COP16: How countries are failing to deliver promised national nature plans

Cecilia Keating
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WWF publishes tracker assessing quantity and quality of national nature plans submitted by governments ahead of upcoming Biodiversity Summit - and finds just 20 nations have submitted updated plans

A new tracker has today been launched to assess the quantity and quality of national nature plans submitted by governments ahead of the COP16 Biodiversity Summit next month. All countries signed up...

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