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Watered down: why negotiators at Cop15 are barely mentioning the ocean

With only two mentions of the word ‘ocean’ in the latest 5,000-word working agreement, delegates fear marine biodiversity is being sacrificed.

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Michelle Nijhuis: Those adorable endangered creatures are not the point

We treat conservation as an altruistic pursuit — a special interest championed by a passionate few — but it’s also a selfish cause.
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Nations meet at COP15 biodiversity summit see if they can save nature

Diplomats are meeting in Montreal at a biodiversity conference this month to see whether they can rescue species from extinction.
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‘We are at war with nature’: UN environment chief warns of biodiversity apocalypse

Inger Andersen spells out the challenges facing the planet as Cop15 delegates gather in Montreal.

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Why the U.N.’s biodiversity conference is so important

Countries are gathering in an effort to stop a biodiversity collapse that scientists say could equal climate change as an existential crisis.
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