Fundraising to Protect Oceans, Forests and Other Key Nature Sites Falling Short Ahead of UN Summit
- On Monday, the biodiversity conference known as COP17 begins in Yerevan, Armenia, where nearly 200 countries will assess progress on protecting the natural world amid a significant funding gap.
- Countries committed in Montreal in 2022 to protect 30% of land and water by 2030, yet data shows nations raised only $75 billion to $92 billion annually from 2023 to 2025—less than half the 2030 goal.
- Governments direct an estimated $7.3 trillion into subsidies that harm nature, according to the Campaign for Nature, while Patricia Zurita, Conservation International's executive director, said "we can't reverse biodiversity loss while continuing to finance the activities that drive deforestation, overfishing, pollution and more."
- Many developing nations struggle to finance conservation while paying for healthcare and infrastructure, leading Congo biodiversity negotiator Daniel Mukubi to agree it is "not possible to scale up protected and conserved areas" without sufficient financial help.
- Wildlife populations have declined on average by 73% since 1970, according to the WWF's 2026 Living Planet Report, fueling hopes that attendees will announce major funding initiatives next week.
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"For every dollar invested in protecting nature, $30 is still spent on destroying it," said Inger Andersen, executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme.
On Monday, October 19, the Conference of the Parties (COP17), the international agreement of the United Nations dedicated to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, will kick off. The post The COP17 will start lagging behind the biodiversity targets by 2030 appeared first on La Silla Empty.
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Efforts to raise hundreds of billions of dollars to preserve the world's oceans, forests, rivers, lakes and other parts of the natural world have fallen short ahead of a key U.N. summit on biodiversity.
Fundraising to protect oceans, forests, other key nature sites falling short ahead of U.N. summit
Efforts to raise hundreds of billions of dollars to preserve the world's oceans, forests, rivers, lakes and other parts of the natural world have fallen short ahead of a key U.N. summit on biodiversity.
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