Conflicts derail planet protection

The world's biggest nature conservation conference restarted yesterday after negotiations collapsed in disarray last year, with the head of the meeting warning that increasing global "polarisation" was frustrating efforts to protect the planet.

- 

More than two years after a landmark deal on nature, including a pledge to protect 30% of the world's land and seas by 2030, nations continue to haggle over the money needed to reverse destruction that scientists say threatens a million species.