Nearly 200 countries have agreed to a global treaty aimed at protecting the biodiversity of the world’s forests, coral reefs, and other threatened ecosystems. The agreement was met with applause and relief after two weeks of heated negotiations, after environment ministers from 193 countries agreed to a landmark deal aimed at ensuring greater protection of nature and stemming the catastrophic loss of species. Talks at the United Nations’ Convention on Biological Diversity in the Japanese city of Nagoya had been deadlocked until early on October 30, and agreement on some parts of the deal had taken years of difficult negotiations. Read More
