PARIS: Amid fresh warnings about the depletion of Earth’s treasure trove of species, governments will gather in South Korea next week to try to muster the funds and political will to protect what remains.

Just a week after conservation group WWF said wildlife numbers had halved in 40 years, nations will analyze progress since they agreed four years ago on 20 targets for stemming the tide of biodiversity loss.

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