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Delegates at COP15, the United Nations biodiversity conference in Montreal, reached a historic agreement early Monday to boost prospects for the long-term survival of the natural world and those who depend on it.
If fully implemented, the newly adopted global biodiversity framework would guide conservation efforts through the end of the decade with the aim of seeing species and ecosystems recovering in all regions of the globe by mid-century.
“I see no objections. The package is adopted,” said Huang Runqiu, the conference president and China’s Minister of Ecology and Environment, as he brought down his gavel, sparking an outburst of applause during the 3 a.m. plenary session.
Story by Science Reporter Ivan Semeniuk is here. And there’s an explainer here on the agenda of COP15.
