{
  "id": 16785442,
  "title": "Countries take first step toward global crackdown on environmental crime",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/countries-take-first-step-toward-global-crackdown-on-environmental",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-27T18:30:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mongabay",
    "slug": "mongabay",
    "url": "https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/10/countries-take-first-step-toward-global-crackdown-on-environmental-crime/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Negotiations are set to begin on the world’s first international protocol to fight environmental crime, including wildlife trafficking, illegal deforestation, and illicit waste smuggling. The protocol, to be drafted over the next two years, aims to make it easier to investigate, prosecute, and adjudicate these crimes. The negotiations will take place under the United Nations […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}