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Faster action and financing needed to stop biodiversity loss

The United Nations secretary general appealed last week for governments, businesses and communities to accelerate efforts to protect biodiversity for future generations and all life on Earth.
Susan Wright
Susan Wright
Faster action and financing needed to stop biodiversity loss
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The United Nations secretary general appealed last week for governments, businesses and communities to accelerate efforts to protect biodiversity for future generations and all life on Earth.

Antonio Guterres was speaking in Yerevan, Armenia, ahead of the opening of the COP17 UN biodiversity conference.

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