It is hoped that the deal will help countries to reach their goal of raising $200bn (£159bn) by 2030 for biodiversity action. The current rate of species decline is so great globally that many scientists warn humans could be causing the "sixth mass extinction" on Earth.

United Nations conference on biodiversity that ran out of time last year, resumed its work Tuesday in Rome with money at the top of the agenda.

An annual United Nations conference on biodiversity that ran out of time last year will resume its work Tuesday in Rome with money at the top of the agenda. That is, how to spend what's been pledged so far — and how to raise a lot more to help preserve plant and animal life on Earth.

The world's nations have agreed a funding plan at UN talks in Rome for reversing the decline of nature. Countries were eventually able to overcome deep divisions which had led to the breakdown of negotiations last year in Colombia.

After a fruitless meeting in Columbia last year, tense UN talks in Rome yielded on Thursday a global plan to preserve the planet's dwindling wildlife, setting a financial roadmap for the

ROME — Global talks to protect nature restarted on Tuesday with a call for humanity to come together to "sustain life on the planet" and overcome the deep divisions that caused a previous meeting last year to end in disarray.

The UN Biodiversity conference will resume its work in Rome Tuesday, after the talks ran out of time at the initial session in Colombia in November 2024.

Nations have come to a compromise over plans to raise and deliver billions in funding for biodiversity protection, paving the way for action to counter the growing problem of species loss.

Nations cheered a last-gasp deal to map out funding to protect nature yesterday, breaking a deadlock at UN talks seen as a test for international cooperation