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UN report warns all 23 biodiversity targets will be missed by 2030

By Drooid · Oct 17, 2026, 3:15 AM UTC · How we work

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UN Report Warns

Nearly 200 countries convene in Yerevan, Armenia, for the UN biodiversity summit COP17.
A UN report warns the world will miss all 23 biodiversity targets by 2030.
Funding for biodiversity reaches $75-$92 billion annually (2023-2025), far short of the $200 billion goal.
Negotiators aim to redirect $7.3 trillion in harmful subsidies toward nature-based solutions.
Congo’s negotiator warned ecosystem collapse could cost the global market tens of trillions of dollars.

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Kyrgyz President Commits

Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov pledged active participation in the Yerevan Platform on Mountain and Freshwater Ecosystems.
The Yerevan Zoo has shifted its mandate toward conservation biology, serving as a living gene-pool reserve.
About 50 Red Book species, including bezoar goats, Armenian mouflon, griffon vultures and mute swans, are housed.
Griffon vultures act as obligate scavengers, cleaning carcasses and reducing disease risk across mountainous terrain.

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UN Report Warns

Nearly 200 countries convene in Yerevan, Armenia, for the UN biodiversity summit COP17.
A UN report warns the world will miss all 23 biodiversity targets by 2030.
Funding for biodiversity reaches $75-$92 billion annually (2023-2025), far short of the $200 billion goal.
Negotiators aim to redirect $7.3 trillion in harmful subsidies toward nature-based solutions.
Congo’s negotiator warned ecosystem collapse could cost the global market tens of trillions of dollars.

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