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Fundraising to protect oceans, forests and other key nature sites falling short ahead of UN summit

Mongabay16 October 2026, 17:54 UTCArmenia

Promises by nations to spend hundreds of billions of dollars to finance nature and increase protections for oceans around the globe are falling short ahead of a key U.N. biodiversity conference. The warnings from the head of the conference and environmental groups comes as the countries gather Monday in Yerevan, Armenia for the United Nations […]

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