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Today, at the United Nations Conference on Biodiversity (COP15) in Montreal, the EU together with a number of EU Member States and several other countries are joining forces to significantly increase finance for biodiversity from all sources.

European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Sinkevičius and Guyanese Minister of Natural Resources Bharrat signed a legally binding trade agreement to promote sustainable trade of legal timber to the EU.

Today the United Nations Biodiversity Conference COP15 meeting starts in Montréal. From 7 to 19 December, countries will aim to reach a global agreement for the protection of nature and the planet with long-term goals by 2050 and milestones for 2030.

Issue 591: Analysing two decades of data on stranded turtles in the North East Atlantic, researchers have found that 14% of turtles were entangled in litter and 86% of those examined after death had ingested plastic.