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YEREVAN, Armenia – Four years after the adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, UN Secretary-General António Guterres addressed the progress and persistent challenges in biodiversity conservation during a press conference in Yerevan on October 15, 2026. Guterres highlighted that while nearly 90% of signatory countries have set national biodiversity targets, and over half have developed national ‘roadmaps,’ the implementation of these goals is lagging significantly.