Countries agree on historic deal to protect nature
The deal pledges to secure 30% of the planet as a protected zone by 2030 and to stump up $30 billion in yearly conservation aid for the developing world.
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The deal pledges to secure 30% of the planet as a protected zone by 2030 and to stump up $30 billion in yearly conservation aid for the developing world.
Environmentalists say that if the draft were enacted, it would be 'the largest commitment to ocean and land conservation in history' - Click the link for more details.
Top officials at high-stakes UN biodiversity negotiations said Saturday they were confident of securing a major deal to save the natural world from destruction.
The agreement committed the world to ending and reversing biodiversity loss by 2030.
The global framework comes a day before the United Nations Biodiversity Conference, or COP15, is set to end in Montreal.