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Viviana Figueroa from Argentina speaks during the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in Montreal, Quebec, on December 16, 2022. (Photo by Lars Hagberg / AFP) (Photo by LARS HAGBERG/AFP via Getty Images)

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COP15 biodiversity deal is ‘new era’ for Indigenous-led conservation

The agreement made at the COP15 biodiversity summit balanced a recognition of the importance of Indigenous peoples and territories for conserving biodiversity without imposing on Indigenous sovereignty over those lands

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Eve Bazaiba Masudi, Vice-Prime Minister and Environment Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Brazil Foreign Minister Leonardo Cleaver de Athayde, left, and Daniel Tumpal Sumurung Simanjuntak of Indonesia raises their arms following a discussion at the COP15 UN conference on biodiversity in Montreal

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COP15: Treaty may unravel over last-minute disputes and vague targets

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COP15 delegates negotiating on 7 December in Montreal

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COP15: How much money do we need to stop biodiversity loss?

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COP15: What is the 30 by 30 biodiversity target and is it enough?

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Police officers walk past a sign as they patrol outside the Palais de Congres, during the opening of COP15, the two-week U.N. biodiversity summit in Montreal, Quebec, Canada December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi - RC2H0Y92YQSE

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COP15: Countries debate how to share profits from Earth’s genetic data

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COP15: China calls for action as biodiversity talks break down

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General view of the Negotiation Room ahead of the COP15 UN Biodiversity Conference

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COP15: Rich countries announce alliance to make mineral mining green

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TOPSHOT - A deforested and burnt area is seen on a stretch of the BR-230 (Transamazonian highway) in Humait??, Amazonas State, Brazil, on September 16, 2022. - According to the National Institute for Space Research (INPE), hotspots in the Amazon region saw a record increase in the first half of September, being the average for the month 1,400 fires per day. (Photo by MICHAEL DANTAS / AFP) (Photo by MICHAEL DANTAS/AFP via Getty Images)

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COP15 target to reverse biodiversity loss by 2030 is ‘unrealistic’

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MONTREAL, CANADA -17 OCT 2018- View of colorful glass panes on the Palais des Congres convention and exhibition center in Montreal, located on Place Jean-Paul Riopelle next to Chinatown.

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COP15: What to expect at the biggest biodiversity summit in a decade

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Kunming in China, where COP15 is due to take place

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China is putting nature at risk with its biodiversity summit delays

It's time for China to put national pride aside and let another country host the UN COP15 biodiversity conference, for the sake of wildlife, plants and habitats worldwide, says Adam Vaughan

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UN plan would protect 30% of oceans and land to stem extinctions

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Bill Gates took private jet to Paris climate summit, his book reveals

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