Talks to protect Earth's biodiversity resume with money topping the agenda
Voice of America
FILE - A cormorant gets a running start to take off from the calm waters of Northeast Harbor, Maine, at sunrise on Oct. 21, 2024.
An annual United Nations conference on biodiversity that ran out of time last year will resume its work Tuesday in Rome with money at the top of the agenda.
Devotees gather to take a dip at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers during the Maha Kumbh Mela, or the Great Pitcher Festival, in Prayagraj, India, on Feb. 12, 2025. A pilgrim takes a holy dip in the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers during the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj, India, on Feb. 12, 2025. People sit inside a train coach at Prayagraj Junction station while returning after taking a holy dip at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers, during the Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj, India, on Feb. 18, 2025. A man seeks blessings from a sadhu, or Hindu holy man, inside his tent on the banks of the Ganges River in Varanasi, India, on Feb. 20, 2025. Laborers ferry Hindu pilgrims past a poster of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, and Uttar Pradesh state Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath during the ongoing Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj on Feb. 1, 2025.
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Health workers prepare to administer vaccines against the Sudan strain of Ebola, during a trial at Mulago Referral Hospital, in Kampala, Uganda, Feb. 3, 2025.
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A person films Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te as he holds a news conference in Taipei, Taiwan, Feb. 14, 2025.
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FILE - Robert F. Kennedy Jr., U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to serve as secretary of health and human services, testifies at a Senate committee hearing, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington. The Senate on Feb. 13, 2025, confirmed Kennedy to the position.
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A view of part of the wall of the Roman London Basilica, which has been recently unearthed by a redevelopment of a building in London, is seen in this photo provided by the Museum of London Archaeology taken in summer 2024. A drawing of a representation of the Roman London Basilica, which has been recently unearthed by a redevelopment of a building in London, is seen in this photo provided by Peter Marsden. A view of part of the wall of the Roman London Basilica, which has been recently unearthed by a redevelopment of a building in London, is seen in this photo provided by the Museum of London Archaeology taken in summer 2024.
FILE P- A test tube labeled "Mpox virus positive" is held in this illustration taken Aug. 20, 2024.