BBC: Reducing the risk of extinction for threatened species and establishing protected areas for nature will cost the world over $76bn dollars annually.
Researchers say it is needed to meet globally agreed conservation targets by 2020.
The scientists say the daunting number is just a fifth of what the world spends on soft drinks annually.
And it amounts to just 1% of the value of ecosystems being lost every year, they report in the journal Science.
Back in 2002, governments around the world......
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Scientists say billions required to meet conservation targets
Posted by BBC: Matt McGrath on October 12th, 2012
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