States agree on global agreement on nature conservation at species protection conference in Montreal

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COP15 in Montreal, Canada (pictured December 14)

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A historic agreement was reached at the UN Conference on the Protection of Biological Diversity: after around two weeks of negotiations, the participants at the World Nature Summit in Montreal, Canada, agreed on a final declaration.

Among other things, the around 200 countries set themselves the goal of protecting at least 30 percent of the world’s land and sea areas by 2030.

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