Japan vows $2b to save ecosystems
Japan will provide two billion dollars over three years to help developing countries save their ecosystems, the country's prime minister has announced.
Naoto Kan made the pledge at a UN biodiversity summit in the central Japanese city of Nagoya yesterday.
"We will launch a 'life in harmony initiative' to support developing countries' efforts to compile and update their national strategies and implement them," he said.
Kan was addressing delegates from more than 190 countries, who were gathered to map out a strategy to save the world's plant and animal species from extinction.
The 12-day event is due to end on Friday with the UN aiming for a 10-year strategy that would set targets for protecting ecosystems and ending the loss of biodiversity that scientists say is threatening humans' lives.
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