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            U.N. summit: Don’t repeat mistakes on nature,                                                                                    HEALTH


            scientists warn                                                                                                        DOCTOR ON DUTY
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            By WANJOHI KABUKURU                                                                                                 Hospital 7:00 pm / 10:00pm
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            Associated Press
            MOMBASA,  Kenya  (AP)  —                                                                                                  San Nicolas
            Scientists around the world                                                                                          Imsan 24 hours
            are  warning  governments                                                                                            Tel.524 8833
            who  will  be  gathering  in                                                                                        Women in Difficulties
            Montreal this week for the                                                                                          PHARMACY ON DUTY
            United  Nations  biodiversity                                                                                       Oranjestad:
            summit to not repeat past                                                                                           Eagle Tel. 587 9011
            mistakes and are urging of-                                                                                         San Nicolas:
            ficials to “avoid trade-offs”                                                                                       centro medico Tel. 584 5794
            between people and con-                                                                                             Women in Difficulties
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            has  been  an  increase  in                                                                                         Women in Difficulties
            investment  in  conserva-    A Maasai man walks with his livestock in search of grassland for them to graze, at Ilangeruani   EMERGENCY
                                         village, near Lake Magadi, in Kenya, Nov. 9, 2022.
            tion over the last three de-                                                                       Associated Press   Police          100
            cades governments “have                                                                                             Oranjestad        527 3140
            not succeeded in bending     positive” in their approach,   decline  continue  and  in-  the report’s findings.     Noord             527 3200
            the  curve  on  biodiversity   highlighting  the  need  for   tensify,  as  has  been  the   “The Montreal COP needs   Sta. Cruz      527 2900
            decline.”                    solutions  that  are  realistic   case  to  date,  especially   to send that signal that the   San  Nicolas      584 5000
            The  conference  known  as   and have support from lo-    in  wealthier  countries  and   global  economy  is  transi-  Police Tipline      11141
            COP15, which begins Tues-    cal communities in order to   among  elites,  who  often   tioning  to  be  nature  posi-  Ambulancia      911
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            day, hopes to set the goals   best protect nature.        express  commitment  to      tive,” said The Nature Con-  Red Cross         582 2219
            for  the  world  for  the  next   Instead  of  conserving  ar-  conservation  action,”  said   servancy’s  Linda  Kreuger
            decade  to  help  conserve   eas by making them inac-     David Obura, who is one of   who wasn’t part of the re-   TAXI SERVICES
            the  planet’s  biodiversity   cessible  to  local  people,   the report authors.       port.                        Taxi Tas       587 5900
            and  stem  the  loss  of  na-  the  scientists  said  greater   The  growing  demands  of   “Much of the conversation   Prof. Taxi   588 0035
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            failed to meet goals set at   and particularly Indigenous   “excess  consumption  and   volve  around  money  and   A1 Taxi Serv.   280 2828
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            The  scientists  proposed  six   ing even more biodiversity   investments”  also  need   wealthier countries are will-  TRAVEL INFO
            areas  for  action  for  del-  loss. Reducing greenhouse   to be halted if groups are   ing  to  make  available  to
            egates  working  toward      gas  emissions  which  fuel   to  be  protected,  co-au-  support  the  conservation   Aruba Airport   524 2424
            what’s known as the glob-    climate change that leads    thor  Diana  Liverman  said.   efforts of emerging econo-  American Airlines 582 2700
            al  biodiversity  framework.   to the loss of land and spe-  “Consumption   footprints   mies.” q                   Avianca       588 0059
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            both  direct  causes  of  na-  tion  or  restoration  actions   added.
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