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Reuters
Reuters
Environment
By Allison Lampert and Jake Spring

Indigenous people seek stronger land rights at COP15 nature talks

Elder Ka'nahsohon Kevin Deer performs a ceremony prior to Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau making an announcement supporting Indigenous-led conservation COP15 U.N. Biodiversity summit in Montreal, Quebec, Canada December 7, 2022. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi

Negotiations on a deal to protect 30% of the Earth by 2030 are woefully behind in addressing the concerns of native people, whose land holds the majority of the world's remaining biodiversity, indigenous advocates told Reuters at the U.N. nature summit in Montreal.

Indigenous participation is seen as key to reaching that so-called "30-by-30" target within an ambitious new agreement to halt further nature loss and degradation.

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