UN talks aimed at brokering a deal to protect the world’s diminishing natural resources have made little progress, green groups said ahead of the summit’s second phase starting today.

THE world must act immediately to stop the rapid loss of animal and plant species that allow humans to exist, the United Nations warned yesterday at the start of a major summit on biodiversity.

TARGETS to stop wildlife and habitats vanishing across the world have not been met – and nature is at risk of further “dramatic” losses without radical action to protect it, the UN has warned.