UN tracks progress on conserving nature as key component of sustainable development | Biodiversité | Scoop.it
From www.huffingtonpost.com - July 29, 2017 2:26 AM

Nature plays a key role in the quest for sustainable development, as made apparent by the UN’s latest assessment of progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals. While dramatic declines of some species groups continue, targeted conservation action such as protecting key biodiversity areas is helping reverse the trend for others, significantly contributing to sustainable development as a whole, according to the recently published 2017 Sustainable Development Report – writes Thomas Brooks, Head of Science and Knowledge at IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature).