The African Development Bank Group is seeking stronger financial and institutional support for biodiversity protection across Africa as governments and development partners gather in Yerevan, Armenia, from October 19 to 30 for the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17). The Bank plans to use the conference to promote investment in ecosystem restoration, nature-based solutions and natural capital, highlighting the economic risks of biodiversity loss to African countries whose food systems, water supplies, livelihoods and climate resilience depend on healthy ecosystems. According to the Bank’s announcement,...