Published on : 10 Nov 2025, 1:00 pm Summary

Global efforts to meet biodiversity goals are being undermined by widespread ‘conservation abandonment’

New paper warns abandoned or reversed projects equal the size of Greenland

Two-thirds of conservation rollbacks tied to mining, oil, and industrial-scale extraction

Researchers say at least one-third of conservation initiatives collapse within years of launch

Political rollbacks in the US, Europe and Brazil accelerating biodiversity loss

Collective global efforts to protect nature are failing to keep pace with the rapid degradation of ecosystems, as widespread and often undocumented “conservation abandonment” undermines biodiversity goals, a new paper has warned. The warning comes as world leaders meet at 30th Conference of Parties

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