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Battles over funding could threaten historic effort to save species

Following the signing of last year’s major biodiversity deal, countries are arguing over how to fairly finance conservation.
  1. Natasha Gilbert
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Disputes over how to finance conservation of the world’s plants and animals have resurfaced between countries — threatening their ability to meet goals laid out in a historic plan signed late last year, sources have told Nature.

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Nature 618, 895-896 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-01988-w

Updates & Corrections

  • Correction 20 June 2023: An earlier version of this story stated that a Global Environment Facility assembly will take place in September. It is planned for August.

  • Correction 20 June 2023: An earlier version of this story spelled Daniel Mukubi’s name incorrectly.

  • Update 21 June 2023: This story has been updated to include a comment from a GEF spokesperson.

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