A new UN report has warned that the world faces an annual funding gap of $300 billion to $1 trillion for nature conservation. This financial chasm threatens not only our environment, but the very foundations of the global economy — the report says that over half of the world's GDP, or roughly $58 trillion, is moderately or highly dependent on nature.

Currently, a meager $200 billion is invested in conservation each year, representing less than 1% of global GDP. This is in stark contrast to the........

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