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Brazilian leader vows to continue to exploit country's natural resources in combative comments at UN biodiversity summit
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We are going to close the live blog now. Statements from world leaders have ended, according to our schedule. Thank you for following along. Here is the summary of today's proceedings in New York at the first-of-its-kind UN summit on biodiversity.
"Every few years, governments gather to make solemn promises about the action they will take to defend the living world, then break them before the ink is dry."
Must read to understand the laughable, cynical empty promises and "pledges" still taking place.https://t.co/fY40fNmKCZ
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We are the parasites," Spain's prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, said when describing humanity's relationship with the planet. We can go back to a relationship of symbiosis," he added, saying the delay of the Kunming meeting is an opportunity to scale up ambitions.
Sanchez is focusing on three areas:
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