YEREVAN, Armenia—Nearly 200 nations on Friday adopted hard-fought agreements at a United Nations (UN) biodiversity summit aimed at getting the world on course to halt the destruction of nature by 2030. Delegates cheered as the crucial texts were approved in overtime following two weeks of tense negotiations at the COP17 conference in Armenia’s capital Yerevan. “And that’s it. Perfect,” said COP17 President Hambardzum Matevosyan to applause as he brought down the gavel on the documents, the final versions of which were not immediately available. The world adopted a historic pact in 2022 setting ambitious targets to halt biodiversity loss by 2030. But ahead […]...

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