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India and UAE initiatives are among the World Restoration Flagships

 Governments from all around the world gathered for the UN Convention on Biological Diversity's 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15). Over the next ten years, participants were expected to devise new objectives and a plan of action for nature. From December 7 to December 19, 2022, the meeting was held in Montréal, Quebec, the location of the UNCBD Secretariat. The UN honored 10 ground-breaking initiatives for their contributions to repairing the natural world at Cop 15 from throughout the globe. The winning projects have been named World Restoration Flagships and are qualified to receive promotion, guidance, or funding from the UN. They were chosen as part of the global initiative organized by the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. The Ganges River Rejuvenation project in India is one of these initiatives. According to a UN news release, a significant effort is being made to reduce pollution, regenerate forest cover, and provide a wide range of benefits to the 520 mi...