"GENEVA - A chair of the U.N. biodiversity negotiations underway in Switzerland told Reuters on Tuesday he expects agreement on a key target on raising protected areas, adding he saw support from the talks' presidency, China, for the first time.
With around 1 million plant and animal species threatened with extinction, some 1,000 negotiators from 164 countries are meeting in Geneva this week to thrash out a framework that has the potential to be the biodiversity equivalent of the Paris climate change deal. Among the 21 targets is one that aims to conserve 30% of land and sea areas globally.
Basile van Havre, one of two co-chairs of the talks, said he was "confident" countries would agree to the target, but expected more intense negotiations on securing ocean areas."
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