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COP15: Countries debate how to share profits from Earth’s genetic data

The question of how best to share revenues from products developed using genetic data from plants, animals and microbes has emerged as a make-or-break issue at COP15

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COP15: China calls for action as biodiversity talks break down

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Logged forest

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Tropical forests ravaged by logging can still have thriving ecosystems

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TOPSHOT - A deforested and burnt area is seen on a stretch of the BR-230 (Transamazonian highway) in Humait??, Amazonas State, Brazil, on September 16, 2022. - According to the National Institute for Space Research (INPE), hotspots in the Amazon region saw a record increase in the first half of September, being the average for the month 1,400 fires per day. (Photo by MICHAEL DANTAS / AFP) (Photo by MICHAEL DANTAS/AFP via Getty Images)

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COP15 target to reverse biodiversity loss by 2030 is ‘unrealistic’

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MONTREAL, CANADA -17 OCT 2018- View of colorful glass panes on the Palais des Congres convention and exhibition center in Montreal, located on Place Jean-Paul Riopelle next to Chinatown.

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COP15: What to expect at the biggest biodiversity summit in a decade

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Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaking at COP27

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COP27: Brazil's Lula promises zero deforestation in the Amazon by 2030

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Green mountains in the Azores

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European empires had a lasting impact on plant biodiversity worldwide

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Pink River dolphin

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Wildlife populations are declining on a 'devastating' scale, says WWF

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KR6XGE Close up of a selection of colourful butterflies and beetles in a display case at a museum.

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Defining what constitutes a 'new' species isn't straightforward

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On the left, a creamy-yellow, oblong, pill bug-like crustacean is displayed with its carapace pointed upwards. On the right, the same crustacean is shown on its back with 14 pairs of legs pointed upwards.

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Giant yellow crustacean in an aquarium turns out to be new species

A new species of creamy-yellow isopod was hiding in plain sight in Japan’s Enoshima Aquarium. It was first found in the Gulf of Mexico and mistaken for another species.

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Early humans may have wiped out many turtles millions of years ago

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UK government to hold back data on state of biodiversity in England

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As more bird species go extinct those that are left may be more alike

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Bees vs wasps: Which insect is really worthy of all the buzz?

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