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France presents strategy to protect biodiversity without 'brutality'

A view of the Mediterranean from the Albera mountain range in the Pyrenees, southwestern France. © Lucile Gimberg/RFI

The collapse of biodiversity is an "existential threat" for the world, warned French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne when presenting France’s latest biodiversity strategy, which follows two other plans whose goals have yet to be attained. She promised "radical" results without "brutal" measures.

"The collapse of biodiversity is so strong, so quick and so widespread that we are threatened by a sixth general extinction," Borne said Monday when presenting the final version of France's national biodiversity strategy, with 40 measures to implement by 2030.

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