Nations agree to get UN nature goals back on track - kuwaitTimes

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : The UN mechanism shares profits from companies that use genetic data from plants and other organisms.
50% : Some welcomed modest progress on subsidies and other incentives that encourage activities harmful to nature, such as fossil fuels, intensive farming and overfishing.
50% : "This UN conference made it clear that the obstructionist politics of the climate talks have entered the biodiversity negotiations," said Alfred DeGemmis of the Wildlife Conservation Society.
49% : Nearly 200 countries reached hard-won agreements on Friday at a UN biodiversity summit aimed at reviving a faltering commitment to halt the destruction of nature by 2030.
45% : Countries also clashed over science, with a small number accused of using tactics familiar from climate talks to weaken the role of a UN-backed biodiversity body.
39% : According to the United Nations, progress has lagged and key targets are off track, including protecting 30 percent of land and oceans, tackling pollution and increasing conservation funding.
35% : The European Union pushed for wealthy emerging economies such as China to contribute to global conservation efforts, a contentious issue at COP17.

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