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COP15: India pushes for new, dedicated fund for biodiversity conservation

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COP15: India pushes for new, dedicated fund for biodiversity conservation

There is an urgent need to create a new and dedicated fund to help developing countries successfully implement a post-2020 global framework to halt and reverse biodiversity loss, India has said at the U.N. biodiversity conference in Canada’s Montreal. It has also said that conservation of biodiversity must also be based on ‘Common but Differentiated … Read more

Global target for pesticide reduction unnecessary: Bhupender Yadav at COP15

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Global target for pesticide reduction unnecessary: Bhupender Yadav at COP15

A numerical global target for pesticide reduction in the agriculture sector is unnecessary and must be left for countries to decide, India has said at the U.N. biodiversity conference here in Canada. Speaking during a high-level segment of the 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Union Environment Minister Bhupender … Read more