Don’t repeat mistakes on nature, scientists warn

MOMBASA, KENYA >> Scientists around the world are warning governments who will be gathering in Montreal this week for the United Nations biodiversity summit to not repeat past mistakes and are urging officials to “avoid trade-offs” between people and conservation needs in a report Monday. The study published in the One Earth Journal found that even though there has been an increase in investment in conservation over the last three decades governments “have not succeeded in bending the curve on biodiversity decline.” The COP15 conference, which begins Today, hopes to set the goals for the world for the next decade to help conserve the planet’s biodiversity and stem the loss of nature.