After years of negotiations, the world has agreed a landmark deal to protect vanishing species and ecosystems.
Many activists want to make sure Indigenous rights are not trampled in the name of conservation -- previous efforts to safeguard land have seen communities marginalized or displaced in what has been dubbed"green colonialism".MONTREAL - After years of negotiations, the world has agreed a landmark deal to protect vanishing species and ecosystems, dubbed a"peace pact with nature" at the UN meeting in Montreal called COP15.
Activists wanted to make sure their rights are not trampled in the name of conservation -- previous efforts to safeguard land have seen Indigenous communities marginalized or displaced in what has been dubbed"green colonialism." In the end, the text approves the objective for rich countries to provide"at least US$20 billion per year by 2025, and ... at least US$30 billion per year by 2030," approximately double and then triple the current international aid for biodiversity.
Developing countries were also seeking a new funding mechanism, as a signal of the rich world's commitment to this goal, but developed nations said it would take several years to create.
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