COP17: Hopes grow for hard-fought compromise as UN biodiversity talks spill into overtime

Michael Holder
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Closing plenary gets under way in Armenia despite deep divisions on contentious issues surrounding biodiversity funding, nature-harming subsidies, scientific evidence, and nature genetics

Crunch UN biodiversity talks have spilled into overtime in Armenia, where countries remain locked divided over on a range of contentious issues ranging from how to increase finance for nature restoration...

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