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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Patrick Greenfield and Phoebe Weston

Beyond Montreal: six months after deal to halt biodiversity loss, where are we?

A jaguar laps up water in the Amazon
A jaguar laps up water in the Amazon, home to more than three million species. There has been some reduction in deforestation in Brazil under Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, but indigenous rights have suffered a big setback. Photograph: Carl de Souza/AFP/Getty Images

In the six months since the Cop15 summit, some significant environmental agreements have forced nature up the international agenda, but there have also been setbacks to achieving the aims of the ‘historic’ deal to halt the loss of biodiversity agreed in Canada last December. An informal check-in is expected between environment ministers at the climate Cop28 in Dubai later this year before the next biodiversity Cop in Turkey in 2024.

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