UN: 'Intense restoration of nature' needed to protect environment, climate and economy

Cecilia Keating
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Major report urges policymakers to go far beyond solely nature protection and deliver large-scale restoration of degraded land and oceans

The UN has sounded the alarm that the pace of the global drive to protect ecosystems is nowhere near ambitious enough to stave off the ‘triple threat' presented by climate change, nature loss and pollution,...

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