After pandemic delays, researchers say countries must agree this year on ambitious targets to save nature.
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Conservation and biodiversity scientists were growing increasingly concerned that China’s strict ‘zero COVID’ strategy, which uses measures such as lockdowns to quash all infections, would force the host nation to delay the meeting again.
In a statement, Runqiu said, “China would like to emphasize its continued strong commitment, as COP president, to ensure the success of the second part of COP 15, including the adoption of an effective post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, and to promote its delivery throughout its presidency.”
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