Starting gun fired on global hunt for hundreds of billions to fund nature protection
Barcelona, Spain Thomson Reuters Foundation Protecting the planet’s plants, animals and ecosystems, and repairing the damage done to them by humans will take about $US700 billion a year in extra funding over the next decade, requiring a huge boost in investment by governments and business, officials said on Monday. The call came as Britain and […]
As world falls behind on UN wildlife targets, bright spots offer hope
London, UK Reuters All the world’s governments have fallen short on pledges made a decade ago to protect wildlife, though cases of conservation show that the destruction of nature can be slowed, and even reversed, according to a UN report published on Tuesday. The report outlined recommendations for far-reaching changes in sectors from farming to […]
ENVIRONMENT: GOVERNMENTS FACE PRESSURE TO PROTECT NATURE IN BIODIVERSITY “SUPER YEAR”
THIN LEI WIN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on plans for a new global framework to safeguard the Earth’s eco-systems and biodiversity…