COP17: 2030 global ocean protection target on track to be reached 265 years late, Greenpeace warns

Stuart Stone
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Delegates meeting in at COP17 in Armenia from today need 'big, bold solutions' to get back on track to meet Global Biodiversity Framework targets, report claims

At the current rate of progress, it could take 265 years to achieve the totemic goal to protect 30 per cent of the world's ocean by 2030, according to a damning new report from Greenpeace International...

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