The world's biggest nature conservation conference resumed in Rome today, Tuesday, in a bid to overcome a deadlock between northern and southern countries over funding. Negotiations collapsed last year, with the head of the meeting warning that increasing global "polarisation" was frustrating efforts to protect the planet.
More than two years after a landmark deal on nature – including a pledge to protect 30 percent of the world's land and seas by 2030 – nations continue to haggle over the money needed to reverse destruction that scientists say threatens a million species.
