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Public funding for nature conservation stalls at COP16, eyes on private investment

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U.N. biodiversity summit in Cali , Colombia , failed to agree on how to mobilize $200 billion annually in conservation funding by 2030 .

That money is meant to finance activities that boost nature, such as sustainable farming or patrolling wildlife reserves.

Human activities are increasingly pushing nature into crisis, with 1 million or so plant and animal species at risk of extinction.