However, for the CBD negotiators, biodiversity finance still seems to be a government obligation rather than a business opportunity.

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The deadbeats of international finance rarely walk completely away from an obligation.

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They do so both because of their ethical obligation not to bring frivolous suits, and because they are loath to use their own limited resources to finance cases where the probability of recovery is low.

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