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Background Report: UN Summit Sees Giant Otter and 39 Other Migratory Species Gain Cross-Border
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Good News Network gives a fuller on UN Summit Sees Otter and 39 Other Gain Cross-Border Protections. 132 representatives from world governments recently adopted a sweeping set of conservation measures aimed at protecting and their habitats worldwide. The 15th Conference of the Parties.
132 representatives from world governments recently adopted a sweeping set of conservation measures aimed at protecting and their habitats worldwide. Among the animals that were listed in the treaty’s appendices include two of hammerheads, the thresher shark, two of Amazonian fish, the jaguar, striped hyena.
Expanded protections for striped hyena, snowy owls, otters, great hammerhead sharks, and many more, demonstrate that nations can act when the science is clear, said CMS Executive. Our duty now is to close the distance between what we’ve agreed and what happens on the ground for these animals.
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