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To fund biodiversity conservation, redirect subsidies from these three industries (commentary)
by Michelle Chong on 17 December 2020
Funding for conservation has been decimated by the COVID-19 pandemic, from sharp dips in ecotourism to decreases in charitable donations.
Rather than pursuing new sources of biodiversity funding, countries should consider eliminating taxpayer-funded subsidies for agriculture, forestry and fishing, which are the top industries driving species extinctions.
In 2019, subsidies for these economic activities exceeded the global total spend on biodiversity conservation by a factor of at least two.
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