ROME: Nations cheered a last-gasp deal to map out funding to protect nature on Thursday (Feb 27), breaking a deadlock at UN talks seen as a test for international cooperation in the face of geopolitical tensions. Rich and developing countries hammered out a delicate compromise on raising and delivering the billions of dollars needed to protect species, overcoming stark divisions that had scuttled their previous meeting in Cali, Colombia, last year. Delegates stood and clapped in an emotionally