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#BREAKING Countries adopt historic UN nature deal

#UPDATE Countries adopted a historic deal to reverse decades of environmental destruction threatening the world's species and ecosystems at a marathon UN biodiversity summit early Monday

#UPDATE Countries approved a historic deal to reverse decades of environmental destruction threatening the world's species and ecosystems at a marathon UN biodiversity summit in Montreal early on Monday ▶️ u.afp.com/ifaw #COP15 #COP15montreal

#UPDATE After years of negotiations, a landmark deal has been agreed to protect vanishing species and ecosystems, dubbed a "peace pact with nature", at the #COP15 UN meeting in Montreal. Here are some of its strengths, as well as where it fell short ▶️ u.afp.com/iftG