Cali, Colombia, Oct 21, 2024 (AFP) - UN biodiversity summit opens in Colombia with calls for action, finance

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2024-10-21

The world's biggest nature protection conference opened in Colombia on Monday with calls for urgent action and financing to reverse humankind's rapacious destruction of biodiversity. With about a million known species worldwide estimated to be at risk of extinction, Colombian Environment Minister and COP16 president Susana Muhamad warned delegates: "The planet doesn't have time to lose." "We all agree that we are underfunded for this mission, we......

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