'Moral responsibility': Nature charities back calls for $60bn international biodiversity finance target

Cecilia Keating
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Burnt shrubs on sandy soil in a conservancy in Namibia | Credit: iStock
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Burnt shrubs on sandy soil in a conservancy in Namibia | Credit: iStock

A six-fold increase in funding flows from richer nations to poorer nations to support nature protection is needed to help slow the rate of biodiversity loss, charities have warned

Many of the world's leading environmental charities have called on wealthy countries to commit to delivering at least $60bn a year of international finance to enable biodiversity protection and enhancement...

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