World governments have agreed to conserve nearly a third of the planet's lands and waters as part of a broader effort to stem the collapse of global plant and animal populations. The last-minute deal at the United Nations biodiversity conference in Montreal (COP15) was heralded as a landmark step for protecting nature. It comes as approximately 1 million species — an eighth of the total — are threatened with extinction, according to the U.N. Environmental Program. About three-quarters of Earth’s land area — and two-thirds of its oceans — have been “significantly altered” by human activity, the U.N. says, with farming and fishing being primary causes of the ongoing threat of extincti
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