CBD COP17 adopts Yerevan Pathway amid criticism over biodiversity financing gaps

Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity adopted the Yerevan Pathway at COP17, concluding talks on benefit-sharing, financing, subsidies, Indigenous rights, and marine conservation. The agreement faces criticism, likely over insufficient funding and weak commitments, though specific objections remain unclear. This sets the global biodiversity framework direction but implementation and financial pledges are uncertain.

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