Protection That Holds: Keeping Nature Safe From Extraction By Madhu Rao and Tyson Miller Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service. All rights reserved. -

Protection That Holds: Keeping Nature Safe From Extraction By Madhu Rao and Tyson Miller https://www.ipsnews.net/2026/10/protection-that-holds-keeping-nature-safe-from-extraction/?utm_source=email_marketing&utm_admin=146128&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=If_the_UN_COP_Is_Serious_About_Biodiversity_It_Needs_to_Follow_the_Money_World_Lost_More_Than_Millio SINGAPORE, Oct 9 2026 (IPS) - When governments gather in Yerevan this month for the 17th UN Convention on Biological Diversity, they will weigh a promise nearly 200 countries adopted six years ago: to effectively conserve at least 30 percent of land, inland waters, and sea by 2030. Achieving the ambitious 30×30 target is essential to sustaining the systems humanity relies on for survival—including crop pollination, purification of water and air, and climate regulation—as well as the biodiversity that underpins food production, fisheries, and tourism. Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service. All rights reserved. -