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Emperors penguins huddled on the ice

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Most Antarctic animals and plants are set to decline by 2100

Under a business-as-usual-scenario, 65 per cent of land animals and plants in the Antarctic will decline by the end of the century, with emperor penguins among those that will endure the steepest population loss

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Viviana Figueroa from Argentina speaks during the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in Montreal, Quebec, on December 16, 2022. (Photo by Lars Hagberg / AFP) (Photo by LARS HAGBERG/AFP via Getty Images)

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COP15 biodiversity deal is ‘new era’ for Indigenous-led conservation

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Eve Bazaiba Masudi, Vice-Prime Minister and Environment Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Brazil Foreign Minister Leonardo Cleaver de Athayde, left, and Daniel Tumpal Sumurung Simanjuntak of Indonesia raises their arms following a discussion at the COP15 UN conference on biodiversity in Montreal

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COP15: Treaty may unravel over last-minute disputes and vague targets

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Huang Runqiu and Steven Guilbeault

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Countries agree landmark deal to halt global decline in nature by 2030

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COP15 delegates negotiating on 7 December in Montreal

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COP15: How much money do we need to stop biodiversity loss?

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COP15: What is the 30 by 30 biodiversity target and is it enough?

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Police officers walk past a sign as they patrol outside the Palais de Congres, during the opening of COP15, the two-week U.N. biodiversity summit in Montreal, Quebec, Canada December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi - RC2H0Y92YQSE

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COP15: Countries debate how to share profits from Earth’s genetic data

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COP15: China calls for action as biodiversity talks break down

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Logged forest

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Tropical forests ravaged by logging can still have thriving ecosystems

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TOPSHOT - A deforested and burnt area is seen on a stretch of the BR-230 (Transamazonian highway) in Humait??, Amazonas State, Brazil, on September 16, 2022. - According to the National Institute for Space Research (INPE), hotspots in the Amazon region saw a record increase in the first half of September, being the average for the month 1,400 fires per day. (Photo by MICHAEL DANTAS / AFP) (Photo by MICHAEL DANTAS/AFP via Getty Images)

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COP15 target to reverse biodiversity loss by 2030 is ‘unrealistic’

Goal to “halt and reverse” biodiversity loss by 2030 – a headline aim of the COP15 biodiversity summit – could take 80 rather than eight years to achieve, say conservationists

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COP15: What to expect at the biggest biodiversity summit in a decade

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COP27: Brazil's Lula promises zero deforestation in the Amazon by 2030

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European empires had a lasting impact on plant biodiversity worldwide

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Wildlife populations are declining on a 'devastating' scale, says WWF

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