Cop17 biodiversity summit to confront funding gap for wildlife conservation
- Almost 200 countries will be in attendance at the United Nations Biodiversity Cop17, opening in Armenia on Monday, to take stock of faltering progress towards the UN’s 2030 nature targets.
- Wildlife populations are shrinking and protected areas are under threat from drilling and mining, while more money still goes into damaging ecosystems than protecting them.
- Cop17 runs in the Armenian capital Yerevan until 30 October.
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- Almost 200 countries will be in attendance at the United Nations Biodiversity Cop17, opening in Armenia on Monday, to take stock of faltering progress towards the UN’s 2030 nature targets.
- Wildlife populations are shrinking and protected areas are under threat from drilling and mining, while more money still goes into damaging ecosystems than protecting them.
- Cop17 runs in the Armenian capital Yerevan until 30 October.
Sources: RFI