New biodiversity commitments announced as leaders declare COP15 priority

NEW YORK, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- New commitments aimed at catalyzing biodiversity finance and conservation were unveiled in New York at a high-level event convened Tuesday on the sidelines of the general debate of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly, Xinhua learned Thursday.

According to a press release issued by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the new initiatives announced include 870 million euros of new