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World Losing Ground in ‘War on Nature’ as Progress on Biodiversity Targets Lags

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Fewer than half of the national targets set to protect the world’s plants, animals and ecosystems are on track, the UN warns in a new report, days before countries gather in Yerevan, Armenia, for the COP17 biodiversity conference.

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A few days before the UN Biodiversity Conference COP17, UN Secretary-General António Guterres lamented the "gap between claim and reality" in protecting nature. "Less than half of the world's states are on good course with their own national biodiversity goals, stated Guterres on Thursday in Yerevan. COP17 is beginning to start in the Armenian capital early this week. World-wide states did not meet their obligations to protect marine and land ar…

·Hamburg, Germany
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Draft Environment, 15 Oct (EFE).- The Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, considered this Thursday that it is still possible to "stop and reverse the loss of biodiversity", when presenting a report in Yerevan (Armenia) that shows the existence of "a gap between ambition and action" of the countries. Guterres participated today in [...] The entry Guterres believes that it is still possible to "revert the loss of biodiversit…

Published on Thursday, the State of Biodiversity Action report highlights the gap between the ambitions of States and the measures implemented. While nearly 90 per cent of countries have set national targets, progress remains insufficient to meet global commitments. "This report shows that there is a gap between [...]

Madrid.- The Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, considered that it is still possible to "stop and reverse the loss of biodiversity", when presenting a report in Yerevan, Armenia, which shows the existence of "a gap between ambition and action" of the countries. Guterres participated this Thursday in the presentation of the document "State [...] The entry António Guterres believes that it is still possible to "revert the l…

UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Thursday that the world is falling behind in meeting its commitments to protect nature. He made the remarks while presenting a progress report ahead of next week's global biodiversity summit in the Armenian capital Yerevan. The agency reported...

·Bratislava, Slovakia
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