, UN NewsUpdated
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The United Nations biodiversity target calls for protecting at least 30% of the planet’s land and seas by 2030.
5 of 5 sources“conserving 30 per cent of land and sea by 2030”