# Big pharma accused of ‘free-riding on nature’ as global fund attracts just $7,000

https://mins.news/en/item/110813

- The Guardian, 2026-10-22 09:00 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/22/cop17-cali-conservation-fund-pharmaceutical-freeriding-nature-aoe

> The Cali Fund, which aims to raise $1bn annually for biodiversity by asking businesses that profit from nature’s genetic resources to support conservation in low-income countries, remains nearly empty. At the start of the COP17 biodiversity summit in Armenia, it had received $10,656 in commitments, with $7,085 deposited; no major pharmaceutical company had contributed.