The world is waging a ‘war on nature’ as progress on biodiversity targets lags

Official-source notice

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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