CALI, Colombia —The world's biggest nature protection conference opened in Colombia on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) with calls for urgent action and financing to reverse humankind's rapacious destruction of biodiversity.

With about a million known species worldwide estimated to be at risk of extinction, Colombian Environment Minister and COP16 president Susana Muhamad warned delegates: "The planet doesn't have time to lose."

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