CBD COP17: Why African countries struggle to mobilise biodiversity funding – AfDB official

Premium Times28 October 2026, 23:05 UTCNigeria

The African Development Bank says African governments must make biodiversity conservation a national investment priority and integrate it into development planning to close the continent’s biodiversity financing gap. The post CBD COP17: Why African countries struggle to mobilise biodiversity funding – AfDB official appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

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