COP15: Progress on draft text overshadowed by concerns over integrity of new nature targets

Cecilia Keating
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Basile van Havre of Canada and Francis Ogwal of Uganda, co-chairs of open-ended working group of the GBF | Credit: Earth Negotiations Bulletin
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Basile van Havre of Canada and Francis Ogwal of Uganda, co-chairs of open-ended working group of the GBF | Credit: Earth Negotiations Bulletin

Insiders welcome constructive atmosphere at high profile talks, but concerns grow the pact's central '30 by 30' nature protection target could be undermined

International biodiversity talks that are underway in Montreal yielded their first signs of progress yesterday, as diplomats delivered the latest update to the draft negotiating text that observers hope...

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