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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)

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

20 December 2022

The agreement made at the COP15 biodiversity summit balanced a recognition of the importance of Indigenous peoples and territories for conserving biodiversity without imposing on Indigenous sovereignty over those lands

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

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

19 December 2022

A landmark biodiversity agreement was hammered out at the COP15 biodiversity summit over objections from some countries, but it may not live up to lofty expectations

COP15 delegates negotiating on 7 December in Montreal

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

16 December 2022

Several high-income countries have made pledges at COP15 to fund programmes to protect biodiversity but so far they amount to a small fraction of what’s needed

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

16 December 2022

Under the 30 by 30 biodiversity target, countries would pledge to protect 30 per cent of land and sea, but that may not be enough to reduce biodiversity losses

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

15 December 2022

The question of how best to share revenues from products developed using genetic data from plants, animals and microbes has emerged as a make-or-break issue at COP15

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COP15: China calls for action as biodiversity talks break down

15 December 2022

Negotiations at the COP15 biodiversity summit in Montreal broke down over how to fund new agreements to safeguard nature

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

5 December 2022

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

30 November 2022

After a two-year delay, the COP15 summit will convene in Montreal to hammer out an agreement to address the biodiversity crisis

Kunming in China, where COP15 is due to take place

China is putting nature at risk with its biodiversity summit delays

10 June 2022

It's time for China to put national pride aside and let another country host the UN COP15 biodiversity conference, for the sake of wildlife, plants and habitats worldwide, says Adam Vaughan

UN plan would protect 30% of oceans and land to stem extinctions

12 July 2021

Nearly a third of the world’s oceans and land should be protected by 2030 to stem extinctions and ensure humanity lives in harmony with nature, 195 countries say in a proposed UN plan