New UN agreement on protecting species and habitats

The UN's 193 nations have agreed a new deal on protecting threatened species - it's something like the Kyoto agreement but for biodiversity.

The deal, agreed in Japan yesterday (Friday), sets out 20 goals to be implemented within the next decade The area of the world's oceans that is protected will go from 1% to 10%, while the area of protected land in the world will go from 12.5% to 17%.

It's a good outcome to the International Year of Biodiversity.