Cop17 at a glance: Everything you need to know about the UN’s nature summit

As governments prepare to gather in Yerevan, Armenia, this week for the U.N. Biodiversity Conference (COP17), new research identifies 13% of Earth's land area as hotspots for biodiversity conservation, highlighting where conservation efforts are most urgently needed.

So far not a single target of the plan has been met. As negotiators convene for Cop17, the pressure is on to find a way to honour the commitments made at previous summits Cop17 at a glance: everything you need to know about the UN’s nature summit Passersby could smell the dead…