In a first, U.S. appoints a diplomat for plants and animals
Analysis by Dino Grandoni
with research by Vanessa Montalbano
September 29, 2022 at 7:38 a.m. EDT
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In a first, U.S. appoints a diplomat for plants and animals
Monica Medina, the new special envoy for biodiversity and water resources, in New York. (Monica Schipper/Getty Images/WWF International)
As temperatures rise and habitats shrink, hundreds of thousands of plant and animal species around the world are at risk of vanishing.
For the first time, the United States is designating a special diplomat to advocate for global biodiversity amid what policymakers here and overseas increasingly recognize as an extinction crisis.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/09/29/first-us-appoints-diplomat-plants-animals/
