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Global nature talks reach deal but money remains an issue
Elephants in Southern Africa are one of the species that have recovered after recent conservation efforts
In Armenia's capital this week a fight between politicians broke out - not the mass brawl in its parliament that was so widely documented on social media - but between delegates from nearly 200 countries.
The world's nations have been gathered in Yerevan for nearly two weeks negotiating, and arguing, over a new agreement on nature.
Early on Saturday morning, hours after talks were due to finish, they finally agreed the key parts of a new action plan.
"And that's it. Perfect," said the meeting president, Hambardzum Matevosyan.
Four years earlier the same countries had signed a landmark deal committing to "halt and reverse" the decline of nature.
That global deal in 2022 - the Global Biodiversity Framework - contained 24 targets including putting 30% of the world's land and seas into protection by the end of the decade.
The world is currently in a sixth mass extinction event with species becoming extinct at 100 times the natural rate because of human activities, scientists say.
But according to the UN this week,, external the world is on track to achieve just one of those two dozen targets.
As part of this week's deal, countries acknowledged they were falling behind.